Hwaseong Haenggung Palace

The detached palace inside Hwaseong Fortress.

Why go

Hwaseong Haenggung was a temporary palace where the king stayed when visiting Suwon — the largest of Joseon’s detached palaces, set within Hwaseong Fortress.

Restored courtyards and halls host changing-of-the-guard and martial-arts performances.

Hwaseong Haenggung served King Jeongjo on visits to his father's tomb, and in 1795 it hosted the lavish 60th-birthday feast for his mother — an event re-enacted today. The grandest of Joseon's detached palaces, it has featured in many historical dramas.

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Good to know

• Check the schedule for guard-ceremony and martial-arts shows.
• Combine it with a walk on the Hwaseong walls.
• It is a short train ride south of Seoul.
• Time your visit for the guard-changing and martial-arts shows, try a traditional-craft experience, and walk straight out onto the Hwaseong fortress walls above.

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