Our Korea 2024 Travel Itinerary

 Korea 2024

SG > Seoul > SG

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Day 1 Saturday 14/12/24 Seoul

23:10 (Friday) Departure Singapore T3 Asiana Airlines OZ752

BookingNo. 29968709279 Trip.com 

06:50 Arrival Incheon International T1

Check in Stanford Hotel Myeongdong

• Explore Myeongdong

Day 2 Sunday 15/12/24

Stanford Hotel Myeongdong

• Walk the canal
• Gyeongbokgong Palace
• Bukchon Hanok Village

Day 3 Monday 16/12/24

Check out Stanford Hotel Myeongdong

08.45am Bus Transfer at Myeongdong Station

Check in Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

Day 4 Tuesday 17/12/24

Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

Skiing and Snowboarding Lessons AM 

Day 5 Wednesday 18/12/24

Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

Skiing and Snowboarding Lessons AM 

Day 6 Thursday 19/12/24

Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

Skiing Lessons PM

Day 7 Friday 20/12/24

Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

Skiing Lessons AM

Night Skiing

Day 8 Saturday 21/12/24

Check out Holiday Inn & Suites Alpensia Pyeongchang

12.30pm Bus Transfer at Alpensia Pyeongchang

Arrive at Seoul, Myeongdong Station

Check in JSM Studio Hongdae

• It is Winter Solstice (longest night of the year)

Day 9 Sunday 22/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Gwangjang Market Brunch

Day 10 Monday 23/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Nami Island/Alpaca/Railbike - booked

Day 11 Tuesday 24/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Lotte World - booked
• Christmas countdown in Seoul

Day 12 Wednesday 25/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Celebrate Christmas in Korea
• Christmas Market
• Seoul Lantern Festival 

Day 13 Thursday 26/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• DMZ Tour - booked

Day 14 Friday 27/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Namsan & Seoul Tower

Day 15 Saturday 28/12/24

JSM Studio Hongdae

• Starfield Library - COEX Mall
• Ktown4u - COEX Mall
• Statue of Gangnam Style (near COEX Mall) - 524 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu
• K-Star road - 407 Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu
• Kwangya Seoul - 83-21 Wangsimi-ro, Seongdong-gu

Day 16 Sunday 29/12/24

Check out JSM Studio Hongdae

16:20 Departure Seoul T1 

Asiana Airlines OZ751

21:55 Arrival Singapore

Alpensia Ski Resort

 Merry Christmas from South Korea! 

Quick recap from our earlier leg in Pyeongchang. Alpensia is a very nice resort, definitely not overly crowded with international travellers, it also caters to a very local crowd with schools going there for skiing and snowboarding training and lessons (like pool lessons), so its a good location to take all the lessons you want. Food selection is rather limited like almost everything is Korean gojujang type food eeks. Crowd is definitely far less than what we’ve seen in Japan and that’s something much appreciated. 

First few days we went with snowboarding but the bruises piled up and the falls kept reminding us we were not getting younger, so we switched to skiing. If anything, basic skiing is much easier with less falls so that’s nice. There wasn’t so much natural snowfall and the snow on the slopes is quite hard, but on the last day it dumped very heavily so that was quite nice to at least get some South Korean powder for once. Also we all tried night skiing for the first time and it was exhilarating, cold and exciting! 100% will do again! Will need more skiing practice next season to up our game wherever that may be.

Haven’t Blogged This Month

 Because we’re in Korea!

Super cold.

Skiing and snowboarding here is quite a different experience compared to Japan, but still something to treasure.