6D5N Solo Backpacking - D2 - Seoul City Tour Bus

Hello everyone! How are you doing?
I hope all of you are doing well.
I have been busy so I couldn't update this blog on time.
Nevertheless, here I am now. So I shall continue from where it was left.

As you know, Seoul is the capital of Korea.
The infrastructure in Seoul is very well built.
It is easy to travel from one place to another.
Whether it is by hailing a cab, riding a bus or taking the subway.

If you are shortage of time, if you want to visit places of interest without planning much on how to get there and you want to enjoy the whole day at Seoul downtown, do take the Seoul City Tour. An all day unlimited day pass cost you only 10,000 won. So why not just for around S$12, you get to visit many places of interest in Seoul. Just hop on and off the bus by simply showing the ticket.

There are 2 course available.
1) City Circulation Course - covers the downtown area including National Museum of Korea, Namsangol Hanok Village, Namdaemun Market, Dongdaemun Market, Insadong and the 5 places.

Operating hours: 0900 - 2100 (last bus departs at 7pm from Gwanghwamun)
Bus interval: departs every 30 minutes
Languages: English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese
Price: 10,000 won (Adult), 8,000 won (Children)
*does not operate on Mondays

2) Cheonggyecheon/ Palace Course - covers the royal palaces such as Deoksugung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace as well as Cheonggye Plaza.

Operating hours:
Peak Season (Dec-Feb, Apr-May, Jul-Aug, Oct): 0900 - 1700 (hourly interval)
Off season (Mar, Jun, Sep, Nov): 1000 - 1700 (hourly interval)
Price: 12,000 won (Adult), 8,000 won (Children)
*does not operate on Mondays

How to get to the FIRST stop & buy ticket
The first stop is at Gwanghwamun.
Travel to Gwanghwamun Station (533), Line 5/ Purple Line, Exit 6.
Walk around 100 metre straight ahead. The buses are park in front of Dongwha Duty Free.
Ticket can be purchase in the bus itself.

 This is what you see when you exit from Gwanghwamun Station Exit 6. Turn to the right and walk straight ahead. Dongwha Duty Free is nearby and the City Tour bus is there

The city tour bus driver :)

My comment/review:

This city tour bus is relatively cheap and it really covers many area especially the City Circulation Course. It even goes to N Seoul Tower which is not easily accessible. If you do not want to spend so much time planning and thinking on how to get to the tourist attraction, do take this bus. It saves your time on planning. And it is easy! Just hop on and off! :)

Oh well, the only bad thing is that it is CROWDED. The bus is really really crowded. Not only with foreigners but with local Koreans. As we know, Korea is HUGE. So they may come from other province and exploring/holidaying in Seoul. :)

I will post up pictures on Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Museum of Korea and N Seoul Tower in the next post :)

Love,

Shasha