South Korea – Seoul Summer Itinerary

8D7N ITINERARY + expenses

JULY 3
12NN CHECK IN VIA CEBPAC
3PM DEPARTURE MNL TO ICN
8PM ARRIVAL TO SEOUL
BUY T MONEY
AREX TO SEOUL STATION AND TRANSFER LINE GOING TO DONGDAEMUN STATION (you need to download the subway map of Seoul so you won’t get lost and save time for your trip)
11PM CHECK IN AT PHILSTAY DONGDAEMUN
12AM GO OUT FOR A WALK AT DONGDAEMUN

Got my T-money! I load it for 25,000krw for 8 days

Excited to go out and look around the area and glad our accommodation is the center of everything and less than mile away to Dongdaemun plaza.

JULY 4
8AM BREAKFAST
12NN BUS GOING TO MYEONGDONG
MYEONGDONG CATHEDRAL
MYEONGDONG THEATRE
MYEONGDONG TOURIST CENTER
4PM NAMSAN SEOUL TOWER
8PM BACK TO MYEONGDONG FOR NIGHT MARKET
9PM DONGDAEMUN MARKET

JULY 5
9AM BREAKFAST
1PM GOING TO GWANGHWAMUN SQUARE
GYEONGBOKGUNG PALACE
JAPANESE MEMORIAL
4:30PM BUKCHON HANOK VILLAGE
5:30PM CHEONGGYECHEON STREAM
6:15PM DONGMYO
7:30PM HYEHWA STATION DINNER AT 혜화 돌쇠아저씨 (HYEHWA DORSI AHJUSSI)
8:30PM NAKSAN PARK
9:16PM DONGDAEMUN

JULY 6
9AM BREAKFAST
12NN GOING TO KSTLYLE HUB
4PM EWHA WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY
6:45 SEOUL STATION
LOTTE MART
SEOULLO
10PM GANGNAM
DINNER AT CHICKEN BENGI
OVERNIGHT AT GANGNAM (MY KOREAN FRIEND’S HOUSE)

JULY 7
9AM BREAKFAST AT GANGNAM
12NN BACK TO PHILSTAY DONGDAEMUN
2PM GORYEO STATION
3PM LOTTE MALL
LUNCH
5:30PM SM TOWN
6:50 SM ENTERTAINMENT
6:55PM FNC ENTERTAINMENT
7PM JYP ENTERTAINMENT
7:36PM COEX LIBRARY
9PM BACK AT PHILSTAY

JULY 8
11AM BREAKFAST
2PM GOING TO BOK CHICKEN
3:16PM ARRIVED AT BOK CHICKEN
4:30PM COMMON GROUND
5:430PM DINNER AT HO CHICKEN HOUSE
7:05PM CHANGDEOKGUNG, UHNYEONGUNG PALACE, INSADONG
10:45PM CHICKEN AND BEER
12AM REST

JULY 9
11AM BREAKFAST
FREE TIME / REST
2PM LUNCH NEAR PHILSTAY
4PM SEOUL STATION
6PM SHOP AT SEOUL EXPRESS BUS TERMINAL
9PM BACK AT PHILSTAY DONGDAEMUN

JULY 10
9AM BREAKFAST
11PM CHECK OUT
5:20PM BUS GOING TO DAEGU

EXPENSES

T-Money – 25,000krw

Spicy fish cake – 15,000krw

7/11 kimbap lunch – 6,000krw

Bingsu – 20,000krw

Ice cream – 1,000krw

Dongmyo shades, chocolates, clothes – 15,000krw

Dinner in Dorsi Ahjussi at hyehwa – 33,000krw

Ehwa univ shopping – 10,000krw

Lunch at lotte mall – 15,000krw

Lunch at ho chicken – 6,000 krw

Chocolate pudding sb – 3,300krw

Chicken + soju – 7,000krw

TOTAL OF 156,000KRW or 6681PHP

So let’s calculate everything now!

Airfare 6,000php

Accommodation 4,700php

Travel tax 1620php

Terminal fee 850php

=13,170PHP + 6681PHP

MY TOTAL EXPENSES FOR 8D/7N

=19,851PHP ($388.57)

Some expenses are covered by my Korean friend that treats us! Thank you so much and also for your family. We also visited the places that don’t require us to pay so we saved a lot of money. So if you can save that much the other money left is for shopping!

TIPS

Buying of makeup and skincare products

If you’re into makeup, I’ll suggest you buy makeup products at the subway station it’s cheaper than in Myeongdong or any other shopping place in Seoul also Lotte mart in Seoul station they have many makeup products and skincare that buy one get one, plus a more free taste of food everywhere!

Buying clothes

I’ll suggest visiting Ehwa University to shopping for brand new clothes. You can have cheap find, trendy and vintage clothes there! Also, you can find street foods like the one in Myeongdong.

I also suggest Dongmyo if you are into thrifty stores. You can find clothes in there worth 1,000krw, some clothes there are not worn also with tags. You cannot haggle with the Ahjumma and Ahjussi because most of the prices are fixed plus many of them cannot speak in English. How can you haggle for the price of 1,000krw / $1?

There’s also a place in Dongmyo where you can buy cheap chocolates, candies, noodles, shades, etc. You just need to explore the area for cheap finds.

Myeongdong facts

I suggest you come to Myeongdong at night if you like to try every Korean street foods that you find in dramas. I don’t usually suggest to buy makeup and skincare product there because it’s expensive compare to the one that I suggested earlier. There’s also a lot of hidden restaurants in Myeongdong, we are not able to try to eat in restaurants there because we know that it’s expensive, we need to save more for shopping!!

Buying of pasalubong

There’s a lot of pasalubong or souvenirs in Bukchon Hanok village but many of them are expensive, you’re lucky if you get cheap souvenirs there (we are lucky because we went to every street in Bukchon village that’s why we bought some cheap souvenirs).

If you wanna have many varieties of souvenirs I suggest you come to Insadong. There’s a lot of souvenir stores there! They also sell hanbok and famous traditional stuff in Korea.

Buying Korean snacks for pasalubong?

The best place to go is in Lotte mart. I bought pasalubong in there and I have a chance to choose what size of the box should I put my stuff. Then I reuse it! I put some of the things that I bought in different areas in Seoul and just check in that box to the airport going back to Manila.

Thank you again for dropping by. I hope you all enjoy it and get some tips from me. You are all free and welcome to ask some questions.

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