A volcanic island off the south coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Hallasan, South Korea's highest mountain (1,947 m), lava tubes such as the Manjanggul Cave, and the Seongsan Ilchulbong 'Sunrise Peak', a tuff cone rising from the sea.
The haenyeo women divers still harvest seafood. Walk sections of the Olle trails around the island. Hiking to the summit of Hallasan needs a free reservation. Many flights connect Jeju with Seoul.
A hillside neighbourhood of brightly painted houses stacked up the slopes above Busan's port, once a refugee settlement, now full of murals, art inst…
Many Buddhist temples in Korea offer templestays of one or two nights, where you join monks for early morning chanting, meditation, a tea ceremony an…
Gyeongju was the capital of the Silla kingdom for nearly a thousand years and is called 'the museum without walls'.
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.
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…
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…
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