Seoul, South Korea: 6 days Itinerary and Expenses

Seoul, South Korea: 6 days Itinerary and Expenses


Accommodation: Where to stay in Seoul?
High Street Guest House


Food: Where to eat?
Food Crawl


Itinerary: Places to go, Things to see, What to do?

Our initial snow hunting trip was on February 2016, but what we have seen were frozen lake and muddy mountain.  Now December 2019, we have skipped the idea of going to ski resorts.  But instead, we pushed for the white birch forest hiking and luckily found about Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival.

From below, you'll notice that we also skipped a lot of university sites, this is because there is no snow in the city.  We are after seeing the school architecture with winter backdrop. 

Day	Places to See	Food and Restaurants	Other Options
1	Forest of Wisdom [Hwayugi/Secretary Kim]	Angel in Us, Incheon Dirty Trunk, Paju [Search: WWW] Chicken & Beer	Hesse Boulangerie 152 Seosomun Shrine History Museum Cheonggyecheon Stream Winter Night 2019
2	Inje Wondae-ri Birch Forest [Snow] Seoul Book Repository [Hotel Del Luna]	Guksu Namu (국수나무) Starbucks Reserve, Famille Park
3	Eunpyeong History Hanok Museum DDP Winter Light Festival Arc N Book Seoul Plaza Ice Skating Rink	2D Café 연남동239-20 고향옥 얼큰순대국 near Gupabal Station	Yonsei University (Seoul) 1인1잔 / 1 man 1 cup Korea University (Seoul) Kyung Hee University (Seoul) Shinsegae Department Store
4	Mass in Myeongdong Cathedral Common Ground Starfield Library COEX	Congee House in Myeongdong A Twosome Place The Gastro Permil [Secretary Kim]	Seoul International Catholic Church Konkuk University Seoulism Galleria - Apgujeong-rodeo Station IFC Mall
5	Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival [Snow]	무월식탁 / Muwol Table	Sinchon Christmas Market
6	Changdeokgung Palace Secret Garden English Tour Ikseon-dong Hanok Street [Battle Trip]	Onion Anguk Zio Cucina, Ikseon-dong Tteuran Tea & Café, Ikseon-dong Korean Food Street	Madang Café / Flower Yard Café

Travel Date: 25-31 December, 2019


Expense Report: Budget Travel Guide

In reality, this is not one of the budget trips we had.  We bought our tickets one month before the travel date and the cost is almost triple than the on-sale fares.  I had very limited time in planning the trip and just booked the cheapest accommodation to cut-down the expenses.

Overall, it became a food crawl adventure, thus shows that the highest budget expense went to food category.

Returning Gifts, Omiyage, Pasalubong Ideas

On this trip, we found out that the honey butter almonds expanded to multiple flavors.  Just like the kitkat of Japan, Korea found something to enjoy with unending flavor to choose from on these almonds.

See more for other options on what to buy as your returning gifts.

Other Itineraries

For my further sample itinerary, expense, trip reports, travel blog and PDF guides, please visit links below:

• South Korea: Seoul: Itinerary for First-time Visitors v2011 | PDF
• South Korea: Itinerary for 2 days in Jeju & 3 days in Seoul v 2011 
• South Korea: Itinerary for 3 days in Seoul, Chasing the Winter Snow v 2014 | PDF
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 4 days in Seoul (University Hopping) v 2014|PDF
• South Korea: 2 weeks Itinerary for Southern Provinces v 2016
• Long Layover in Incheon Airport: Quick Seoulful Escape
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 4 days in Seoul v Nov 2016 | PDF
• South Korea: K-Pop Itinerary for 8 days in Seoul v Oct 2017
• South Korea: Autumn Itinerary for 5 days in Seoul v Nov 2017 | PDF
• South Korea: Itinerary for 3 days in Busan | PDF

*Remember you still need to decide for yourself based upon your attraction and fascination over a place or activity.  As well as to consider the pace you want to have while traveling.  Planning too many targets on a day will either exhaust you rather than give you peace and joy on the culture and tradition.

Create your own road, rather than taking someone else's path.  It can only be a road when one passes it.