South Korea itinerary: 11 days in Seoul and Busan

11 days · 9 nights · 3 stays · sample itinerary

Eleven days, two cities: Seoul either side of four nights by the sea in Busan, with the KTX fast train between them — flying Vietnam Airlines from Bangalore.

It is a sample itinerary — a starting point, not a timetable. The hotels and flights are real; the train times are approximate and marked so. Open it in the planner and it becomes a trip of your own, starting a month from today.

Day by day

Day 1
- Bangalore → Seoul
  Flight · Vietnam Airlines VN 982 + VN 414 · 23:45–16:35 (next day)
  Overnight, with one change of planes in Vietnam. Lands at Incheon the next afternoon.
Day 2
- Stay: Hotel Thomas Myeongdong, Seoul
  4 nights
Day 6
- Seoul → Busan
  Train · KTX · 10:00–12:40
  Times approximate.
- Stay: Shilla Stay Haeundae, Busan
  4 nights
Day 10
- Busan → Seoul
  Train · KTX · 10:00–12:40
  Times approximate.
- Stay: ibis Styles Ambassador Seoul Gangnam, Seoul
  1 night
Day 11
- Seoul → Bangalore
  Flight · Vietnam Airlines VN 417 + VN 983 · 10:05–22:00
  One change of planes in Vietnam.

How the route fits together

Seoul at both ends and Busan in the middle. Four nights in Myeongdong on arrival, four at Haeundae — Busan’s beach — and a last night in Gangnam before the morning flight.

The KTX to Busan and back

Seoul to Busan is one KTX fast train, a little under three hours. The departure times in the plan are placeholders, marked approximate — pick a train that suits your day.

The flights

Out overnight on Vietnam Airlines with a change of planes in Vietnam, landing at Incheon the following afternoon — so the first day in Seoul is really an evening. The way home is the same in reverse, in a day.

Before you book

The times in this plan are indicative. Timetables change, so check the current ones before you book.

Check the entry requirements for your own passport with an official source before you go. They are deliberately not written here: they change, and a wrong one would be worse than none.

What the planner does with it

Open the plan and the planner reads the whole trip. Every night has a bed and every move has a journey, so it has nothing to flag. Change a date and it will tell you what breaks — a night with nowhere to sleep, or two cities with nothing booked to carry you between them.