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Ticket and booking rules for Busan: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Busan
Bookings and opening rules
Follow the official link before you buy. Full walking days: Busan itinerary.
Opening hours and tickets
- Haedong Yonggungsa Temple is open every day 4:30–19:20 with last entry by 18:50, and admission is free. From exit 7 of Haeundae station on metro line 2, take bus 181, 100 or Haeundae 9 to the Haedong Yonggungsa Temple stop.Source: Visit Busan, Busan Tourism Organization · checked Sep 2026
- Jagalchi Market is open every day 5:00–22:00 and closed on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month.Source: Visit Busan, Busan Tourism Organization · checked Sep 2026
- Busan Tower is open every day of the year 10:00–22:00, with ticketing until 21:30; adults (13 and over) pay ₩12,000, children and seniors ₩9,000, infants under 36 months free.Source: Visit Busan, Busan Tourism Organization (Korean) · checked Sep 2026
- Haeundae Blueline Park's Sky Capsule is priced per cabin one way: ₩50,000 for a two-seater, ₩55,000 for three and ₩60,000 for four. The Beach Train is ₩10,000 for a single ride from Mipo or Songjeong and ₩8,000 from Cheongsapo, or ₩16,000 for an all-station pass.Source: Haeundae Blueline Park, official fares · checked Sep 2026
- The Taejongdae Danubi train costs ₩3,000 for adults, with the ticket counter open 9:00–17:30 and trains running 9:20–17:30 at 20-minute intervals; a loop takes 20–25 minutes.Source: Visit Busan, Busan Tourism Organization · checked Sep 2026
- The Songdo cable car (Busan Air Cruise) costs ₩19,000 return or ₩15,000 one way for adults in a standard cabin and ₩24,000 return or ₩19,000 one way in a Crystal Cruise cabin with a glass floor; it runs 9:00–21:00 with ticketing closing 30 minutes before.Source: Busan Air Cruise, official site · checked Sep 2026
On the day
What to watch at each stop
Gukje Market and BIFF Square
- Shops mostly 9:00–20:00; many closed on the 1st and 3rd Sundays
Busan Tower and Yongdusan Park
- 10:00–22:00 daily, last tickets 21:30; ₩12,000
Haeundae Blueline Park: Sky Capsule to Cheongsapo
- Sky Capsule ₩50,000 per two-seat cabin one way (₩60,000 for four); Beach Train ₩8,000–10,000 a ride, ₩16,000 all-station pass
Songdo Beach, the Skywalk and the cable car
- Skywalk free; cable car ₩19,000 return (₩24,000 with a glass floor), 9:00–21:00, last tickets 30 minutes before closing
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
Jagalchi Market closes on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of the month, so keep day one off those days; Gukje Market's shops mostly close on the first and third Sundays. The temple, the beaches, the Sky Capsule and the parks are open every day. Sky Capsule tickets sell out on weekends, so book a weekday slot online in advance.
How much do the tickets cost?
Gamcheon, the temple, the beaches, the Songdo skywalk and the parks are free. Busan Tower is ₩12,000, the Taejongdae Danubi train ₩3,000, the Songdo cable car ₩19,000 return in a standard cabin, and the Sky Capsule ₩50,000 for a two-seat cabin one way, with the Beach Train ₩8,000–10,000 a ride.
How do I pay for the metro and buses?
Buy a T-money or Cashbee transit card at a convenience store or the airport with cash and tap it on the metro gates and buses: the metro fare with a card is ₩1,600 for short trips and ₩1,800 for longer ones, against ₩1,700 and ₩1,900 for a single-use QR ticket from the machines. Taxis are cheap and take cards.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Busan
Busan is long and thin along its coast, so the plan takes one stretch of it a day. Day one is Nampo, the old centre by the harbour: the hillside village of Gamcheon in the morning, raw fish upstairs at Jagalchi for lunch, the market alleys of Gukje and the film-festival square, and Busan Tower at sunset. Day two starts at Haedong Yonggungsa, the temple on the rocks, and comes back down the coast: Haeundae Beach, the Sky Capsule along the old railway line to the fishing village of Cheongsapo, Dongbaek Island and the evening at Gwangalli, where the Gwangan Bridge is lit across the bay. Day three is Taejongdae's cliffs and lighthouse, lunch in the cliff-side village of Huinnyeoul, the Songdo skywalk and cable car and dinner in Seomyeon. Jagalchi closes on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of the month, so keep day one off those days.
