When it rains · Yeosu

Aqua Planet, the fish market under cover and Jinnamgwan’s relic hall

Rain; every stop has a roof and the aquarium is walkable from the ship. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr 30 min spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

4 hr 30 min door to door7 stopsA wet day ashore

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Photo: Choi2451 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Door to door

4 hr 30 min

From the gangway and back

Best for

A wet day

Rain; every stop has a roof and the aquarium is walkable from the ship

Room to spare

1 hr 30 min

On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr 30 min spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

What it costs

on foot to the aquarium; taxis about ₩5,600 + ₩4,800 + ₩5,000 on the meter, our estimates

Transport spend: on foot to the aquarium; taxis about ₩5,600 + ₩4,800 + ₩5,000 on the meter, our estimates. Aqua Planet about ₩36,000–38,000, senior rate about ₩3,000 less (two official pages disagree).

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

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.

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.

+0:00
Walk from the terminal to Hanwha Aqua Planet (~16 min)
Inside the Expo site; 09:30–19:00, last entry 18:00
+0:20
Aqua Planet Yeosu
About 2 h; about ₩36,000–38,000, senior rate about ₩3,000 less
+2:20
Taxi to the Gyodong fish market (~8 min)
About ₩5,600; closed the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
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Photo: Mar del Este / CC BY-SA 4.0
+2:35
Fish picked downstairs, cut and eaten upstairs
Cards taken at the market; a table charge upstairs
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+3:35
Taxi to Jinnamgwan (~5 min); the relic hall and the hall
Free; the relic hall is the roofed part
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Photo: S Shamima Nasrin / CC BY-SA 4.0
+4:05
Taxi to the terminal (~8 min)
The Sky Tower media room is 3 min from the hall if time remains
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Photo: Jeongyeol Park / CC BY 3.0
+4:20
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.

What the day looks like

Yeosu, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Hyangiram hermitage on the cliffs of Geumosan at the southern tip of Dolsan island, Yeosu, with the sea belowPhoto: Garam / Attribution

A gejang baekban set in Yeosu: soy-marinated stone crab with rice, mustard-leaf kimchi and small side dishesPhoto: SJ Yang / CC BY-SA 2.0

Odongdo island and its camelliasPhoto: Mobius6 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Maritime cable car over the bayPhoto: Ambir Tolang / CC0

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Different hours, different day

The other routes in Yeosu

Sky Tower, the Expo waterfront and Odongdo2–3 hours · ~2hAny call; the two things next to the ship without a long walk Cable car, Odongdo and the old town4–6 hours · ~4.5hA 6-hour call; the three things people come for, without Hyangiram Hyangiram, the cable car, Odongdo and a gejang lunch (08:00–17:00 call)8 hours or more · ~7hThe 9-hour Westerdam and Noordam calls, gangway by 15:30

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