LUXE Seoul (Luxe City Guides) [Pamphlet]

LUXE City Guides (Author)

Book Description

Series: Luxe City Guides | Publication Date: September 1, 2007

It may be called the Land of the Morning Calm, but Seoul can drive a person crazy with its useless address system. That said, this city is packed with super-smart hidden treats if you know where to look and of course, now you do

Want to find Seouls hippest fashion designers and best custom leather tailors?
Want to savour the citys finest traditional, modern, or temple-style Korean cuisine?
Want to learn the delicate art of Korean sauna, or find the most luxurious spas?
Want to find a slew of shoe designers selling glamorous made-to-order Carrie Bradshaws?
Want an invaluable 24-hour, 17 language telephone interpreter service?
Want to find only the best shops, restaurants, spas, bars and services and avoid all the rest?

Well, now you can.

Editorial Reviews

Review

... inside information from the stylemeisters at Luxe City Guides... selective and independently researched. --Financial Review: The Sophisticated Traveller - September 15, 2006

About the Author

Whether you have a few hours or a few days, LUXE is all you need. Succinct, smart and crammed with priceless information distilled from the favourite places of over twenty city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge and expertise. LUXE chooses only the very best, so you choose only the very best. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Pamphlet: 20 pages
• Publisher: LUXE Asia Ltd.; 3rd edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9628935577
• ISBN-13: 978-9628935574
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,254,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > Travel > Asia > South Korea > Seoul

More About the Author

Nine years ago the founder of LUXE City Guides, Grant Thatcher, was at a party in Singapore. He was told that if he were ever to go to Bangkok, then he must be sure to take the several A4 pages that he was now being handed, as they contained the best insider knowledge on the city. Everybody, it seemed, loved this saucy list.

Grant looked at the list. It seemed familiar. It looked exactly like the list he had written for friends before he left Bangkok. Shut up, and get out of here! Dong! It's true. The rest, as they say, is history.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource but with too much hype, June 18, 2008

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This review is from: LUXE Seoul (Luxe City Guides) (Pamphlet)

This is a very good guide. It is very small (size of about 10 small envelopes) and easily fits in the back pocket. It contains no maps or detailed description of any one place of interest. But it does contain a good overview of places to go and few tidbits on why a destination is recommended.

Contrary to what some may suggest (much to Luxe's own marketing), this guide does not contain the secrets which the Seoulites would not know. For example, although the guide provides some good places to visit in ChunDamDong (hip and expensive section of Seoul), my relatives in Korea had far greater knowledge of the area and places to visit.

It should also be noted that Korea is very peculiar about one's age and one should choose its destination carefully because entering a night club, for example, unsuitable for one's age is not accepted (you will not be able to enter if you look like you do not belong).

This almost happened to me when I went to HongIk (college town) nightclub recommended by this guide and I found it was for college students and a proper attire was a revealing bikini or lingerie for the college ladies. This was fine except I was too old (haha).

I highly recommend visiting Seoul as it is one of the most exciting cities in the world. It has world class restaurants, entertainment, and low crime (you can walk around at night without fear), and ultraclean. Plus, it is ultramodern and its skyline is comparable to Manhattan without the occassional urban blight and trash. The service level is also generally high. You do not need to rent a car since the cab fare is very low (subsidized by the government) and Seoul's efficient and worldclass subway system is amazing in its coverage of the entire city and beyond and is easy to use for English speaking foreigners. Finally, you do not need to worry about being stuck in the "wrong" section of the city since there is no such thing as "slum" in the city. All the old "slums" have been systematically bought out and developed by the government.

This is a good guide if you are totally new to Seoul. But the best guide is still a friend or relative who have been living in the city for a while.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only guide book you will need......, April 9, 2008

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H (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LUXE Seoul (Luxe City Guides) (Pamphlet)

There are not many guidebooks available for Seoul, but thank goodness for this little book. It really is all you need to see the sights of Seoul. Great recommendations on restaurants and hotels. I also had the Lonely Planet book for Seoul but I found myself consulting the Luxe guide more. Overall, it was a great trip because of this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best city guides of them all, March 22, 2008

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This review is from: LUXE Seoul (Luxe City Guides) (Pamphlet)

A few years ago I used the Tokyo LUXE guide and was amazed at how dead-on it was. Great insights that even the locals are amazed at. I am excited to use the Seoul guide during my upcoming trip. I even bought a dozen to give to my various hosts as gifts. Sounds crazy to give a Korean guide to Koreans, but it's that good!