Gyeongju National Museum

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The Bell of King Seongdeok at the Gyeongju National MuseumPhoto: Bernard Gagnon / CC0

Round trip

3 hr 10 min

From the ship and back

Fits

a 5.5-hour call or longer

Margin already counted

Getting there

Taxi ~65 min each way, 42.5 km

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Booking

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Getting there: Taxi ~65 min each way, 42.5 km; or about 25 min on from Bulguksa, 6 min from Daereungwon

Checked 15 November 2026 · Researched, not yet visited · travel times are our map estimates · Takumi Yamada

Why go

The real gold crowns from the Silla tombs, and outside the Bell of King Seongdeok, cast in 771. Free, 10:00–18:00, last entry 17:30; closed only on 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok, with the galleries shut on the second Monday of March, June, September and December. The indoor half of a wet day.

Why it earns the hours

Number 3 of ten on our list for Ulsan.

Before you count on it

Closed on 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok; the galleries shut on the second Monday of March, June, September and December. Check the day before you plan around it.
3 hr 10 min door to door needs a 5.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.

How you get there

From the Ulsan berth

TAXI

Bulguksa, Gyeongju

Pay the driver

₩31,000–40,000 (each way on the meter, our estimate; Ulsan tariff ₩4,500 for 2 km, ₩100 per 125 m or per 30 seconds in slow traffic. A taxi leaving Ulsan for Gyeongju may add an out-of-city surcharge, rate not confirmed, so the meter can read more)

No taxi rank at a cargo quay is published; book through the ship

Taxi called to the ship (ask at reception the evening before): 35.4 km, about 55 min in practice, about 45 min without traffic — our estimates. Show “경주 불국사”
Bulguksa: free, entry until 18:00 March–September, 17:30 in October, open every day
On to the Gyeongju National Museum, 13 km, about 25 min, or back to the port

TAXI

Daereungwon, Cheomseongdae and the national museum

Pay the driver

About ₩43,000–55,000 each way on the meter, our estimate, before any out-of-city surcharge (not confirmed) · Daereungwon free, Cheonmachong ₩3,000, Cheomseongdae free, museum free

Daereungwon 09:00–22:00 · museum 10:00–18:00 · Cheomseongdae 09:00–22:00 in summer

Taxi from the ship: 49.9 km, about 70 min to Daereungwon; the museum is 42.5 km, about 65 min — our estimates
The three are within 2.4 km of each other: Daereungwon to the museum about 6 min by taxi
Cheomseongdae stands in the open fields beside Daereungwon

Show this to a driver국립경주박물관여기로 가 주세요 yeogiro ga juseyo — "here, please"

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Where it is

Gyeongju National Museum and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 3 hr 10 min goes

The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.

Out1 hr 5 minTaxi ~65 min each way, 42.5 km; or about 25 min on from Bulguksa, 6 min from Daereungwon

There1 hrWhat you came for

Back1 hr 5 minTo the gangway

If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

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