We travelled to Seoul for the weekend and was looking for a cat cafe, since our daughters love animals! We went to the Hongik University area in Seoul and were so excited to find all the cool things there. There are pictures of the cat cafe, Trick Eye Museum, Hello Kitty Cafe, and a great burger place we ate at. This is a college area and at night it was really happening. There were all kinds of shopping and good food places in this area too! All essential information will be at the end of the blog, so if you want to skip the pictures and stories, just scroll to the end of this post! Have fun in Korea and get out and about!
We were staying at the Dragon so we went to the Discover Seoul desk and asked them about cat cafes. They wrote an address down in hongul for us to give to the taxi driver. So we hopped in a taxi and it dropped us off just across the street from Hongik University. We walked to Gio Cat where we visited with all the cats. This place is not for those allergic or pregnant! LOL! We had a great time playing with the cats. There is a fee to get in, and it includes a drink. If I remember right it was 7,000 Won.
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| Gio Cat |
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| Sophie making friends |
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Molly making friends
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After Gio Cat we walked through the town and took a right on the main crossroad that had shops on the right side, left side, and down the middle of the walkway. We crossed the road from this area and there was a tourism kiosk and to the right of that kiosk was The Joe's. (this is all very near the Trick Eye Museum) The owner speaks wonderful english and says he "builds his burgers" from great meat and fresh veges. This place was AWESOME! Prices were very reasonable and we were STUFFED! They have some non-alcohlic specialty drinks. The girls loved them, and we did too!
We headed back after visiting The Joe that first time, but returned the next day to check out this area a little more. We went back to that little tourism kiosk and found out that the Trick Eye Museum was very close. We turned, crossed the street. Went up the pathway to the right of the middle row of shops. The museum was on the right. You head down the steps into a fun experience. Don't forget your camera, this is where it gets really fun! There are spots on the ground with a camera on it, that means if you stand on those you will get the best "trick eye" photo.
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| Giant Molly, itty bitty Sophie |
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| A cup of tea? |
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| What a stubborn pig! |
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| Holland on a pink scooter, just the way Molly likes it! |
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| Our little angel |
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| I'm in the money... |
The next place after all these laughs was the Hello Kitty Cafe. It was across the middle row of shops, and you walked up a small alley. It was a little expensive, but who can pass up Hello Kitty???
Where to next? Another cat cafe ofcourse! Just up the street from the hello kitty cafe is another cat cafe. We went when it opened at 1:00. We were the only ones in there. At this cat cafe they had some super friendly cats. They also had some "little cats". The place is called Cats Living on the second floor.
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| Don't adjust your screen, his legs are really this short! |
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| He looks grumpy, but he was very friendly! |
Essenitals:
The location below is connected to this address.
| Admission / Participation Fees |
Adults: 13,000won (individual) / 10,000 won (group of 20)
Youth: 11,000won (individual) / 8,000 won (group of 20)
Children 3 years old and younger: FREE
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| Available (Parking lot on B1-B3) |
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Trickeye Museum patrons only.
Free for the first 30 min; 1,500 won for each additional 30 min.
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Hongik University Station (Subway Line2), Exit 9.
Walk straight and turn left at the corner of ‘Vips’ restaurant.
Turn right at the intersection and go straight along Mirae-gil st. for about 150m.
Don’t miss the small sign on the electric pole on the right side.
The map above shows the trick eye museum. If you go up to the first small street from Tony Moly is the road that the Hello Kitty Cafe and Cat's Living Cafe. "The Joe" is on the road between the starbucks and Kook Min Bank. All around there is shopping! It is definately worth going down there after dark, because it is a great college ambience.
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Tue to Fri 13:00 - 23:00 (Mon 13:00 - 22:00 / Weekend 12:00 - 23:00)
Happy Travelling! |
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