Sampo Restaurant (3-minute walk) – Hwangnam Bread Head Office (5-minute walk) – Bus numbers 10 or 11 at Palujung Rotary to Bulguksa Temple (35-40 minute ride / fare ￦1,300 / bus available every 8 minutes)

Bulguksa Temple & Seokgulam Grotto

2:30PM

Listed as a World Culture Heritage, Bulguksa is the country’s most famous temple. Seokguram Grotto is also a World Culture Heritage and a must-see in Gyeongju. The grotto is a 15-minute bus ride away from the temple and located on the top of a mountain.

The bus comes 40 minutes past every hour between 8:40 am and 4:40 pm, with the last leaving at 5:20 pm. Bus number 12 stops at the information desk at the temple parking lot. Please plan ahead when visiting either spot, as going through both sites takes up to two hours.

→ Link to Bulguksa Temple

→ Link to Seokguram Grotto

Visitors can take buses 10 or 11 from Bulguksa Temple to Gyeongju rail station. The trip takes 40 minutes and costs ￦1,300. Buses come every eight minutes.

▒ Map of Busan

▒ Map of Seomyeon

▒ Map of Gyeongju

▒ Estimated Costs (March 2005)

High-speed Train Fare from Seoul to Busan (KTX) ￦44,800

City Tour ￦8,000

Busan subway station to Seomyeon ￦900

Snacks at Seomyeon Food Alley Tteokbokgi ￦2,000

Jeon ￦1,000

Sundae ￦2,000

Eomuk ￦300

Nail Treatment ￦30,000

Seomyeon subway station to Gwangan ￦900

Minak Town Sliced Raw Fish Center ￦20,000