7 guides
All our Busan guides in one place — beaches, seafood, temples, neighbourhoods and day trips. New to the city? Start with our complete Busan Travel Guide.
Busan to Shimonoseki Ferry: Times, Fares and Both Terminals Explained One sailing a night in each direction, worked by two ships that take turns, and a check-in desk in Busan that shuts at 17:30 for a ship leaving at 21:00. There is no later boat. Last updated: July 2026 The crossing at a glance Route … Read more
Where to Stay in Haeundae: The Six Zones Compared, Street by Street Six areas share the Haeundae name and almost nothing else. One puts you 70 metres from the sand and a kilometre from the nearest train. Another puts a station 109 metres from your door and no sea view at all. A third has … Read more
Dadaepo Beach and the Sunset Fountain of Dreams: Busan’s Best-Timed Evening Four separate timetables govern this stretch of sand, and most visitors only find out when the fountain stays dark or a loudspeaker tells them to leave. Here is the running order that makes all four line up. Last updated: July 2026 Dadaepo at a … Read more
Osiria Tourism Complex Busan: Lotte World, Luge, Yonggungsa & How to Actually Get Around Busan’s biggest cluster of attractions sits 20 minutes past Haeundae, and the one thing every guide gets wrong is that you cannot walk it. Last updated: July 2026 The short answer Osiria is a 3.66 square kilometre resort district in Gijang, … Read more
Beomeosa Temple Busan: Free Entry, Easy Subway & Overnight Templestay A working Seon temple on Geumjeongsan, with one of Korea’s best foreigner-friendly templestays Last updated: June 2026 The short answer Beomeosa is a 1,300-year-old Buddhist monastery founded in 678 on the slopes of Geumjeongsan, in northern Busan, and entry is free. Unlike the seaside, tourist-heavy … Read more
Busan Water Parks: Where to Cool Off in 2026 (Clubs, Slides & Free Beaches) There are 5 ways into the water in Busan, sorted here in one place. Central or in Haeundae? Club D Oasis. Want the biggest park and the wildest slides? Gimhae Lotte Water Park. Just want the sea, for free? The beaches. … Read more
Busan in Summer: WATERBOMB, the Free Sea Festival & a Saturday-Night Drone Show Worth Planning Around A sold-out K-pop water fight on August 8, free fireworks on the sand at Dadaepo, and 2,500 drones over Gwangalli every Saturday — here’s what’s actually on at the peak of summer, and how to be there. Last updated: … Read more
Busan Fireworks Festival: The Complete Gwangalli Guide Korea’s biggest fireworks show lights up Gwangan Bridge every autumn. Here’s when it’s on, the best free spots, how the paid seats work, when to arrive, and how to actually get home afterwards. Last updated: June 2026 The short version What it is Korea’s largest fireworks festival — … Read more
Stand-Up Paddleboarding at Gwangalli: A Beginner’s Guide Gwangalli is Busan’s calm-water playground and Korea’s most popular spot to stand-up paddleboard — a sheltered bay with the Gwangan Bridge filling the horizon, so every paddle comes with a postcard backdrop. A basic lesson plus free paddle costs from around ₩11,000–40,000, runs in basic English, and most … Read more
Getting Around Busan: Metro, Buses, Taxis & the Airport Busan looks sprawling on a map, but it’s one of the easiest big cities in Asia to get around once you know the system. This is the whole thing in one place: the one transport card to buy, how the metro really works, when to grab … Read more
