Guide to Express Bus Terminal, Gangnam Station & Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain
I'll be covering Express Bus Terminal, Gangnam Station and Han River together in this post as they are located near each other and you can visit these places in 1 day.
Shopping
Apart from Ewha Womans University that offers shoppers with good deals, check out Express Bus Terminal and Gangnam Station underground shopping malls that are just located at the train station!
The concept of these underground shopping malls are pretty much similar to Bugis Street.
You can find apparels, bags, shoes, accessories, cosmetics and even household items there!
It's really a huge shopping area.
Express Bus Terminal
Address
19-4 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Directions
Express Bus Terminal Station (Seoul Subway Line 3, 7, 9)
Take Exit 8
Gangnan Underground Shopping Arcade
Address
Yeoksam 1-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Directions
Gangnam Station (Seoul Subway Line 2)
Take Exit 10 or 11
Who says Gangnam is only for the rich?
Gangnam Underground Shopping Arcade is pretty much like Express Bus Terminal. You can find like $10 - $15 apparels there. However, I would prefer the former as it offer much more stuffs.
On the other side of the train station, there is another mall that sells more expensive items.
Dining
There isn't much choices at Express Bus Terminal, so we decided to settle our meals at Gangnam.
Lotteria
Address
1317-5, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Directions
Gangnam Station (Seoul Subway Line 2)
Located near Gangnam Train Station
Beef Bulgogi Burger and ordered almost all the sides from the menu.
Don't try the calamari rings and cheese stick cause it doesn't taste good. But the rest are alright.
Fast food is actually pretty pricey at Korea. This meal cost about SGD$15.
Nolboo Budae Jjigae
(Sausage Stew/Army Stew)
놀부 부대찌개
Address
1317-14 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Directions
Gangnam Station (Seoul Subway Line 2)
Take Exit 9
Definitely doesn't look appetising like that.
Adding all the ingredients that includes, sausages, spam, ham, instant noodies, tofu, dumpling, mushrooms, cheese-filled rice cakes and plain rice cakes.
All cooked and ready to eat!
This meal for 2 is definitely more than enough.
I honestly can't remember the taste now but it tasted different from kimchi stew that you get in Singapore.
I don't remember how much this meal cost but it's definitely more than ₩25,000.
Sight-Seeing
Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain
Address
Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul-si
서울 서초구 반포동
Directions
Dongjak Station (Seoul Subway Line 4), Exit 1 or 2
OR
Express Bus Terminal Station (Seoul Subway Line 3,7 or 9)
Take Exit 8-1
Go straight for 250m, and turn right at the Express Bus Terminal 4-way intersection
Continue going straight for 400m and cross the street at the crosswalk
Go straight through the underpass to arrive at the park
That's Nansam Tower (N-Seoul Tower)!
We were at the Express Bus Terminal Station earlier so it was a 30 minutes walk along the Han River and we have to brave the chilly weather.
We saw a colourful building and a huge screen where couples are seated there to catch the broadcasting of baseball match.
And we're approaching the Banpo Bridge!
And we are here!
It was so much prettier in real life.
Since we spent some time walking there, we decided to stay there longer to catch the different timing of the fountain.
Here's the schedule for the fountain:
April-June, September-October
Weekdays: 12:00, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00
Weekends: 12:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00
July-August
Weekdays: 12:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00
Weekends: 12:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30
Hope this helps!
Last post on Seoul coming up soon!
