Busan walking route: Gwangan Bridge to Haeundae Beach
Explore Busan's iconic landmarks across a 74.7 km route featuring the city's most significant attractions: Gwangan Bridge and Busan Harbour Bridge showcase modern engineering, while Haeundae Beach and Songdo Beach offer coastal charm. The route connects commercial hubs like Shinsegae Centum City and Jagalchi Fish Market with cultural sites including Taejongdae Natural Park and Busan Chinatown.
- Distance
- 74.7 km
- Duration
- 14 h 56 min
- Mode
- route
- Start
- Busan City Center
- End
- Busan Chinatown
- Stops
- 13
- Video author
- travmap
- Updated
Stops on this route
- Busan City Center — Second-largest city and summer capital of South Korea, located on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula.
- Shinsegae Centum City — Home to the world's largest department store.
- Gwangan Bridge — Most famous bridge in Busan, also known as the Diamond Bridge.
- Busan Harbour Bridge — Engineering masterpiece with a length of 3.3 kilometers.
- Jagalchi Fish Market — Largest fish market of its kind in Korea.
- Haeundae Beach — One of the most famous and beautiful beaches in South Korea.
- Marine City — Expensive and prestigious residential area in the Haeundae district.
- Centum City — New business district with modern architecture resembling downtown Miami.
- Songdo Beach — Popular 1.4 kilometer long beach in the city.
- Busan Station & Texas Street — Historic railway hub and adjacent vintage street lined with restored colonial-era buildings, shops, and cafes reflecting early 20th-century Korean-Western commercial culture.
- Taejongdae Natural Park — Natural park in the south of the city with magnificent cliffs facing the open sea.
- Busan Station — Major transport hub in the city center.
- Busan Chinatown — Historic neighborhood next to Texas Street.
Useful for your trip
- Timing
- October and November are the most comfortable months with clear skies and pleasant temperatures. Avoid late summer and early September due to heat, humidity, and typhoon risk.
- Timing
- Official swimming season ends by end of August. Beach showers close after this period, limiting beach activities.
- Transport
- Single metro trip ticket costs a little more than $1. Busan Metro has 6 lines and 149 stations. Stations announced in Korean, English, and at some stations in Japanese and Chinese.
- Transport
- Drive across Gwangan Bridge (7.4 km suspension bridge, also called Diamond Bridge). The experience is unforgettable - rent a car or take a cab to experience it.
- Transport
- Taxi rides often take less time than subway trips due to tunnels and bridges. Taxis are very convenient for getting around the city.
- Food
- Visit Jagalchi Fish Market, the largest fish market in Korea and 6th largest in the world. Try local seafood and sea creatures like hagfish.
- Food
- Korean barbecue restaurants are everywhere in Busan. You barbecue meat on the table. Try soju (local low alcohol vodka) with beer.
- Food
- Yonge Street area has amazing food and shopping. At night it becomes a great place for walking and trying different foods like spicy chicken legs.
- Tip
- Haeundae Beach attracts tens of thousands of tourists every summer. It's one of the most famous and beautiful beaches in South Korea.
- Tip
- Visit Shinsegae Centum City department store, registered in Guinness World Records in 2009 as the largest shopping complex in the world.
- Tip
- Taejongdae Natural Park features magnificent cliffs facing the open sea, pine forests, 200 tree varieties, and the Danube train that goes to 5 major destinations.
- Avoid
- Do not photograph girls on the beach without permission. Police have been cracking down on men secretly taking pictures of women in swimsuits.
Video on this route
Busan South Korea 4K . City - Sights - People