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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Our Jam-packed Tour of Korea

In 4 days, we were able to visit 9 tourist spots in South Korea, namely:
1. Chandeokgung Palace (with Tour of the Forbidden/Secret Garden), 
2. Bukchon Hanok Village, 
3. Insa-dong, 
4. Cheonggyecheon Stream, 
5. Nami Island, 
6. Myeong-dong, 
7. the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 
8. Mount Namsan, and 
9. Lotte World.


We got to watch the Cookin' NANTA Show and Zipline from Gapyeong to Namiseom.  And we got to shop at the Dongdaemun Fashion District and at Yongsan Electronics Market.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4




Morning

Arrive: 6:30
Bus No. 6001 to Seoul
Hotel Check-In
Take subway to Anguk Station

Changdeokgung Palace
(11:30 English Tour)
-Film location of Jewel in the Palace

Bukchon Hanok Village
Leave hotel 9:00


Take Train to Gapyeong Station
Nami Island
-Zip Line
-Bike
-Film location of Winter Sonata









Train back to Seoul
Leave hotel 7:45


Tour Bus Pick-Up


DMZ Tour
(Half-day Tour of Freedom Tours)
Leave hotel 9:00


 Take subway to Jamsil Station

Lotte World


-Film location of Stairway to Heaven



Afternoon


Insa-dong


Cheonggyecheon Stream
Back in Seoul: 2:00
Yongsan Electronics Market

Myeong-dong Cathedral
-Film location of You're Beautiful
FREE TIME
(shopping)

Hotel Check-Out


Leave Seoul: 5:30
Bus No. 6001 to Incheon

Evening


Dongdaemun (shopping)
- Doota Tower
- Migliore

Myeong-dong
-Watch Cookin' NANTA Show

Namsan Tower
-Film location of Kim Sam Soon
Arrive at airport: 6:45

Depart at 9:30

Had we more time, we would have:
a. visited Gyeongbokgung Palace;
b. watched the changing of the guards at Deoksugung Palace; 
c. shopped at Namdaemun Market, COEX Mall and Itaewon;
d. visited the War Memorial of Korea;
e. biked along the Han River; and
f. had coffee at Hongik University Area