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Gyeongju heritage site fees: Bulguksa, Seokguram, Daereungwon and Cheonmachong, Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond
Numbers checked against the official source on 2026-10-19
Of the four sites in Gyeongju's heritage area, Cheonmachong costs ₩3,000 for an adult and Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond cost ₩3,000, while entering the Daereungwon tomb park itself is free and Cheomseongdae is free. For Bulguksa and Seokguram the Gyeongju city page only links out to the temples' own sites, which showed a database error when read; the Korea Tourism Organization pages list both as free. Visitors aged 6 and under or 65 and over enter the nine city-run sites free.
Gyeongju admission fees: Cheonmachong, Donggung and Wolji
| Site | Adult (19 to 64) individual | Adult group | Teen or soldier (13 to 18) individual | Teen group | Child (7 to 12) individual | Child group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheonmachong (Daereungwon entry is free) | 3,000 | 2,400 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,000 | 800 |
| Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond (formerly Anapji) | 3,000 | 2,400 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,000 | 800 |
| Cheomseongdae | Free (the page notes it uses the Daereungwon car park) | |||||
- Parking: Cheonmachong car park ₩2,000 (small) or ₩4,000 (large). The Donggung and Wolji car park is free on the page.
- Daereungwon: the Cheonmachong row says entry to Daereungwon is free; you pay only for Cheonmachong, the opened tomb inside.
- Age bands: child 7 to 12, teen 13 to 18 (soldiers in uniform or with ID are in this band), adult 19 to 64. A group means 30 or more people on the same purpose (20 or more for Bulguksa and Seokguram).
- Night visits: the page warns that Donggung and Wolji draw many night-view visitors, so arriving close to the entry cut-off may mean you cannot get in.
Bulguksa and Seokguram: what the official pages say
| Source | Bulguksa | Seokguram |
|---|---|---|
| Gyeongju city fee page | No price printed; "see details" link to the temple site | No price printed; "see details" link to the temple site |
| Temple sites (bulguksa.or.kr, seokguram.org) | The linked pages returned a database connection error when read on 2026-10-19, so no fee could be read there | |
| Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) attraction pages | Fees: Free. Hours 09:00 to 18:00 (exit time 19:00); open all year | Fees: Free. Hours 09:00 to 18:00, viewing time until 19:00, "subject to change" |
| VisitKorea Gyeongju National Park page | Bulguksa temple and Seokguram grotto: Free. Hours: Seokguram grotto 09:00 to 17:00, Bulguksa temple 09:00 to 18:00 | |
Where the official pages differ: the two VisitKorea pages give different Seokguram closing times (18:00 and 17:00). The Gyeongju city page itself warns that the entry fee and hours of the temples (Bulguksa, Seokguram, Bunhwangsa, Girimsa) can change, so check the day before you go. Parking at Bulguksa and Seokguram is charged by vehicle size on the VisitKorea pages (for Seokguram, ₩1,000 for compact cars, ₩2,000 for small cars and ₩4,000 for buses).
Free entry at the city-run sites
The Gyeongju page lists nine sites where the free-entry list applies: Cheonmachong, Donggung and Wolji, Poseokjeong, Oreung, Kim Yu-sin's tomb, Muyeol royal tomb, Hwangnyongsa History and Culture Center, Geumgwanchong, and the Silla Tomb Information Center. Free entry applies to:
- Gyeongju citizens.
- Visitors aged 6 and under, or 65 and over.
- Registered disabled visitors (the guardian is included for grades 1 to 3).
- National merit persons and their spouses, and bereaved families who hold the certificate (an extra guardian for the top disability grade).
- Basic livelihood recipients (students need a list stamped by the school principal).
The page does not state whether a foreign visitor needs to show a particular document; carry a passport or ID that shows your age.
Gyeongju sights cost calculator
Individual (not group) prices only, for the two sites that have a fee in the city table. Free-entry visitors are counted at ₩0. Parking, the temples, and concessions for citizens, disability or national merit are not included.
Read on 2026-10-19. Not covered here: Poseokjeong, Oreung, tombs, museums, Silla Arts and Science Museum, Yangdong Village, Hwangnyongsa, the Donggungwon botanical garden (priced on its own site), and the Bunhwangsa and Girimsa temple fees.
Official sources
- Gyeongju City — admission fee guide (입장료안내) — fee table by site for adult, teen and child (individual and group), parking, age bands, free-entry list; Bulguksa and Seokguram rows only link out; no revision date printed (read on 2026-10-19) (checked 2026-10-19)
- Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) — Bulguksa Temple — fees listed as Free, hours 09:00 to 18:00, open all year; no revision date printed (checked 2026-10-19)
- Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) — Seokguram Grotto — fees listed as Free, hours 09:00 to 18:00 with viewing until 19:00, parking fees; no revision date printed (checked 2026-10-19)
- Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea) — Gyeongju National Park — Bulguksa and Seokguram listed as free; hours 09:00 to 17:00 for Seokguram and 09:00 to 18:00 for Bulguksa; no revision date printed (checked 2026-10-19)
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