The heavily fortified border strip between North and South Korea. Organised tours from Seoul visit the Imjingak park, the Third Tunnel dug by North Korea, the Dora Observatory with views into the North, and Dorasan station.
The Joint Security Area at Panmunjom, where soldiers face each other, can only be visited on special tours, which are often suspended. Bring your passport.
The grandest of Seoul's five royal palaces, built in 1395 for the Joseon dynasty, set against the mountains.
A hillside neighbourhood of traditional Korean wooden houses (hanok) with tiled roofs, between Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung palaces.
One of the oldest and largest traditional markets in Korea, opened in 1905, with rows of food stalls where you sit on benches to eat bindaetteok (mun…
A fortress wall built in the late 18th century around the centre of Suwon, nearly 6 km long, with gates, watchtowers and bastions, a UNESCO World Her…
South Korea's most famous mountain park, with granite peaks, waterfalls and temples, especially spectacular in autumn.
A traditional village of tiled and thatched houses in a bend of the Nakdong River, still lived in by the Ryu clan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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