Day Trips

A day out of the city.

The wooden track of Everland's T Express roller coaster, now named Monimo RUSH, rising over a forested hillside under a clear blue sky

Day Trips

Everland as a Day Trip from Seoul

Which red bus to take from Gangnam, Jamsil or Seoul Station, what a day pass costs on Everland's page for international visitors, how the app's Smart Queue works, and how to get back to Seoul after the fireworks.

A white and blue KTX-Sancheon high-speed train standing at a covered platform in Busan Station, with escalators on the left

Day Trips

Seoul to Busan by KTX in a Day

Busan works as a day trip from Seoul: the KTX takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes each way. Which station to leave from, what a seat costs, how to book as a foreign visitor, whether the KORAIL PASS pays off, the last trains back, and what you can reach in Busan by metro.

Day Trips

A Suwon Hwaseong Day Trip from Seoul

Suwon is about an hour from Seoul on Line 1 for ₩2,150, or 30 to 40 minutes on an intercity train. The fortress walls are free and the palace is ₩2,000; a tour tram, traditional archery and a tethered balloon (closed November to January) fill the rest of the day.

Rows of dark grey tiled hanok roofs in Jeonju Hanok Village, with trees between the houses and the office towers of central Jeonju behind them

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Jeonju Hanok Village in a Day from Seoul

Jeonju works as a day trip: the KTX takes about an hour and 40 minutes each way. Which trains and buses to take, how to reach the Hanok Village from the station, what Gyeonggijeon and the other sights charge and when they close, and the last trains back.

Maples and other trees in red, orange and yellow autumn colour along the riverside on Nami Island, with visitors and picnic tables in the shade below

Day Trips

Nami Island Without the Tour Bus

The train from Yongsan, the bus or walk to the wharf, what the island's 'visa' actually buys, when the zip-wire is worth ₩55,000, and how to add Petite France on the county bus.