Solo day trip: walking the old town: a route through Gongsanseong & Jemincheon Old Town. 5 stops, estimated cost about ₩30,000 per person (excluding lodging).
The timetable below is built from the distances between stops. You can follow it as is, or open the Gongju planner at the bottom of the page to swap any stop and have the times recalculated.
Starts at 10:00 and wraps up around 18:20. 5 stops, about ₩30,000 per person.
Built in the 1930s on a rise at the east edge of the old town, this red-brick Gothic church is still a working parish.
A long-standing Chinese-Korean restaurant in the old town, the sort of place where residen…
A pair of stone pillars once held a banner pole at the entrance of Daetongsa, a Baekje tem…
A tea house built into an old house with a small courtyard, a few steps from the stream.
A noodle shop on a lane near Jemincheon that serves knife-cut wheat noodles in a clear, savory broth.
A rechargeable transit card (T-money, or the Climate Card in Seoul) works on subways and buses with free transfers. Buy one at a convenience store or station and top it up with cash. Foreign credit cards and cash work in most shops and taxis, but keep some cash for markets and rural buses. A power bank helps too.
Palaces, historic houses and temples stop admitting visitors 30 to 60 minutes before closing, so do not save them for last.