Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
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Churches & monasteries
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Beneath the eight rocky peaks of Palyeongsan in Goheung, South Jeolla, which rise behind it like a folding screen, Neunggasa sits on a broad stretch of flat ground. It looks like a quiet country temple, yet it holds several Treasures: an e…
Churches & monasteries
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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…
Museums
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At the far end of Oenarodo Island in Goheung, South Jeolla, the Naro Space Center Space Science Museum stands beside South Korea's first spaceport. On the same island from which the Naro and Nuri rockets lifted off, you can learn how rocke…
Coast & islands
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Across a narrow channel from Nokdong Port, at the tip of the Goheung Peninsula, lies Sorokdo. Its name means "small deer island", after the shape of its coastline. The pine forests and neat gardens look peaceful, yet for more than a centur…