Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Coast & islands
군산시
Bare white rock peaks rise straight out of the sea. This is Mangjubong, with a long stretch of fine sand at its feet and a sea that turns red at sunset. Seonyudo, "the island where immortals play", is the hub of the Gogunsan Islands, a gro…
Historic sites & memorials
군산시
Tucked into a residential lane on the southwestern edge of old Gunsan stands a two-storey timber mansion built for a Japanese landowner during the colonial era, still in almost original condition. Also known as the Hirotsu House, the Japan…
Mountains & peaks
서귀포시
Rising behind the seaside village of Daepyeong-ri in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, Gunsan Oreum reaches 334.5 m and is one of the biggest volcanic cones in south-western Jeju. A road climbs almost to the top, so with very little walking you get…
Churches & monasteries
군위군
The Gunwi Buddha Triad Grotto is a cave temple on the northern slopes of Palgongsan, where three Buddhist figures sit in a natural cave halfway up a sheer rock face. Because it predates Seokguram Grotto in Gyeongju and is seen as its forer…
Coast & islands
옹진군
Gureopdo is a small island of just 1.71 km² off Incheon, reached only by changing boats at Deokjeokdo. Fewer than twenty people live here and there are hardly any shops, but its grassy headlands above the sea, sandy beaches and star-filled…
Coast & islands
화성시
At the edge of the sea in Seosin-myeon, Hwaseong, Gungpyeong Port, crammed with fishing boats, is one of the best places for sunsets in the Seoul metropolitan area. Its sunset is one of the "Eight Views of Hwaseong", and beside the harbour…
Historic sites & memorials
양주시
This hillside burial ground in Jangheung, Yangju, is the resting place of Gwon Yul (1537–1599), the commander who defeated a Japanese army at Haengjusanseong Fortress during the Imjin War. The general's mound, the graves of his two wives a…
Historic sites & memorials
광주
This wide avenue through central Gwangju was the main stage of the May 1980 Democratization Movement, when citizens gathered to stand up to martial-law troops. Today it looks like any downtown boulevard lined with banks and offices, but wa…
Coast & islands
금당면
Sheer cliffs ring this island like a fortress wall above the sea. Geumdangdo (about 12.49 km²), in Geumdang-myeon of Wando County, is known for coastal cliffs of columnar and vertical joints, and visitors come by tour boat or on foot to se…
Churches & monasteries
진안군
At the southern entrance to Maisan, on the path up to Tapsa, Geumdangsa is a temple many visitors walk straight past. Yet this small temple keeps a 17th-century hanging scroll painting 9.66 m tall, designated a national Treasure. Add a cou…
Churches & monasteries
금산군
On the south-eastern slopes of Jinaksan in Geumsan, Boseoksa is a temple better known for the tree in its courtyard than for its halls. A ginkgo believed to be more than 1,000 years old stands here as a Natural Monument, and a fir-lined pa…
Historic sites & memorials
금산군
Up a flight of stone steps on a hill in Sang-ri, Geumsan-eup, Geumsan Hyanggyo is a school that rose again after the Imjin War. The original school stood in another village and was burned during the war, then rebuilt on this site in 1684.…
Mountains & peaks
제주시
Rising above the farmland of Geumak-ri in Hallim, western Jeju, Geum Oreum is a volcanic cone with a large round crater at the top. It stands 427.5 m above sea level but only about 178 m above its base, so a short climb brings you to the r…
Mountains & peaks
구미시
Geumosan is a 976-metre rocky mountain rising right behind the city of Gumi, and in 1970 it became Korea's first provincial park. A cable car takes you halfway up, where a waterfall, a cliff-face cave and a Goryeo-era rock-carved Buddha fo…
National parks
부산
Geumjeongsan is a granite mountain rising between central Busan and Yangsan, and in March 2026 it became Korea's 24th national park. From the highest peak, Godangbong (801.5 m), you look down on the Nakdong River and the city, and along th…
Churches & monasteries
고흥군
On the eastern slope of Cheondeungsan in Goheung, this small temple sits deep in a forest of more than 3,300 Japanese nutmeg trees (Torreya). It is a quiet community of Buddhist nuns, and it combines a nutmeg forest protected as a Natural…
Lakes
용인시
Right beside the Gyeongbu Expressway in Giheung-gu, Yongin, lies a reservoir covering 2.58 km². Built in the 1960s to supply farm water, Giheung Reservoir has become Giheung Lake Park, with a 10 km loop trail busy with walkers, cyclists an…
Nature
서울특별시
Just off Cheonho-daero in Seoul's Gangdong district, behind a busy main road, lies a patch of woodland and wetland where fireflies still live. Gildong Ecological Park was designed for observing nature rather than strolling, so it caps dail…
Churches & monasteries
서울특별시
Gilsangsa, on a hillside in Seongbuk-dong, began life as Daewongak, one of Seoul's best-known high-end restaurants for entertaining guests. Its owner Kim Young-han donated the land and buildings to the monk Beopjeong, and it became a templ…
Coast & islands
제주시
Gimnyeong Beach in Gujwa, on Jeju's northeast coast, formed where white sand piled up on top of flat black lava rock. The shallow water glows a clear turquoise, and a line of wind turbines turns along the horizon. With lava tubes such as M…
Churches & monasteries
김제시
Geumsansa is a large temple on the slopes of Moaksan in Gimje, North Jeolla. It is said to have been founded around 599 under the Baekje kingdom and became famous as a centre of devotion to Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. Its huge Mire…
Historic sites & memorials
김제시
In the middle of Gimje, on the slope south of Seongsan Park, stands Gimje Hyanggyo, a state Confucian school of the Joseon era. What makes it stand out is the layout: the gate pavilion Manhwaru, the lecture hall Myeongnyundang and the shri…
Historic sites & memorials
이천시
At the edge of the fields in Naechon-ri, Baeksa-myeon, Icheon, Kim Jwa-geun's Historic House was built by the family of Kim Jwa-geun, a central figure in the Andong Kim clan's domination of late Joseon politics. Tradition says it once ran…
Churches & monasteries
김천시
On the eastern slopes of Hwangaksan, Jikjisa is the head temple of the Jogye Order's 8th district, overseeing 54 branch temples across north-western North Gyeongsang. Its name means "pointing straight with a finger", and there is plenty to…