| J Liu |
03 September 2003 |
Stayed at Central Tourist Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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No need for hop on hop off bus - Seoul is compact and walkable. Visit to the Naemdong market is a must.
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| P Kim |
19 August 2003 |
Stayed at Ellui Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Taxi is inexpensive (make sure you take the non-black, non-deluxe cabs which start from 1600won vs. 4000won.) The ride from Incheon to Coex only costed 12000won (10 us dollars). Nice restaurant is a Japanese restaurant called Chin Chin, near Galleria Department store in Ap-Gu-Jong-Dong. I also visited a mountainous area near the opera house. Nice to visit when you get tired of the hustle-bustle of the city. If you get a chance you also have to visit some mountainside restaurants. The one I went to was in Na-Man-San. We picked out our chickens and had them prepared fresh. An outstanding treat...
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| S Kwok |
10 August 2003 |
Stayed at Best Western Hotel Dongdaemun - Seoul, South Korea.
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Shoppers may have to check on the trade holidays for the shopping malls during Summer (around early August). It was a huge disappointment as 90% wholesale shopping malls at Dongdaemun and Namdaemun are closed for Summer Holidays during my stay. Urgh!!! Didn't expect that to happen, no such holiday advice from the Tour2Korea website and the hotels too! Taking the subway is simple so you don't need to join a land tour. We are lucky to meet some nice Koreans who offer to give road directions even when they have difficulty understanding and speaking English. In-SaDong is really a good place for some Korean culture stuff... I love the place. Eating is a little problem as we can't read Korean words, so look for those with food pictures.
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| S Mok |
22 July 2003 |
Stayed at President Seoul, Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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You can get around easily via the subway. It is only 700 won per ride if you are travelling within the city.
If you plan to visit Everland, take the express bus at Central City. Do not go for the alternative route from Suwon station, that will take you 2+ hrs from Seoul City to reach Everland!
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| C Basilides |
19 July 2003 |
Stayed at Renaissance Seoul Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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I recommend visit at Namdaemun Shopping Street. The souvenir items are really cheap. Seoul is generally clean. It's easy to go around from place to place as long as you carry a map. You will hardly get lost if you just follow the lines of the subway. The Good Morning Tour is okay. The black limo taxi is more expensive than the gray or white ones. If you can't find an English-speaking Korean to ask for directions, then don't. Koreans who don't understand English won't be able to help you anyway and they usually give the wrong sign language. The map is more reliable. Also take the River cruise at night to see Seoul's 27 bridges wonderfully decorated with multicolored lights. We went into a Korean Restaurdant at back of the hotel where nobody can speak English. We had to point our orders (good thing they have pictures!) and do sign language. It was rather difficult and nobody showed us how to eat the food. It's quite different from our usual food. We figured out anyway on our last day of tour when we went into a restaurant of similar kind and a lady was kind enough to demonstrate to us how to eat their authentic Korean food.
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| T Drown |
13 July 2003 |
Stayed at Hamilton Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Shopping in Itaewon and Hyundai department store was lots of fun and productive.
The subway system in Seoul was excellent and very eay to use.
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| S Tsafrir |
04 July 2003 |
Stayed at Pacific Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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The hotel is near the Namdemon market, a good location for shopping.
The subway is a good way of getting around, but taxis are not expensive.
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| J Phillips |
02 July 2003 |
Stayed at Sofitel Ambassador Seoul - Seoul, South Korea.
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Learn to use the subways and buses, the traffic will have you paying huge cab fares. Shopping is great in Dongdaemun and Iteawon. Nightlife is great too. A fun place to visit.
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| M Milne |
01 July 2003 |
Stayed at Crown Insadong, Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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I had a wonderful time in the area. The shops in the Insadong area are all staffed by friendly, helpful people and a credit to their profession and their nationality. The ease with which I was able to see the sites in the area and access the airport bus etc., was a time saving bonus. I can certainly recommend this hotel for value, proximity to locales and certainly the Insadong area is a 'tourist destination' in itself!!
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| L Larsen |
28 June 2003 |
Stayed at Sofitel Ambassador Seoul - Seoul, South Korea.
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For the first time travelling with our children (11 / 14) as backpackers, we got around in Korea in buses and trains. Public transport works extremely well! Our stops were: Seoul, Daechon Beach, Songnisan National Park, Gyeongju, Jeju island (Gwakji Beach + Soegwipo)- all in 15 days.
In Seoul: Don't miss the dance / theatre performance in "Korean House". They have a very good souvenir shop, too.
In Songnisan National Park: don't miss the Beopusa Temple, Buddha's etc.
Except from Seoul we have been staying in yogwans and eating in small local places. We have had excellent menues for 5000 won/person and 4 people sleeping for 40.000 - 60.000 won. It's no problem to have family rooms.
We have had a wonderful time. The Koreans are extremely nice and helpful people. Unfortunately only very few speak english, but we managed any way.
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Traveller's Tales: Getting around in South Korea
