Busan is a good base for the southeast. Gyeongju, the old Silla capital, is a short train ride away, and that proximity tempts people into cramming a thousand years of history between a morning departure and the last train back.
These guides start with the journey: which station, which bus, how long from the door. Then they say what a single day realistically holds, and where the honest answer is to stay the night instead.
