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Travel Busan by Busan Metro Line 1

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Busan Metro Line 1 is the first subway line in Busan, thus passing through major tourist attractions and downtown areas. Let’s take a subway tour (Busan Metro Line 1) with a one-day pass to visit some interesting venues.

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Beomeosa Temple (Beomeosa Station) - Busan Citizens Park (Bujeon Station) - Seomyeon area (Seomyeon Station) - Forty Stairs (Jungang Station) - Yongdusan Park (Nampo Station) - Gamcheon Culture Village (Toseong Station) - Dadaepo Beach (Dadaepo Beach Station)

Beomeosa Temple (Beomeosa Station)

Beomeosa Temple is one of the three major temples in the Yeongnam region along with Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon and Tongdosa Temple in Yangsan. Located at the eastern edge of Geumjeongsan Mountain, it’s accessible by bus from Beomeosa Station. The Daeungjeon Hall (main hall) of Beomeosa Temple shows the essence of Korean wood architecture, so its existence alone exudes mysterious majesty. In April and May, wisteria flowers in bloom add to the brightness.

Busan Citizens Park (Bujeon Station)

Walking 5 min from Bujeon Station, you’ll reach Busan Citizens Park, a rest area for Busan citizens, which was once used as a US military base. There are over 850,000 trees in the park, along with a large artificial pond seen from the southern gate, where you can enjoy the musical fountain show every hour.

Seomyeon area (Seomyeon Station)

Seomyeon is one of the downtown areas in Busan. Wherever you go from Seomyeon Station, you’ll experience diverse food and attractions that you can’t help but realize this is one of the best attractions of Busan. Seomyeon is a major meeting place for anyone regardless of age and gender, equipped with its café street full of exotic cafés, restaurants serving delicious foods at low prices, and conveniences for shopping.

Forty Stairs (Jungang Station)

Going up the stairs from Exit 9 or 11 of Jungang Station, you’ll find a street that appears as if it’s stuck in time. This is Forty Stairs Street, where you can get a sense of the atmosphere during the Korean War. The place served as a market where relief goods were unloaded from docks and traded in a shanty town formed around the stairs. It was also well known as a place where separated families reunite. On every corner of the street are sculptures installed to represent the past lives, thus allowing you to understand the situations of those days.

Yongdusan Park (Nampo Station)

After getting off at Nampo Station, let’s move toward Gwangbok-ro Fashion Street while experiencing the diversity of Nampo-dong. You’ll soon reach the entrance of an escalator to Yongdusan Park, a symbol of original downtown Busan. The observatory of Busan Tower, one of Busan’s landmarks, allows you to see a panoramic view of the urban districts in all directions.

Gamcheon Culture Village (Toseong Station)

Toseong Station is connected to Gamcheon Culture Village, called the Machu Picchu of Busan. Located high near the blue sky, Gamcheon Culture Village is where small back-to-back houses connected by narrow paths on a hillside create a unique landscape. Thanks to the efforts of local artists and villagers, every corner of this village is reminiscent of street art galleries.

Dadaepo Beach (Dadaepo Beach Station)

Dadaepo Beach is characterized by a vast sandy beach like a desert and tidal flats according to tide times. It’s also popular among photographers and citizens as it offers the most beautiful sunset in Busan. Morundae Peninsula, located by Dadaepo Beach, boasts natural wonders and is thus loved by people who like trekking.

Key tourist spots in Busan enjoyed on Busan Metro Line 1! Jump into the best Busan tour courses now with diverse things to see and enjoy!

Recommended Tour

1Visit Beomeosa Temple, one of the three major temples in Yeongnam area

Beomeosa Temple in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, is the third largest temple in the Yeongnam area following Haeinsa Temple and Tongdosa Temple. Built during the reign of Munmu of Silla, it has become famous as a Buddhist temple that has historically nurtured many Buddhist monks. Located at Geumjeongsan Mountain, the temple boasts a beautiful valley and outstanding mountains and is crowded all year around.

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2Busan Citizens Park is back to provide places to help citizens have a relaxing time.

Military camp and park—these two words do not match well together. However, there is a place where a military camp is reborn as a park, namely Busan Citizens Park. For 70 years after the liberation in South Korea, this place had been called the “US Army Camp Hialeah,” but now it’s back as a resting area for people in Busan.

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3Seomyeon and Samjung Tower, the essence of downtown Busan

The largest downtown in Busan is no doubt Seomyeon. It is the symbol of a global downtown and the mecca of shopping for men and women, Koreans and foreigners alike. At Seomyeon, a place packed with fun activities to do and delicious food to eat, you have to be careful not to bump into people when walking on the streets during the daytime or nighttime. Samjung Tower is a landmark that recently became popular in Seomyeon. All 16 floors are taken up by famous restaurants, coffee shops, food trucks, kids cafés, a play-themed park, and a movie theater, making it a great complex cultural space to spend the entire day!

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4Recall the history with Forty Stairs

What happened to the traveler who cried on the flight of the Forty Stairs away from their sweet home? The Forty Stairs was a shelter for the refugees who yearned to go back to their hometown. Climb the 40 steps to experience what life’s sorrow must have been like for the refugees. Located nearby Jungang Station of Busan Metro Line 1, the Forty Stairs became the center of the lives of the refugees gathered from all over the country to the old Busan Station building. The Forty Stairs served as the passage that connected Busanhang Port’s dock to the shantytown on the hillside, a square where separated families met, and a market for selling relief items. There used to be a saying called “Let’s meet by the Forty Stairs in Busan,” and some waited by the stairs believing these words. The Forty Stairs is a place that contains the sorrows of a refugee’s burdensome life around Busan Station.

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5Yongdusan Park, a reason to travel to Busan

I visit Busan because of Yongdusan Park! That’s right. Yongdusan Park is enough reason to visit Busan these days. If Haeundae is the hot spot of east Busan, Nampo-dong is the most popular place in central Busan. Yongdusan Park is a leading landmark of Busan frequented by those who visit the region.

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6Gamcheon Culture Village

Colorful roofs that seem to touch the sky, A warmth that covers the whole village, here is Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan.

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7Beautiful everywhere, Dadaepo Beach

Dadaepo Beach, where Nakdonggang River and the South Sea meet, allows you to enjoy the beauty of nature with Busan’s sunrise, sunset, and sandy beach.

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