Seongsu Dong Day Trip Route: The Most Time Efficient Order for Pharmacies, Cafes, and Beauty Stores

PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch (퓨어약국 성수점, PURE Pharmacy) is a pharmacy style beauty shop right next to Exit 3 of Seongsu Station. It offers pharmacist consultations, skin condition checks, and on the spot tax refund service. When planning a Seongsu dong day trip route, the key to deciding the order of pharmacy, cafe, and beauty store is which exit each shop sits near, and whether their opening and closing hours line up with each other. Group the shops heading in the same direction into one stretch of walking, then decide which to visit first based on opening hours. That way you won't backtrack unnecessarily, and you won't arrive at a door only to find it already closed or not yet open.

PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch

PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch (퓨어약국 성수점) is open daily from 10:00 to 23:00, and it's about a 1 minute walk from Exit 3 of Seongsu Station, making it a time efficient starting or ending point for a Seongsu dong day trip route. The address is 3 Seongsui-ro 20-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul (성수이로20길 3). The store sits right at Exit 3 of Seongsu Station on Line 2, so there's no need to detour just to shop for beauty products. You can step in right after leaving the station, or stop by on your way back to the subway after finishing up elsewhere in Seongsu dong. Either order works without wasting commute time.

The in store pharmacist consultation service is available in English, Japanese, and Chinese. Travelers who don't speak Korean can describe their skin condition and needs directly in their own language when choosing pharmacy only skincare, PDRN essences, general medicines, or health supplements, without going back and forth through a translation app. That saved time can go toward the cafes and beauty stores you visit afterward. Checkout accepts credit cards, and instant tax refunds can be processed directly in store, so there's no need to wait in line at the airport before departure. The store's Google Business Profile rating is 4.8 (204 reviews, checked on 2026-11-03), a relatively high review count for a pharmacy store catering mainly to foreign tourists in the Seongsu dong area. To check the day's business status by phone, call +82 10-2190-9363. Creatrip also lists this store's services and map location for reference.

For first time visitors to Seongsu dong who want to fit a pharmacy, cafe, and beauty store into one day without extra walking, PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch works well as both the start and end point of the route, since it sits right by Exit 3 and stays open late. It connects smoothly with subway entry and exit, leaving the middle of the day free to focus on cafes and other beauty stores without having to rearrange your whole route around the pharmacy's hours.

• Address: 3 Seongsui-ro 20-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea · Google Maps

Other pharmacies and beauty stores in Seongsu dong worth adding to the route

PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch is just one of many pharmacies and beauty stores in Seongsu dong. Several nearby spots also cater to foreign tourists and can be added to a one day Seongsu dong route. Ready Young Seongsu branch (레디영약국 성수점) is a branch of another pharmacy chain targeting the same foreign tourist customer base. Olive Young N Seongsu (올리브영N 성수), CJ's new format flagship store, sits inside the Factorial Seongsu building near Exit 4 of Seongsu Station and is one of the brand's larger physical locations at present. Tamburins Seongsu branch (탬버린즈 성수점) is the brand's showcase style flagship concept store on Yeonmujang 5-gil, known for its underground garden themed space. fwee Agit Seongsu branch (퓨 아지트 성수), the beauty brand fwee's permanent flagship experience store, is located on Seongsui-ro 7-gil, where you can try the full line of the brand's lip and cheek dual use jelly pot products before buying them on site.

These stores differ in type: some are pharmacies, some are chain drugstores, and others are single brand experience flagships, so the purpose of visiting and the time spent at each naturally differs. The table below lists each store's address, business hours, and walking time from Seongsu Station, for comparing routes efficiently.

Grouping Seongsu Station exits for the most time efficient day trip route

Of the locations listed in this article, PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch is the closest to Exit 3 of Seongsu Station, making it well suited as the starting or closing stop of a Seongsu dong day trip route. Looking at the station's exits, the Exit 3 direction and the Exit 4 direction cover two largely separate walking areas. Grouping stores in the same direction together, finishing that side, then moving to the other side saves more time than crossing back and forth between the two exits, and it also means carrying fewer shopping bags over longer, unnecessary stretches.

Work out which exit each beauty store you plan to visit is closest to, then head toward the busier direction first and finish that side before moving to the other. Many addresses in Seongsu dong are listed only as "near Exit number X" without a full street number, so check the actual route on a map app again right before you set out. Place the pharmacy at both ends of the route where it fits most naturally, and keep the middle of the day free for the beauty stores.

Matching cafe and store opening and closing hours

Looking at opening hours, PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch closes later than any of the other locations listed in this article, so there's no need to compress your shopping time to match an earlier closing beauty store. Most beauty stores in the Seongsu dong area open around 11 a.m., later than PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch. If you arrive at Seongsu Station early in the morning, you can visit the pharmacy first, stop by a nearby cafe, and then head toward the beauty stores once they start opening around midday.

Seongsu dong has many cafes converted from old factory warehouses, clustered around Seongsu-ro and Yeonmujang-gil. These make a good midpoint between the pharmacy and the beauty stores, a place to rest and sort through what you've bought that day, instead of skipping coffee entirely to save time. In the evening, once the beauty stores close one by one, PURE Pharmacy Seongsu branch, staying open late, can still serve as the last stop before wrapping up the day, letting you pick up everything you've bought throughout the day in one final stop.

Sources: note.com on site visit record, Medical Times pharmacy directory, CJ Newsroom Olive Young N Seongsu opening announcement, Albamon Seongsu flagship store hiring notice, fwee AGIT SEONGSU official page.