South Korea: Discover an amazing country with living history!

By Cristina Rebiere and Olivier Rebiere

Are you ready for a BIG surprise?
So... Welcome to South Korea, home of the kimchi, the smartphone and deep spirituality!

Do you think buddhist temples, christian churches, high tech and peaceful landscapes are not for you? Make no mistake: South Korea will  amaze you! Our Travel eGuide will definitely change your mind. Discover at your own pace and browse by photos, places or hobbies :-)

We have been traveling all around the world since our studenthood and have visited more than 45 countries so far. We love to find convenient and affordable travel solutions in order to maximize our touristic budget and discover hidden treasures during the journey, just like you! We are happy to offer you a free UDEMY COURSE included with our tips & tricks to travel free without ruining yourself.
Prepare and live your holidays... differently!
In this innovative Travel eGuide, a vitaminized additive to other tourist guides, we will share with you our passion for travel and our amazement for South Korea.Discover this mysterious country, a mixture of spirituality, history and high technology. A territory with mountainous landscapes of a great beauty, harmonious architecture, open-minded people, beautiful temples, waiting for you :-)
So, if you do not know where to spend the next holidays, why not pay a visit for a few days to this amazing country? All its treasures are waiting for you!
With this responsive eGuide, use your smartphone or tablet without internet connection and browse throughout all the data, choosing one of the 3 intuitive methods available:

By location: use a “classical” geographical display with high-resolution maps By photograph: pick-up one of the hundreds of photos and jump to the corresponding section By affinity or passion: tap on one of the colored icons illustrating your interests during a trip and get a list of the matching locations!

What are you going to get from this Travel eGuide: South Korea?

- 120+ photos

- 16 touristic sections

- 15+ high-quality pre-downloaded maps

- special for tight budget

- tested and validated trip

- A UDEMY COURSE to learn our proven tips & tricks to Travel freely without ruining yourself

What other people say about this course (4000+ students):

"I felt like the course was a fantastic refresher! Even though I've traveled before, usually within the US, and some of the tips and lectures seemed common sense to me, it has inspired me to begin my research again and reinvigorate me to experience the world. Thank you." - James Stewart "The course is very helpful & beneficial for new travelers who are interested in visiting new places in the world. I've enjoyed the organized sections & the detailed information." - Kamel Halabi "very informative and knowledgeable on travel" - Rudra Toulon "This was an informative course with actionable information." - Sheryl M Malzkuhn

So, are you ready for ALL OF THIS?! Yes?
Buckle up and Bon voyage!
Cristina & Olivier Rebiere

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cristina & Olivier Rebiere
• Release date: Dec 15, 2015

Cristina Rebiere

Courte biographie:Cristina Rebière est auteure de nombreux guides et livres. Elle a dirigé une maison d'édition, un parc d'aventures et mené à bien de nombreuses missions dans la fonction publique européenne. Elle est aussi spécialisée dans la formation continue.Ses origines:Après la Révolution roumaine, Cristina interrompt de brillantes études pour entrer à l'université en France où elle suit tout le cursus en faculté de droit et obtient une Maîtrise en Administration Économique et Sociale. D'abord chargée de communication dans un Institut Français en Allemagne, elle devient statisticienne à Bruxelles pour un bureau d'assistance de la Commission Européenne. De retour à Bucarest elle est successivement contrôleuse de gestion, directrice de maison d'édition, experte européenne puis professeure de français. En Roumanie elle fonde avec son mari une entreprise de team building puis le premier parc d'aventures jamais créé dans ce pays - construit de leurs mains - qui attirera des milliers de personnes, écoles et entreprises dans la pratique du sport et d'activités de cohésion en pleine nature. Avec son équipe, elle conçoit et construit des parcours d'escalade dans les arbres pour d'autres clients.Au rectorat de l'Académie de la Martinique, Cristina prend en charge la coordination de la Cellule Académique des Fonds Européens et de Coopération où elle accompagne les porteurs de projet dans le montage des dossiers, assure la formation en ingénierie de projet, gère un réseau de plus d'une soixantaine d'enseignants référents à l'ouverture internationale. Elle assure la gestion opérationnelle de plusieurs projets de coopération. Elle assure l'actualisation du site internet de la Délégation Académique aux Relations Internationales et à la Coopération.La pédagogie de Cristina Rebière est basée sur le pragmatisme et l'efficacité.Domaines de compétence:management de projet, voyage, marketing social de contenu, team building, formation initiale et continue, expertise en fonds européens, budgétisation, planification, productivité et stratégie, coaching, ingénierie financière, webmestre, statistiques, procédures, web intégration, conception graphique, communication, conception et construction de parcs d'aventure

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Authors

Welcome!

Hello!

Thank you for purchasing this eBook and welcome to your new " Travel eGuide: South Korea ". We hope it will help you to discover this mysterious country, a mixture of spirituality, history and high technology. A territory having mountainous landscapes of a great beauty, harmonious architecture, people open-minded in spite of not too many foreign tourists who frequent - for the moment - this magnificent country.

This eGuide offers a different approach between a travel log and a classic tourist guide. You will discover a route of about 2000 kilometers that we made during our journey in South Korea. This country will leave you full of memories.

This eGuide although it works almost like a website, doesn’t need to be used along with an Internet connection (unless you want to access the "OpenStreetMap" and other hyperlinks that we provide throughout the book).

Depending on the capabilities of your eBook reader, you can enjoy zoom features on photos. You can also click on the hypertext links (or hyperlinks) underlined throughout the e-guide. We tried our best to make your reading experience as enjoyable as possible, despite the wide technology gaps between various reading systems.

Be sure that we will propose to you more interactive versions, as the formats and eBook readers should be standardized in the future!

Well, enough chatting. Let's go!

Sincerely,

Cristina & Olivier

Practical tips - South Korea

Budget tips:

Plane tickets

Depending on your country of origin, the tips can be different to have cheaper tickets plane.

Here are some advice which apply no matter where are you coming from.

Tips:

Buy your tickets in advance (minimum of 3 or even 6 months) to get the best rates so you can choose the dates of your vacation. Look for promotions from different airlines.

Do not buy your tickets at once, but test the market at first. Look for the airline companies which go to your envisaged destinations. In South Korea see here for Seoul and for Jeju here.

Buy your tickets towards one of these cities and then prepare your route according to it.

Pay attention because the tickets prices may vary on every hour and without any logic. Consequently, record in a file on your computer the prices you have found for several days before making your decision. You can compare that way and know immediately when you will have an opportunity not to be missed. You may save more than 300 €/ticket.

If possible, avoid traveling at holiday times (Christmas, New Year, etc.) to get the cheapest price for your airline tickets.

According to your starting point, try the following airline companies to have more chances to obtain good prices: Finnair, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, KLM.

You can take advantage of the Buddha day (in May), but also of cherry blossoms and of the spring beauty. However in the North it is quite cold, then do not hesitate to take pullovers and a good parka. Going southward, the temperatures become milder and you can even stay in T-shirt. If you are not afraid of the cold, September is very convenient to the discovery in this country because the nature takes magnificent tints.

Traveling

Tips:

Acar rental is the most suitable way of getting around in South Korea. It also gives you a lot of freedom.

Note: You must make your reservation using a credit card. If you did not reserve by Internet with the insurance included, you can have big surprises once there!!!

Current speed limits:

- Highway : 110 km/h or 100 km/h;

- Seoul Expressways: 70 km/h or 80 km/h;

- National Road : 80 km/h City: 60 km/h

Accommodation

You have plenty of choices in terms of accommodation. Everything depends on your budget and how many persons travel with you. Guesthouses are the most economic choice. Almost everywhere there are computers available in the room. Certain hotels, especially in tourist resorts, are of a rather doubtful taste, very kitsch, but clean.

Tips :

Here are some useful links that will help you finding an accomodation in South Korea : http://french.visitkorea.or.kr/fre/TR/TR_FR_3_1_1.jsp - here you have accomodations by category in Seoul and Jeju. Another useful web site where you can search by zone here .

Restaurants

The cooking of the country is interesting and its gastronomy rich. However it is a special one and we did not manage to really appreciate it because restaurants in South Korea have menus written only in Korean and the staff does not speak a lot of English... or any other foreign language. We were able to appreciate some barbecues however.

We also tasted the