We are arriving at Incheon airport around noon and leaving the next morning. Is it worth the hassle to go into Seoul? Are there any tours from the airport? Does Incheon or any towns nearby have anything worth seeing? When answering keep in mind that we will be coming back from seven days in Beijing and Tokyo so we will have seen plenty of temples, etc.
Twenty hour layover at Incheon airport. Worth going into Seoul?
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I think it's worth it to go into Seoul to the area around Myeongdong especially at night - perfect with your timing. Lots of unique shops, road side eateries and street food. However, I would stay around Incheon as it's much cheaper. Taxi should cost around 50,000 won from the airport to Myeongdong
Here is the website for the transit tours from ICN:
http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_5_1.jsp
If those do not work for you, and you don't want to spend the taxi fare to Seoul, I would also advise checking out Incheon city; I've not done so so I cannot give any details. But I am sure they have markets and good eating there as well. They also have a large Chinatown, or so I've read.
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/travel2/Inchon
http://hubpages.com/hub/Incheon
i'm afraid it's too late for this post, but, if u intent to visit beijing and tokyo, u'd better skip seoul. temples in seoul like miniature copies from beijing's. but u could, though, u can visit myongdong or sinchon in yongsei university area for shopping, and eating some korean traditional stuff (personally i don't relate them with yammy.)