70 attractions in Jeju Province, including Jocheonjinseong Fortress and Yeonbukjeong, Jeju, Hangpaduri Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle…
Fortresses
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Right next to Jocheon harbour on Jeju's northeast coast, a red-pillared pavilion sits on top of a curved basalt wall facing the sea. Jocheonjinseong was one of nine coastal forts that guarded Jeju in the Joseon era, and the pavilion on its…
Historic sites & memorials
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On a gentle slope in the hills above Aewol, grassy earthen walls run across the landscape. The Hangpaduri Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle marks the last stronghold of the Sambyeolcho, the Goryeo army units that refused to accept p…
Fortresses
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Hwanhaejangseong is a defensive wall of black basalt built along the coast of Jeju Island. Work began in 1270 to keep out the Sambyeolcho rebels, it was repaired again and again until the late Joseon period, and a Joseon-era account called…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the uplands of Bonggae-dong, Jeju City, low stone walls and memorial stones stretch across a broad hillside. Jeju 4·3 Peace Park is a memorial park and museum for the people killed during the Jeju 4·3 events, which lasted from 1947 to 1…
Gardens & parks
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In Jeju, house walls, field boundaries and the walls around graves are all built of black basalt. Jeju Stone Park gathers the life and myths of islanders who lived alongside stone into one museum and nature park. Dol hareubang statues, tom…
Coast & islands
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Jeju Olle Route 20 is a "badang olle", a sea trail along Jeju's north-east coast. It starts at Gimnyeong West Port and passes the turquoise water of Gimnyeong, Woljeong and Sehwa beaches before ending near the Jeju Haenyeo Museum in Hado-r…
Museums
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At the Jeju Aerospace Museum in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, real aircraft fill a huge exhibition hall, some parked on the floor and some hanging in the air. With an aviation history hall showing 26 real aircraft, an astronomy and space hall an…
Other
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The wide grasslands of Gasi-ri, in the uplands of eastern Jeju, were once home to Gapmajang, the Joseon-era ranch where the state raised only its very best horses. Jeju Horse Park was created by the village itself on this old ranch land. B…
Coast & islands
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Below the Jungmun Resort area in Seogwipo, Jeju, a bow-shaped strip of sand curves between wooded cliffs. Jungmun Saekdal Beach is known for its unusual sand, a mix of black, white, red and grey grains, and for big waves. In summer it fill…
Coast & islands
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About 2 km off the coast of Gosan-ri, at Jeju's western tip, a grass-topped island floats in the sea. Chagwido is Jeju's largest uninhabited island, made up of Jukdo (Daeseom) and Wado among other islets, and it is only about 10 minutes by…
Coast & islands
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On the shore of Bukchon-ri in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, a round hole has been punched clean through a lump of black basalt. Like a picture frame, it holds the sea and the small uninhabited islet of Daryeodo. Locals call this rock Changkkom.…
Waterfalls
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Between the hotels and resorts of the Jungmun tourist complex hides a deep ravine. Walk down the steps and you reach an emerald pool ringed by dark, column-shaped rock. Cheonjeyeon, "the pond of the emperor of heaven", is the source of a w…
Waterfalls
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Cheonjiyeon Waterfall sits at the end of a wooded gorge close to central Seogwipo, where a 22-metre column of water drops into a deep pool. The name means roughly "the pond where heaven and earth meet", and the sound of the falls fills the…
Museums
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The Chocolate Museum in Illgwa-ri, Daejeong-eup, in south-western Jeju, is a private museum devoted to how cacao becomes chocolate and to chocolate cultures around the world. Its walls of songi, Jeju's red volcanic scoria, make it look lik…
Gardens & parks
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Camellia Hill in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, is an arboretum built around a single plant over nearly 30 years. About 172,000 m² of land hold 6,000 camellia trees of some 500 varieties from 80 countries. Because the varieties flower at differen…
Coast & islands
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In Hado-ri, Gujwa-eup, on Jeju's east coast, Hado Beach is a wide sweep of sand right beside the Haemaji coastal road. The water is shallow and calm, glowing a clear jade green, and Udo island looks close enough to touch across the strait.…
Mountains & peaks
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Hallasan is the shield volcano that forms the heart of Jeju Island, and at 1,947 metres its summit is the highest point in South Korea. Locals say "Jeju is Hallasan and Hallasan is Jeju", and the mountain is visible from almost anywhere on…
Mountains & peaks
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The Yeongsil Trail on the south-western side of Hallasan is one of the mountain's shorter routes, and it is widely considered the most scenic. It starts high, at Yeongsil Rest Area at about 1,280 m above sea level, and soon brings you face…
Gardens & parks
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Facing Hyeopjae Beach on Jeju's west coast, Hallim Park began with one man sowing palm seeds in the sand. The land he started planting in 1971 now holds a subtropical botanical garden, a palm avenue and two lava caves that are protected as…
Coast & islands
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Hamdeok Beach in Hamdeok-ri, Jocheon-eup, is one of the Jeju beaches people mention first when they talk about sea colour. It lies only about 20 km east of Jeju International Airport, yet the mix of white sand, clear turquoise water and a…
Coast & islands
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Hyeopjae Beach sits at Hyeopjae-ri in Hallim on Jeju's west coast, where white sand, shallow clear water and the small island of Biyangdo just offshore all fit into one view. The water is shallow and the seabed slopes gently, which makes i…
Nature
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Hwansang Gotjawal Forest in Jeoji-ri, western Jeju, is a forest whose paths were cleared by one family. In the winter of 2006, Lee Hyeong-cheol suffered a stroke that paralysed the right side of his body; as rehabilitation he began clearin…