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Plan your day · YeosuHow long are you ashore in Yeosu?
Pick your hours and you get a finished day — every step timed from the gangway and back, and each route says how much room it leaves you before all-aboard. Swap anything you don't fancy.
GETTING AROUND — the facts that don't change by day (today's times: ship's program or Google Maps)
Maritime cable car (Jasan Park station): ① Taxi from the rank at the terminal to the Jasan Park station, 2.6 km, about 7 min ② Or on foot: 2.3 km, about 30 min by our estimate, uphill at the end through the park ③ Cable car Jasan Park ⇄ Dolsan Park, 13 min each way. From the Jasan station, Odongdo’s lighthouse is 1.7 km, about 22 min on foot Fare Taxi about ₩4,700 on the meter, our estimate · cable car ₩17,000 return standard, ₩24,000 crystal (glass floor); one way ₩14,000 / ₩19,000 · cards taken. Cable car 09:30–21:30 daily, last ticket 21:00.
Odongdo: ① On foot from the terminal: 2.8 km, about 37 min, to the start of the breakwater; the lighthouse is 3.6 km, about 47 min — our estimates ② Or a taxi to the Odongdo entrance car park, 2.8 km, about 8 min ③ Then the 768 m breakwater on foot (about 15 min) or the Dongbaek train (about 5 min) Fare Island free · Dongbaek train ₩1,000 one way, free at 65 and over and under 7 · taxi about ₩4,900, our estimate. Train inbound 09:30–17:00, outbound 09:15–16:45, with a break 12:00–13:00.
Hyangiram hermitage: ① Taxi from the terminal: 26.6 km, 33 min without traffic, about 42 min in practice — our estimates ② Ask the driver to wait and agree a price; whether a return taxi can be found at the car park is not confirmed ③ From the car park the hermitage is about 15 min up steep steps, or by a gentler path Fare About ₩28,500 each way on the meter, distance only, our estimate (inside Yeosu city, so no out-of-area surcharge) · hermitage free. Open sunrise to sunset every day.
Suncheon Bay Wetland and the National Garden: ① Taxi or pre-booked car from the terminal to the wetland: 39.7 km, 41 min without traffic, about 51 min in practice — our estimates ② Wetland → National Garden 7.2 km, about 12 min by road; the Skycube between them does not run on Mondays ③ National Garden → terminal 36.3 km, about 46 min Fare Taxi about ₩42,600 on the meter plus the 35% out-of-area surcharge, around ₩57,500 each way before waiting time, our estimate · wetland ₩10,000, garden ₩10,000; cards taken (a credit-card discount is listed). Wetland tickets 08:00–17:00 (Nov–Feb), 08:00–18:00 (Mar–Apr, Sep–Oct), 08:00–19:00 (May–Aug) · both close the last Monday of each month.
Yeosu Expo Station (KTX) and city buses: ① On foot from the terminal: about 1 km, 10–15 min (the official data sheet says about 9 min) ② KTX to Seoul (Yongsan) takes about 2 h 50 min–3 h: not a port-day trip ③ City buses: 6 and 7 to Manseongri beach (secondary); 111, 111-1 and 116 towards Hyangiram, an hour or more Fare City bus ₩1,700 cash, ₩1,600 with a Korean transit card; one free transfer within 60 min. Bus frequencies are not published; real-time positions are on KakaoMap.
THE TWO-MINUTE PORT TALK — read aloud at breakfast
Yi Sun-sin and Yeosu. Korea has one undefeated admiral, and this was his harbour. The war fleet sailed from here and the turtle ship was built here. The hall that marks the spot has just come back from a ten-year rebuild.
Hyangiram. A monk is said to have seen the goddess of mercy here in 644. Thirteen centuries later a fire took the main hall in a night. The sunrise, which is the reason people come, was not affected.
Expo 2012. For three months in 2012 a fishing port at the end of a railway line hosted a World Expo. The crowds left, the pavilions came down, and the quay built for the show is now where cruise ships tie up.
The Yeosu table. The city publishes a list of ten dishes and calls one of them a rice thief. The rest of the list is a calendar of what the boats bring in, and your call date decides which page you are on.
