Where a car takes you from Seoul
These are the day trips from Seoul on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Jeonju (Bibimbap Capital) Jeonju is the essential Korean culinary day trip from Seoul: bibimbap here uses soy-bean sprouts, raw beef and a distinctive local gochujang in a ston
- Suwon (Galbi Street) Suwon is best known as the location of Hwaseong Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage), but the city's food identity is built around galbi (beef short ribs)
- Incheon (Chinatown and Seafood Port) Incheon is the birthplace of Korean jjajangmyeon: the hwagyo community adapted Chinese black bean noodles here in the 1890s
- Chuncheon (Dakgalbi Spicy Stir-Fry) Chuncheon, the Gangwon province capital northeast of Seoul, is the home city of dakgalbi -- spicy stir-fried chicken in gochujang sauce, cooked on a f
- Icheon (Ssalbap Rice and Celadon Ceramics) Icheon city in Gyeonggi Province is renowned for producing Icheon ssalbap -- the most prized short-grain rice in Korea, historically offered as royal
Booking a car in Seoul
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 23.32 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Green Motion, National, Sixt
- Pick up at
- Seoul Gimpo Airport · Seoul Station · Seoul Chungjeongno Station · Seoul Yangjae Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.