Enjoy Ski In Korea: SKI TOUR IN KOREA - Transportation from seoul to ski resorts; Vivaldi resort

Regardless of age or gender, the first problem we have to solve is transportation when we travel abroad. Because the public transportations are so complex that even the local living in Korea have difficulty with using public transportation like bus or train without searching internet or using applications operated by Korean language. Needless to say, it is almost impossible for foreign tourists who are unfamiliar with Korea to use public transportation to go to ski resorts from Seoul.

Let's take an example.
Supposed that a foreign guest tries to go to Yongpyong resort placed at Gangwondo from Hongdae in Seoul by public transportation.
He/She has to take a subway line No.2 to Euljiro 3ga until transferring to line No.3. And then, he/she goes to Nambu Terminal and takes intercity bus costing 12.000 won to go to Hoenggye bus terminal.
After arriving at there, he/she should get on village bus again. Sadly, getting off the village bus at the entrance of Yongpyong resort is not the end of this long long exploration. He/she has to go up about 800m to see the white ski slope. Can you imagine that? It is terrible, isn't it?

Of course, the local don't use this way because they can be gathered with friends and use their car.
On the other hand, can foreign tourists use their own car? Definitely not.

Then, there are 2 options for foreigners to go to ski resorts.
1. Borrowing Private Van by travel agency
2. Taking Shuttle bus run by ski resort

In case of option 1, you can borrow Starex, a sort of van, costing 230.000 won for one-way from Seoul to Deamyung Vivaldi Park. It will make you very comfortable and be good way to tour.
Unless the group is over 10 people the cost can be burdensome.

Then, how about option 2 ?
As most of skier know, the shuttle bus of Vivaldi is free, either one-way or round-trip.
Although you have to book a day before and that is a little annoying thing, this service is extremely efficient. Especially, the accessibility with Seoul is key advantage of Vivaldi; running more than 50 buses which are picking up guests 126 times per a day and are managing 36 lines connected with other cities. Maybe, it is also difficult for foreigner to make a reservation. For them, JSKI tries to help booking the bus service with a small fee.

The most popular station is 'Dongdaemun History and Culture' because it is near from 'Myungdong' which has many accommodations for foreign tourists. The next popular route is for 'Sinchon' passing 'Hongdae' and 'City Hall', but there is complaint about it because it takes long time little bit. That's because there are so many bus stations in the route crossing the westside of Seoul.
To solve this problem, Vivaldi, from this winter, starts to run a bus service only for foreigners staying at 'Hongdae', 'Gwanghwamun', 'Jongro', and 'Iteawon' where many tourists are in.
So, Let's just expect that.

Today, I posted the transportations between Seoul and ski resorts more in detail.

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Edited on Nov15 D

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