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The Bell of King Seongdeok at the Gyeongju National Museum

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The museum and the inside of a royal tomb

Rain; the museum and the inside of a royal tomb are under cover. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr 30 min door to door6 stopsA wet day
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC0
Door to door
5 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Rain; the museum and the inside of a royal tomb are under cover
Room to spare
None
What it costs
about ₩86,000–109,000 out and back
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Room to spare
Fits a 7.5-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
About ₩37,000–48,000 out, ₩6,000 between, ₩43,000–55,000 back on the meter, our estimates. Cheonmachong ₩3,000; museum 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 → Gyeongju National Museumby taxiGoogle Maps gives no walking or driving directions in Korea: Kakao Map · Naver Map app
  2. 2Gyeongju National Museum → Daereungwon and Cheonmachongon footKakao Map · Naver Map app
  3. 3Daereungwon and Cheonmachong → 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 the Gyeongju National Museum (~65 min, 42.5 km)

    Opens 10:00; free. Leave the ship at about 08:55 or later: an 08:30 start reaches the door at 09:35, 25 minutes before it opens

  2. +1:10
    The Silla galleries and the gold crowns

    Indoors

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (by taxi)Kakao Map · Naver Map app
    The Bell of King Seongdeok at the Gyeongju National Museum
    Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC0
  3. +2:40
    Taxi to Daereungwon (~6 min); ssambap lunch indoors
    Taxi to Daereungwon (~6 min); ssambap lunch indoors, Ulsan
    Photo: wizdata / CC0
  4. +3:40
    Inside Cheonmachong

    ₩3,000; the one tomb you can enter

    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
  5. +4:15
    Taxi back to the port (~70 min)

    Our estimate

  6. +5:25
    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 crownsBulguksa, 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 coach
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