Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace & Its Secret Garden

I've read so much about Changdeokgung and the beauty of its Secret Garden during autumn. So to be able to visit it this autumn was yeah yeah yeah! :D

Changdeokgung means "Palace of Prospering Virtue". It is designated as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997.

There are five palaces in Korea and we managed to visit two of them for this trip. Not too bad! :)

Changdeokgung is especially pretty during autumn.

Some restoration works were being carried out while we were there. 

Here're pics of us. :)











To experience the full splendour of Changdeokgung, one needs to enter the Biwon "Secret Garden". Access to the 78 acre rear garden is only feasible through a guided tour. It's worth every 5,000 won. ;)

Because it's autumn, the guide allowed us to roam the garden on our own. This is good for people who love taking pics. :)

Needless to say, we were awed by the beauty of nature. :) The architecture of the palace blended in harmoniously with it.

We were surrounded by red, orange, yellow & green... :O

Every piece of leaf is special in its own way. :) We have the glorious yellow,

and crimson red.

 

















I want to capture everything...every trail we walked on...

every pavillion we saw...

Mom & Beanie looked fabulous under the autumn leaves. :)

I would have taken more pics if not because I had only one bar of battery left & I needed to conserve for our next destination... *.* 
 



























The 5 of us enjoyed our tour of Changdeokgung & its Secret Garden. It's past 1pm by the time we were ready to leave for lunch! No wonder our stomaches were protesting. ;)

Btw, Changdeokgung is also within walking distance from Rakkojae. ;)

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