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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in South Korea
Know the most popular landmarks in South Korea. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Jeju city guide,
and Seoul city guide.
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| P Minett |
20 November 2004 |
Stayed at Kyungnam Tourist Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Korea was a great place to visit. The people were really friendly and helpful. I know no Korean but was able to get on fine using sign language and my Lonely Planet guide, and maps. Each time I needed help someone seemed to take it on themselves to make sure I got where or what I wanted. The food was great and inexpensive, I really like noodle shops, and places with pictures of the food so you can point to what you like. This was generally available. In Seoul I had 'cow-rice', which was what the amenable shop manager called the dish in the picture, and turned out to be rice and beef, with the interesting side dishes of kimchi which I later found are served with all meals.
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| H Viikinniemi |
08 November 2004 |
Stayed at Savoy Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Seoul City Bus (hop-on hop-off) is a convenient way to make sightseeing. Recommendations: Picturesque views from Seoul Tower on Namsan Montain. Guided (English) walking tours in Changdoekkuk Palace at 1:30PM and 3:30PM, well preserved buildings, nice palace gardens & forest. Shopping at Itaewon District.
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| A Clark |
07 November 2004 |
Stayed at Best Western Hotel Dongdaemun - Seoul, South Korea.
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I traveled by subway exclusively. Airport bus was the best between airport and hotel (#602), and subway otherwise. Subway was cheap, fast, efficient; bus took nearly 2 hrs due to traffic. Koreans all seem to speak "a little english", so looking lost and giving the name of a place gets fingers pointing you in the right direction. Buy anything and everything on the sidewalks, eat whatever looks good or unusual.
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| G Blair |
28 October 2004 |
Stayed at Best Western Incheon Airport Hotel - Incheon, South Korea.
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A must is to contact the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, www.visit2005.com or ICN arrival between door 1 & 2. Ask them if it is possible for you to hire a guide after your tours (It would be money well spent). DMZ, Palace, Seoul Tower (Namsan Park) and shopping were great (with shopping it is great to have a translator & go to non tourist areas-better deals) Ask the hotel desk to direct you to the beach. It was cold but GREAT. Found a black pearl which will bring luck to the restaurant operators and my best friend. 3 nites, 2 days is not enough time. Can't wait to return. Buses, note their schedule, and taxis are abundant.
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| R Hsiung |
12 October 2004 |
Stayed at Sofitel Ambassador Seoul - Seoul, South Korea.
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Seoul's a pretty and very clean city. Buildings not so new, thousands of shops, not many interesting historical sites to visit but very pleasant city overall. Itaewon and Nandaemun Market 'must see' shopping centres. Insadong should be interesting, too (highly recommended by staff of our hotel) but didn't have time to enjoy browsing its antique shops
or try out the tea-houses. The Seoul city bus tour should take at least once and to buy the 'whole day' ticket which costs 10,000 won a person and includes both the 'downtown' and 'palace' tours. Got around by taxis - not too expensive. If have a chance to visit South Korea again would try to see Nami and Chusan Islands. Heard they're beautiful.
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| E Durkee |
02 October 2004 |
Stayed at Westin Chosun - Seoul, South Korea.
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It is readily accessible by KAL bus service from Incheon International Airport (12,000 Wan / person) and takes about one hour. For early morning flights (0800 hours) one has to go by taxi to make sure he is there 2 1/2 hours at least before flight time...thus Taxi is required at about 75,000 Wan. The Chosun is right next door to Seoul's finest department store (Lotte Department Store) and it is in walking distance to the Nam De Mun market area and has ready access to the subsurface Sogong and Myeong-dong markets (just downstairs)and also to the subway system. There is a shuttle bus every hour or so to the I Tae Wan market area which is a tourist visit for shoppers. One can also walk to other tourist sites suxh as the South Gate and if ambitious up the hill from Nam De Mun market past the Hilton to the Namsan Park area, certain museums, monuments and running trails to Seoul Tower overlooking the entire city.
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| M Cooper |
30 September 2004 |
Stayed at Best Western Hotel Dongdaemun - Seoul, South Korea.
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I wandered around Dongdaemun Market area and was basically lost for 2 hours. I never did find the "tourist information" booth that the sign pointed to. I saw only one other Westerner in a span of 2 to 3 hours in this "Special Tourist Zone", and found very few people who could speak English at all, but most store proprietors tried their best to be helpful. The Korean Exchange Bank, which is on the corner of the market building near the hotel, is a good place to exchange currency.
On the advice of the hotel, I took the subway three or four stops west to Jonggak and walked another block or two to the Kyobo Book Center, a most wonderful bookstore. It has a large foreign book section and a helpful staff who spoke good English. This was the best "find" during my day in Seoul. This was the only area outside the hotel lobby or airport where I began to see a few other foreigners. There are a few good, reasonably-priced restaurants here as well.
Although I found the system map utterly baffling, the Seoul subway system is actually very easy to navigate, once you know your destination and which line to take.
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| D Denney |
02 August 2004 |
Stayed at Sejong Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Seoul is a well-organized, clean and safe city—a pleasure to visit though rather expensive after living in India. Spoken English is not its strong suit, but many signs are written both in Korean and English. We found the people not overtly friendly but extraordinarily helpful when we appeared to be lost or confused—they seemed to come out of the woodwork to set us on the right path or provide information as best they could.
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| M Barger |
23 May 2004 |
Stayed at Best Western Incheon Airport Hotel - Incheon, South Korea.
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Choice for car rentals is limited to Avis and Hertz. Be sure to have your International Driver's License in Korea! You won't get a car in this country without it.
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| S Lehky |
07 May 2004 |
Stayed at Uljiro Co-Op Residence - Seoul, South Korea.
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I'd been in Seoul before, so I didn't do much touring. This visit was more work oriented. I did walk in the area around Dongdaemun near the hotel to familiarize myself more with that neighborhood, and took a quick trip on the subway to south of the Han river, to take a look at some of the newer residential areas. It's easy to get anywhere on the subway and I didn't bother with taxis.
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