Free day in and around Incheon
Jan 27th, 2010 | 08:37 PM
#21
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Bob,
We were docked at Incheon from 7am-5pm on our RTW trip in March. We took the subway from downtown Incheon to Seoul and did a walking/taxi tour on our own. Went to the Palace and to the National Folk Museum. Then we walked to a nearby shopping area that was nice, antiques, food and crafts, and took a taxi to the old huge outdoor market which was wild.
If you want more details on our day with pictures of the sites, go to our trip report:
www.aroundtheworldin132days.blogspot.com
click on March on the righthand side and scroll down to Mon, March 9.
The one thing my husband wanted to do was the tour to the DMZ, but the site wis closed on Mon, the day we were there. But if that is of interest to you, I did read that the airport offers a day tour to people with layover time during the day. It is roundtrip from the airport and I read some good reviews of the tour.
Have Fun!
We were docked at Incheon from 7am-5pm on our RTW trip in March. We took the subway from downtown Incheon to Seoul and did a walking/taxi tour on our own. Went to the Palace and to the National Folk Museum. Then we walked to a nearby shopping area that was nice, antiques, food and crafts, and took a taxi to the old huge outdoor market which was wild.
If you want more details on our day with pictures of the sites, go to our trip report:
www.aroundtheworldin132days.blogspot.com
click on March on the righthand side and scroll down to Mon, March 9.
The one thing my husband wanted to do was the tour to the DMZ, but the site wis closed on Mon, the day we were there. But if that is of interest to you, I did read that the airport offers a day tour to people with layover time during the day. It is roundtrip from the airport and I read some good reviews of the tour.
Have Fun!
Jan 27th, 2010 | 08:38 PM
#22
Joined: Sep 2004
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Bob,
We were docked at Incheon from 7am-5pm on our RTW trip in March. We took the train fron downtown Incheon to Seoul and did a walking/taxi tour on our own. Went to the Palace and a museum with some outside stuff near by. Then we walked through a nearby shopping area that was nice and took a taxi to a huge outdoor market which was wild.
If you want more details on our day with pictures, go to our trip report:
www.aroundtheworldin132days.blogspot.com
click on March on the righthand side and scroll to March .
The one thing my husband wanted to do was the tour to the DMZ, but the site was closed on the day we were there. But if that is of interest to you, I did read that the airport offers a day tour to people with layover time during the day. It is roundtrip from the airport and I read some good reviews of the tour.
We were docked at Incheon from 7am-5pm on our RTW trip in March. We took the train fron downtown Incheon to Seoul and did a walking/taxi tour on our own. Went to the Palace and a museum with some outside stuff near by. Then we walked through a nearby shopping area that was nice and took a taxi to a huge outdoor market which was wild.
If you want more details on our day with pictures, go to our trip report:
www.aroundtheworldin132days.blogspot.com
click on March on the righthand side and scroll to March .
The one thing my husband wanted to do was the tour to the DMZ, but the site was closed on the day we were there. But if that is of interest to you, I did read that the airport offers a day tour to people with layover time during the day. It is roundtrip from the airport and I read some good reviews of the tour.
Jan 28th, 2010 | 09:59 AM
#24
Joined: Sep 2008
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I'm not sure you will have time for a DMZ tour. If your flight leaves at 5 PM, you probably need to be at the airport at 3, which means you will need to leave the DMZ no later than 1, and likely even earlier.
There might be a DMZ transit tour offered by the airport that fits with your schedule. I'm pretty sure it would not include Panmunjeom, though.
Also, DMZ tours can get canceled at the last minute (at least the ones that go to Panmunjeom). When I was there we looked into doing a USO tour that was scheduled/advertised, and the office said it had been canceled by the people at the DMZ (for meetings or something like that). This was only a couple of days before the tour was supposed to go.
There might be a DMZ transit tour offered by the airport that fits with your schedule. I'm pretty sure it would not include Panmunjeom, though.
Also, DMZ tours can get canceled at the last minute (at least the ones that go to Panmunjeom). When I was there we looked into doing a USO tour that was scheduled/advertised, and the office said it had been canceled by the people at the DMZ (for meetings or something like that). This was only a couple of days before the tour was supposed to go.
