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The long call · Incheon

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Long calls only — the palace and Bukchon, nothing else. Timed from the gangway and back. On an 8-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

7 hr 30 min door to door7 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Trainholic / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
7 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls only — the palace and Bukchon, nothing else
Room to spare
30 min
On an 8-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.
What it costs
taxi ₩8,000–10,000 + rail ~₩2,500 each way, or ~₩50,000–70,000 by taxi each way
Transport spend: taxi ₩8,000–10,000 + rail ~₩2,500 each way, or ~₩50,000–70,000 by taxi each way. Palace ₩3,000.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi to International Business District station (~15 min)

    Buy a T-money card at the kiosk; foreign cards cannot tap the gates

  2. +0:20
    Incheon Line 1 to Gyeyang, then the AREX all-stop train to Seoul Station

    About 1h30 on the rails

    What you will see here →
  3. +2:00
    Subway or taxi to Gyeongbokgung

    Closed Tuesdays; the guard changes at 10:00 and 14:00

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:15
    Gyeongbokgung, unhurried

    ₩3,000

    What you will see here →
  5. +3:45
    Walk up to Bukchon

    Core lanes open to visitors 10:00–17:00 only

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +4:45
    Taxi or rail back to the terminal

    Leave Seoul by 15:30 — the expressway fills after that

    What you will see here →
  7. +6:45
    Back at the gangway

    On a 9h call this keeps the hour

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Incheon, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Korean Emigration History Museum
Korean Emigration History MuseumPhoto: Garam / Attribution
Chinatown & the Jajangmyeon Museum
Chinatown & the Jajangmyeon MuseumPhoto: Ken Eckert / CC BY-SA 4.0
Jajangmyeon where it began
Jajangmyeon where it beganPhoto: 최광모 / CC0
Dakgangjeong at Sinpo Market
Dakgangjeong at Sinpo MarketPhoto: hyun chun kim / CC0
Songdo Central Park
Songdo Central ParkPhoto: José Carioca / CC BY-SA 4.0
Bindaetteok at Gwangjang Market
Bindaetteok at Gwangjang MarketPhoto: Rystheguy / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Incheon

The rainy-day IncheonA wet day · ~4.5hWet weather — a museum, a covered market and a noodle lunchSongdo, close in2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — the only sights near the terminalThe old port4–6 hours · ~5hThe Incheon day: Chinatown, jajangmyeon, the market and the harbour
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