Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
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Nature
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On the flat shoreline rocks of Gain-ri, on Changseondo island in Namhae, the footprints of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds and lizards that crossed a Cretaceous mudflat about 100 million years ago are still clearly visible. More than 1,500 di…
Old towns & squares
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At the southern tip of Namhae Island, where Seolheulsan and Eungbongsan drop straight into the sea, more than 100 tiers of rice paddies climb the slope like a giant staircase. These terraced fields, carved out of the hillside to win every…
Churches & monasteries
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Boriam is a hermitage set into the cliffs near the summit of Geumsan in Namhae, surrounded by strangely shaped rocks. Together with Hongnyeonam at Naksansa in Yangyang and Bomunsa on Ganghwa Island, it is counted among Korea's three great…
Old towns & squares
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White walls and orange roofs cluster on a hillside above the sea in Namhae. At first glance Namhae German Village looks like a European-themed resort, but it was built by Korean miners and nurses who went to work in West Germany in the 196…
Churches & monasteries
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On the slopes of Hogusan Mountain, Yongmunsa is regarded as the oldest temple in Namhae County. The story of how it ended up here is unusual: in 1660, Confucian scholars at the Namhae Hyanggyo (the local state Confucian school) objected to…
Coast & islands
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Off the southern tip of South Gyeongsang Province, Namhaedo covers 301 km², making it the fifth-largest island in South Korea. It is the main island of Namhae County, which also includes neighbouring Changseondo. Despite being an island, y…