Gyeongju-si

Gyeongju (경주시) is a medium sized city known most for it's history as the Capital during the ancient Silla Kingdom. The city and the surrounding Gyeongju county is an area filled with both beauty and history in all seasons.

The Gyeongju foreigner community is quite large, of course not as extensive as those of say Daegu, they are quite willing to help and someone with a question can ask it at the Facebook group page for usually, an immediate answer. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4644186951/

In addition, due to this helpful community, there exists a Google Maps of the city highlighting important and frequent places for the new foreigner in Gyeongju. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202668009606515489831.0004c9f499640925381d1&msa=0&ll=35.853384%2C129.212845&spn=0.047236%2C0.090895

Get in
Gyeongju has several options for transportation getting to and from the city as it's a fairly large tourist destination. The Korail Gyeongju station (경주역) is a good starting point located close to downtown Gyeongju and Seongdong Market, the largest traditional market in Gyeongju.

About a 20 minute walk from the downtown train station, there is both an intercity (시외 버스터미널) and express bus station (고속버스터미널) located next to each other.

The times and destinations of the express buses are located at their website here: http://www.kobus.co.kr/web/eng/02_service/service01.jsp

The times and destinations of the intercity buses can be found at their website. Be warned the page is in Korean, but it should be fairly easy to find your destination city in Korean and scroll down the table for the departing times. http://blog.naver.com/kind0307?Redirect=Log&logNo=90154413877

The KTX or SinGyeongju Station (신경주역) is located outside the imediate vicinity of the city. It is a 30 minute taxi ride or 45 minute bus ride from downtown Gyeongju to the station.

City Buses
Here is a website that may take a fair bit of hangul maneuvering. It might be important to know your destination or starting point in hangul. http://www.gumabus.com/sub01/05_01.asp?chk_on=5&ekeyword=%B0%E6%C1%D6%BF%AA&keyword=%BD%C5%B0%E6%C1%D6%BF%AA&x=38&y=16

1. First this is a map of Gyeongju and the red links are frequent bus stops. A good starting point is the Korail train station (경주역) Or the KTX-Singyeongju Station (신경주역) Or the Bus Terminal (고속버스터미날). Click the red link to these names.

2. The link will bring you to a page listing all the city buses that pass through that stop. You can look for a specific bus number or destination. Next click the large blue button corresponding to the bus number.

3. This will open a window with the bus' information. Including a map of the bus route and times that it will pass through certain bus stops.