Yes, the passengers can pay for tickets in dollars. However, the change will be given in Korean won according to the calculated exchange rate for the day.

Currently it is not possible to make reservations for specific dates and/ or seats on the bus. However buying a ticket in advance is possible without appointing a specific date and/ or seats on the buses. You can buy tickets in advance at any of the City Tour Bus ticket booths.

If you do not have much time, 3 hours or less, then we recommend you buy a Single Ride Ticket and take either the Downtown Course or Palace tour course and take the entire course without getting off your bus. If you have more than 3 hours, we recommend you to buy a One Day Tour Ticket and see around the city at your own leisure.

The Seoul City Tour Bus does not have stop in Southern Seoul (southern part of Hangang river). Please come to the northern part of Seoul and find the nearest Seoul City Tour Bus stop. The nearest stop depends on where you are residing, however in many cases, the Itaewon stop, across from Hamilton hotel, could be the nearest for you.

First, take a KAL limousine bus to City Hall to the Koreana Hotel or take limousine bus no. 602 or 605 to Gwanghwamun Dongwha DFS. There you will find Seoul City Tour Bus stop. Also you can get 10% off Seoul City Tour Bus tickets at the airport bus ticket booth, located next to exit no. 2, 4, 9, 13)

- Changdeokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, War Memorial of Korea, National Museum of Korea, Unhyeongung are closed on Mondays
- Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Folk Museum, Namsangol Hanok (traditional Korean house) Village, Changgyeonggung Palace, Jongmyo are closed on Tuesdays.

- All Seoul City Tour Buses have headsets and recorded information in a variety of languages at each seat. Five languages; Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, and France, are available from the headset. Passengers can also get an explanationabout each attraction around each stop. In addition, English, Japanese or Chinese speaking guides can accompanyyour tour.

- For group tours that speak English, Japanese, or Chinese, please call Seoul City Tour Bus in advance at (82-2) 777-6090, to arrange a specific language-speaking guide.

Seoul city tour bus tour is scheduled like a shuttle bus, so it is not possible to provide pick up service. Please come to the bus stop to join a tour.

You can obtain a leaflet when you get on the bus. The leaflet has information on accommodations and attractions around the bus stops.

Buy one day tour ticket and get on the bus and get off at any stop as many times as you would like between 09:00 and 21:00. After seeing around each attraction at your own leisure, simply get on the next bus and keep touring the city.

If you get off at a stop, the tour bus departurs for the next stop right away, and does not wait. Instead, you can catch another bus, which comes every half hour to the bus stop where you got off the previous tour bus. The bus for the Palace Tour Course comes every hour during the winter season.

No. There are no guides available once getting off the tour bus. You can look around the city attractions at your leisure, however, many of the attractions have their own guides or offer programs with guides for tourists as desicribed below:

Seoul City Tour Buses are not in service on Mondays. The bus operates on national holidays as well. If any national holiday falls on a Monday, the bus will be in service.

We do not recommend any specific lodging, however, for visitors?convenience, we provide some related information. In brief, you will find the main hotels to be the Koreana Hotel, Lotte Hotel, Westin Chosun Hotel, and Seoul Plaza Hotel around Gwanghwamun. In addition, some hotels have a Seoul City Tour Bus Stop; Lotte Hotel, Hyatt Hotel, Tower Hotel, Shilla Hotel, Sofitel Ambassador Hotel, Hamilton Hotel, Crown Hotel. Youth Hostels can also be a good accommodation for a family and/ or group visitors. To find information, please go to the website of Korea Youth Hotels Association (http://www.kyha.or.kr/) In Seoul there are two Youth Hotels:

* Olympic Park Youth Hostel
   Address: Olympic park, 88 Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea
   Tel: (82-2) 410-2114         For reservations, call: (82-2) 410-2114
   Fax: (82-2) 410-2100~1

* Dreamtel
   Address: 801 Banghwa 3-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea
   Tel: (82-2) 2667-0535          For reservations, call: (82-2) 2667-0535
   Fax: (82-2) 2667-0744

If you are looking for budget lodging, "world Inn" which was 2002 World Cup designated accommodation, would be suitable. To get more information on world Inn? please log onto http://www.worldinn.com/ They also accept reservation for group visitors. For reservations, call: (82-2) 3279-5574 or email to master@worldinn.com

To enjoy a night-view of Seoul, the Downtown Course, which stops at the Seoul Tower, would be preferable To take the Downtown Course, take the Seoul City Tour Bus from Gwanghwamun that stops at 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30 or 19:00. There can be delays because of traffic during rush hour. Therefore, to make your ride more enjoyable, taking the bus during weekend evenings or national holidays would be better to enjoy the night-view.