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Bulguksa, Gyeongju

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Gyeongju in a day: Bulguksa, the museum, Daereungwon and Cheomseongdae

A full expedition day, if you skip the line’s coach. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr 30 min door to door10 stopsNeeds a 9.5-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 4 parts
Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
7 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9.5-hour call or longer
A full expedition day, if you skip the line’s coach
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ₩100,000–130,000 in taxis for the day
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Room to spare
Fits a 9.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
On the meter, our estimate; a car and driver booked through the ship may be cheaper. Cheonmachong ₩3,000; everything else free. Ssambap lunch not priced.

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

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

Open in Google Maps, in 4 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Bulguksaby taxiGoogle Maps gives no walking or driving directions in Korea: Kakao Map · Naver Map app
  2. 2Bulguksa → Gyeongju National Museumby taxiKakao Map · Naver Map app
  3. 3Gyeongju National Museum → Daereungwon and Cheonmachong → Hwangnidan-gil → Cheomseongdaeon footKakao Map · Naver Map app
  4. 4Cheomseongdae → Back to the shipby taxiKakao Map · Naver Map app

Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.

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 Bulguksa (~55 min)

    Book the car through the ship the evening before

  2. +1:00
    Bulguksa

    Free; open daily from 09:00

    Directions from the ship (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map appFull guide: Bulguksa: the temple of the Buddha land
    Bulguksa, Gyeongju
    Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +2:15
    Taxi to the Gyeongju National Museum (~25 min)

    Opens 10:00

  4. +2:45
    Gold crowns and the Bell of King Seongdeok

    Free

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map app
    The Bell of King Seongdeok at the Gyeongju National Museum
    Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC0
  5. +3:45
    Taxi to Daereungwon (~6 min); ssambap lunch on the street by the wall

    Shop hours not published

    What you will see here
    Taxi to Daereungwon (~6 min); ssambap lunch on the street by the wall, Ulsan
    Photo: wizdata / CC0
  6. +4:45
    Daereungwon and inside Cheonmachong

    Park free; Cheonmachong ₩3,000

    Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Kakao Map · Naver Map appFull guide: Daereungwon: the royal tombs of Silla
    Daereungwon and Cheonmachong, Gyeongju
    Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. +5:30
    Hwangnidan-gil: a box of Hwangnam-ppang for the shipWhat you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)Kakao Map · Naver Map app
    Hwangnidan-gil and Hwangnam-ppang, Gyeongju
    Photo: Seefooddiet / CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. +6:00
    Walk to Cheomseongdae (~15 min, our estimate)

    Free

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)Kakao Map · Naver Map app
    Cheomseongdae, Gyeongju
    Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. +6:30
    Taxi back to the port (~65 min, 49.3 km)

    Our estimate; leave Gyeongju at least 75 min before you must be at the gangway

  10. +7:35
    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.
Other routes

The other routes in Ulsan

Taehwagang bamboo forest, UlsanThe bamboo forest and Daewangam ParkNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5hA short call, or a morning when the line’s Gyeongju coach is not for youBulguksa, GyeongjuBulguksa and the Gyeongju National MuseumNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hA 7-hour call; the temple and the gold crownsThe Bell of King Seongdeok at the Gyeongju National MuseumThe museum and the inside of a royal tombA wet day · ~5.5hRain; the museum and the inside of a royal tomb are under cover
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