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Bulguksa and the Gyeongju National Museum

A 7-hour call; the temple and the gold crowns. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 7-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
A 7-hour call; the temple and the gold crowns
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ₩87,000–108,000 out and back
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Room to spare
Fits a 7-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
About ₩31,000–40,000 out, ₩13,000 between, ₩43,000–55,000 back on the meter, our estimates. Both sights free.

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 3 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 → 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, 35.4 km)

    ₩31,000–40,000 on the meter, our estimate; show “경주 불국사”

  2. +1:00
    Bulguksa: the stairways, the two pagodas and the halls

    Free, from 09:00; last entry 18:00 Mar–Sep

    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)
  4. +2:40
    Gold crowns and the Bell of King Seongdeok

    Free, 10:00–18:00

    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 back to the port (~65 min, 49.2 km)

    Our estimate

  6. +4:50
    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, GyeongjuGyeongju in a day: Bulguksa, the museum, Daereungwon and CheomseongdaeNeeds a 9.5-hour call · ~7.5hA full expedition day, if you skip the line’s coachThe 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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