Naksan Park

Naksan Park is a hilltop public park in central Seoul on the slope of Naksan, one of the four inner mountains that traditionally surrounded the Joseon-era capital (paired with Bugaksan to the north, Inwangsan to the west, and Namsan to the south). The park preserves a long stretch of the Joseon-era Seoul Fortress Wall (Hanyangdoseong) that runs along the ridge — visitors can walk inside or beside the wall along the ridge for a continuous sequence of city-skyline viewpoints back across central Seoul. The hill rises to about 125 meters above sea level, with a pavilion at the summit and a small set of city-history interpretive panels along the wall route. Below the wall, the slopes drop into the Ihwa Mural Village neighborhood — a small residential mural district originally painted in the 2000s that has since become one of Seoul's most-cited walking-photo destinations. The walk from Hyehwa Station (Line 4, Exit 2) up to the ridge and back down through Ihwa runs about 90 minutes at a photo-friendly pace, longer if pausing for cafés on the descent. The walk pairs naturally with Ihwa Mural Village, Daehangno theater district, and the broader Seoul Fortress Wall walking circuit that continues north to Bugaksan and south to Namsan. Best at sunset for the central-Seoul skyline view, or a weekday morning to avoid the mural-district crowds.