Grand place to spend the day - Children's Grand Park

Spring in Seoul is really quite lovely in the Spring. The weather is fair and it can be around 20C during the week for most days with a day or two of rain here and there. If you have time on the weekend and the weather is good, a visit to the Children's Grand Park is a really nice day out.

The Children's Grand Park is located in Neung-dong, Songdong-Gu (Gangnam'ish area). The park was opened in 1973 and is sprawling. It has a zoo, amusement park, numerous playgrounds, many water features including a waterfall, botanical garden, Bandukee park, Elephant Park etc...

The park is really well landscaped so bring a camera as there are many photo opportunites. There are obviously lots of families visiting the park but also couples and groups of friends having a picnic in many of the grassy areas.

One thing that struck me were the many Family Marts situated around the park in case you needed refreshments or snacks. The Amusemet Park was pretty well equipped. As good as any if you ask me. They had 2 roller coasters, ferris wheel, merry-go-round, the ship and an arcade too. You could spend quite some time here. Located in the Amusement Park is a food court and for fast food, you have Popeye's. I did not go into the zoo but I could see that it was also a decent size with at least 3 dozen cages.

Getting there is not going to be easy by car as it can get really congested and parking is a nightmare. Queuing to get into the parking lot itself will test your patience. The other option is the subway, the park is located on Subway Line 7. There are also 2 entrances to get into the Park both of which has easy access from the subway.

Entrance to the park

Fountains in a shallow pond for kids to play in

The other entrance is at the end of this flower bed

Amusement Park

People having picnics in the shaded areas

One of the many playgrounds