Rent a hanbok , Korea's traditional dress, for a day in Seoul. It is worn all over the streets around the palaces, the shops there hire it out by the hour or by the day, and wearing one gets you into the palaces free. Before you pay, hold the outfit up and count the pieces. You want two: a jeogori , the short top with a collar that wraps across the chest, and a separate chima , the high-waisted skirt, or a separate pair of pants. Two pieces, and Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, Jongmyo Shrine and the Joseon Royal Tombs stop charging you at the gate. Changdeokgung's rear garden is the exception: it sells its own ticket and a hanbok does not cover it. Counting takes ten seconds, and it is the one part of the day you can get wrong for money. The scheme has run since 2013 , year-round rather than only at holidays, and the Korea Heritage Service's palaces bureau publishes the qualifying standard itself, in Korean and in English . This rule ap...
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