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The short call · Incheon

Songdo, close in

Short calls — the only sights near the terminal. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 3-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

2 hr 30 min door to door5 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: José Carioca / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Short calls — the only sights near the terminal
Room to spare
30 min
On a 3-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.
What it costs
taxi ~₩8,000–10,000 each way
Transport spend: taxi ~₩8,000–10,000 each way.
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 Songdo Central Park (~15 min)

    Show the driver 송도 센트럴파크

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:20
    The canal boardwalk and a water taxi

    Boats from the West Boathouse; about 20 minutes round the canal

  3. +1:20
    Coffee by the lake, or the Tri-bowl

    The tower skyline is the view

  4. +1:55
    Taxi back to the terminal

    Taxis queue at the park entrances

  5. +2:15
    Back at the gangway
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
Bukchon Hanok Village
Bukchon Hanok VillagePhoto: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Wolmido & the Sea Train
Wolmido & the Sea TrainPhoto: Trainholic / 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 lunchThe old port4–6 hours · ~5hThe Incheon day: Chinatown, jajangmyeon, the market and the harbourOne Seoul cluster8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls only — the palace and Bukchon, nothing else
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