Seoul offers many leisure options. These include independent touring around the city, beach vacations at Irvanni and Sugi, both near the capital's main airport, and ski vacations at nearby winter resort areas.
How much a vacation for two in Seoul will cost depends on what time of year you're touring, the class of hotel you choose, and the list of activities you have planned.
How much you'll spend on a Seoul vacation can help you budget for accommodation, food and entertainment.
Lodging. You can stay in luxury hotels, superlux hotels, 1-3 star hotels, egwans (relatively inexpensive city hotels) and hostels. Accordingly, the cost of accommodation per night can cost from 15 USD in hostels to 210 USD or more in luxury hotels.
Food. Cuisine in Korea is quite diverse, as is the range of prices. In budget and fast-food restaurants, the average lunch bill is KRW 3,000-9,000, while in middle-class establishments it's about 1.5-2 times higher.
Transportation. For the cheapest transportation, the metro, the minimum ticket price is 1250 KRW.
Entertainment. Cultural vacations in Seoul, as reviews show, while visiting palaces, museums, water parks and nightclubs will not be cheap. For example, the cost of a sightseeing excursion around the city for 1 person starts from 30-50 thousand KRW, for visiting palaces for 1 person you need to pay from 10 thousand KRW, entrance to entertainment parks costs from 30 thousand KRW.
Souvenirs. The cheapest knickknacks for keepsakes - caskets, figurines, statuettes - sell for KRW 3-4,000.
