Is Seoul Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel

Never felt so safe in a city before as a woman travelling alone! Standing in the middle of usually busy parts of the city that have gone quiet at 2am… and still feeling free to walk around… wow. Making the nights something I am able to explore alone instead of them being scary! Thanks to the CCTV and the nice Korean people!

Solo travel

It was very nice, you have to visit the local restaurant (they are the best). Also, Seoul is more a night city, and very shopping and sport activities. You can stay at night and you feel very safe. The best streets are often hidden.

Group travel

Seoul was amazing! People were really nice and helpful. I stayed there as an exchange student and that is still one of my favorite experience in my life and so despite COVID. I felt safe the whole time, and public transports were really easy to use

Solo travel

I had a weekend trip to Seoul, it's great in general. Download KakaoMap, it's amazing for navigating. Buy T-Money Card, it can also be found at the airport, for the public transport. You can prepare a little bit of cash, but many places I visited only accept cards so I think too much cash are not needed.

Family travel

I felt safe in Seoul, food was delicious and getting around the city with metro was really easy. Prices were moderate. It was a great experience, we did basic sightseeing with palaces and popular areas like Gangnam.

Solo travel

I felt save traveling alone. Love market in Mangwon district - amazing food, good prices. Had accommodation also here - perfect place for calm stay! Recommend wowpass as debit card, t-money and esim. Also used climate card for unlimited transport in Seoul - best choice.

Solo travel

Loved the trip honestly. I'm planning on shifting to Seoul soon and planned this trip to get familiar with the place before shifting there. Had a great experience people were nice. Everything was good overall tbh!

Solo travel

The entire time I was in Seoul I never felt unsafe. Everyone was kind and helpful. Korean food is amazing! I say get out of your comfort zone and try something different, you won’t regret it. The bus and metro system are fairly easy to use and understand. Just make sure to get a t-money card, buy one at any convenience store and load it up at the machines in the stations.

Solo travel

Seoul is beautiful and breathtakingly impressive. I felt very safe being alone and didn’t have any weird situations whatsoever. Also, it’s quite cheap for a capital! Definitely recommend for people who are new to traveling and.

Solo travel

Korea for traveling is a beautiful country but as someone who’ve been living here for 4years I recommend to be careful when girl goes out in famous areas like hongdae and itaewon . A lot of Korean goes there to have fun with foreigners. So please I hope people stop romanticized Koreans . They are not the same as the ones you see in kdrama

Seoul is one of the safest city I think. Daytime or Nighttime whenever you go out, every travel area is full of 24h convenient store and ppl. But I don't recommend to go to the club in Hongdae or Itaewon alone.

Seoul is a very safe place, some people call in K-Culture, K-Safety, but imo it's K-CCTV 😆 It's hard to meet someone who will discriminate you publicly, but again I'm a local so I don't really know how it is for foreigners. But there are some senseless or random crimes that happen from time to time. Those I hope neither you nor I will ever come across them. Transportation is easy once you get the hang of it, but if you don't know, use Naver or Kakao Map with Google Maps to navigate. If you...

It's very safe that you can leave your phone and bags and come back again and everything will be in its place. No one steals and I think this is a very big advantage Not only seoul but all south korea is same I've lived in 3 different cities and have friends who live in other cities and it's all the same. It's a very safe and beautiful country and I highly recommend people to visit it

Very safe if you don’t get drunk in weird places. Especially for girls. There are emergency bells everywhere including toilets. A lot of bus stops are similar to shelters if you push the button. CCTV is everywhere. You can leave your phone and nobody will touch it. But people can steal your umbrella haha

fairly safe! just keep in mind basic safety, not following random men into secluded areas, keeping your phone on you in case of emergencies, and you'll be alright! some areas filled with motels & clubs may be a bit sketchy but generally you'll be safer than in other countries!

You can leave your things at any public area and no one will take it. There is CCTV everywhere, so it is very easy to catch anyone doing anything suspicious. People mind their own business and are willing to help as long as you ask for it.