Discover places worth seeing โ from historic sites to mountain trails.
Coast & islands
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Walk out of the pine forest and the coast suddenly opens up: reddish granite boulders tumbling into the sea as if poured from a giant bucket. Daewangam Park sits on the eastern tip of Ulsan's Dong District, on the cape that juts furthest iโฆ
Mountains & peaks
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Rising to 742 m on the border between Ulju County in Ulsan and Yangsan in South Gyeongsang, Daeunsan is a mountain locals come back to every season. In spring azaleas and royal azaleas turn its ridges pink and red, and in summer the clearโฆ
Nature
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Rising on Daedunsan and flowing through Daejeon into the Geumgang River, the Gapcheon Stream is the city's best-loved riverside promenade. The stretch in front of the Chungnam National University and KAIST campuses in particular has wide gโฆ
Historic sites & memorials
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On a low hill in the middle of Dunsan, overlooked by the high-rises of the Daejeon Government Complex, stand a few thatched pit houses. The Dunsan Prehistoric Site was discovered in 1991 during construction of the Dunsan new town, and it wโฆ
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Office workers on their way home, local pensioners and travellers sit side by side, trousers rolled up and feet in the water. The Yuseong Hot Spring Foot Spa is an open-air foot bath in a park at the heart of Daejeon's Yuseong spa districtโฆ
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Step off the KTX at Daejeon Station, cross the plaza, and you are already in Daejeon Jungang Market. From the station forecourt to the banks of the Daejeoncheon stream, a string of large and small markets joins up into one huge shopping diโฆ
Gardens & parks
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In the heart of Daejeon, between the Government Complex and the Gapcheon River, Hanbat Arboretum spreads out in woods and ponds and is described as Korea's largest man-made urban arboretum. It was planted on land used as car parks for theโฆ
Historic sites & memorials
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In the middle of an apartment district in Songchon-dong, Daejeon, a graceful scholar's pavilion sits in a lawn-covered park. Dongchundang was the study hall of Song Jun-gil, a scholar who served King Hyojong as inspector-general and ministโฆ
Museums
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At the western end of Jungang-ro, the straight boulevard that runs from Daejeon Station, stands a modern-era building clad in ochre tiles. This is the former main building of the Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Office, built in 1932 and usedโฆ
Nature
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Spanning the Geum River between Daejeon and Cheongju, Daecheong Dam supplies water to much of central Korea and created Daecheong Lake, where wooded hilltops float like islands. A look from the dam crest, the Water Culture Center and the oโฆ
Coast & islands
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Daecheongdo lies at the far edge of the Yellow Sea, about 200 km northwest of Incheon Port. With Baengnyeongdo to the north and the North Korean coast of Hwanghae to the east, it is one of the Five West Sea Islands, and getting there takesโฆ
Museums
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The Presidential Archives in Eojin-dong, Sejong, is the national body that preserves the records, policy documents and event materials of Korea's presidents. Its Presidential Archives Exhibition Hall puts part of that collection on publicโฆ
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Off the coast of Jungmun in Seogwipo, black stone columns stand packed together along the cliffs as if someone had carved them. Daepo Jusangjeolli Cliff is a stretch of shore made of basalt columns, formed when lava cooled and cracked at tโฆ
Towns & cities
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Step out of Hyehwa Station in the evening and the first things you see are people handing out show flyers and queues at ticket booths. Daehangno (Daehak-ro, "University Street") is officially the road from Jongno 5-ga to Hyehwa Rotary, butโฆ
Museums
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On Sejong-daero, on the east side of Gwanghwamun Square, the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History is the national museum of Korea's modern history, from the opening of its ports in the late 19th century to the present day. Maps,โฆ
Churches & monasteries
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Climb the steps of a low hill in the centre of Ganghwa-eup and, beyond a tall gate, you find a hanok with a two-tiered tiled roof. The board under the eaves reads "Cheonjuseongjeon", Holy Hall of the Lord, and a cross stands at the end ofโฆ
Old towns & squares
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South of Jungang-ro, the straight avenue that runs from Daejeon Station to the former South Chungcheong Provincial Office, Daeheung-dong was the heart of Daejeon for nearly 80 years. After the 1980s, when business moved to the new Dunsan dโฆ
Palaces
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Deoksugung is the palace in Jeong-dong, Jung District, right opposite Seoul Plaza and City Hall. Unlike Seoul's other palaces, traditional wooden halls and Western-style stone buildings stand inside the same walls, because it was the mainโฆ
Mountains & peaks
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In winter every tree on the ridges is coated in white frost, and from the summit the mountain ranges roll away layer after layer in every direction. Deogyusan rises to 1,614 m across Muju and Jangsu in North Jeolla and Geochang and Hamyangโฆ
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Deokjeokdo is the main island of the Deokjeok archipelago, about an hour by fast ferry from Yeonan Pier in Incheon. With Seopori Beach backed by an old pine forest, pebble coves and one of the largest reed fields on Korea's west coast, itโฆ
Museums
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Deokpojin Museum of Education is a private museum in Daegot-myeon, Gimpo, beside the old Deokpojin fort facing Ganghwa Island. It was opened in 1996 by Kim Dong-seon and Lee In-suk, a married couple who were both primary school teachers, uโฆ
Mountains & peaks
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Spanning Seoul's Dobong District and the cities of Uijeongbu and Yangju in Gyeonggi Province, Dobongsan is a mountain you can start climbing almost straight off the subway. Next to its highest peak, Jaunbong (739.5 m), the blade-like rockโฆ
Museums
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Dosan Park, between Apgujeong and Garosu-gil, is named after the independence leader Ahn Chang-ho, known by his pen name Dosan. The park holds the grave he shares with his wife, Helen Lee (Lee Hye-ryeon), and next to it the Dosan Ahn Changโฆ
Caves
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Halfway up Geumosan in Gumi, a natural cave opens like a half-moon in the middle of the sheer cliff beside Daehye Falls. This is Doseongul, named after the late-Silla monk Doseon, famous for geomancy, who is said to have reached enlightenmโฆ