35 attractions in Busan, including SEA LIFE Busan Aquarium, Yeongdo Bridge and Igidae Park. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Zoos
부산
Right beside the sand of Haeundae Beach, you head underground and walk through a tunnel where sharks and rays glide overhead. SEA LIFE Busan Aquarium opened in November 2001, and its 80 m underwater tunnel is described as the longest in Ko…
Historic sites & memorials
부산
At first glance Yeongdo Bridge, linking Nampo-dong with Yeongdo island in Busan, looks like any city bridge, but at set times its landward span slowly tilts up into the sky. Opened in 1934, it was Korea's first bridge connecting an island…
Coast & islands
부산
Igidae Park lines the coast of Yongho-dong in Busan's Nam-gu district, where the slopes of Jangsanbong drop into the sea in strangely shaped cliffs and broad rock shelves. On the coastal trail you see Gwangan Bridge and Haeundae on one sid…
Museums
부산
When the Korean War forced the government out of Seoul, it made Busan its provisional capital. The Provisional Capital Memorial Hall in Bumin-dong, Seo-gu, is the residence where President Syngman Rhee lived and worked during those years,…
Mountains & peaks
부산
The trail starts right behind the apartment blocks of Haeundae New Town, and within minutes you reach slopes buried under huge boulders. At 634 m, Jangsan is the second-highest mountain in Busan, and the landforms left by volcanic activity…
Historic sites & memorials
부산
Rows of low headstones line the lawns of Nam-gu in Busan, and above them fly the flags of twenty-two nations. The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK) is the only UN cemetery in the world, the resting place of about 2,300 serv…
Churches & monasteries
부산
Haedong Yonggungsa is a Buddhist temple set on the seaside rocks of Sirang-ri in Gijang, on the eastern edge of Busan. Known as the temple closest to the sea, it draws crowds who come to see halls and stone lanterns strung along rocks batt…
Coast & islands
부산
Where the sand of Haeundae Beach ends, a small hill thick with pines and camellias juts out into the sea. Dongbaekseom was once an island, but soil and sand carried down by the neighbouring Chuncheoncheon stream gradually joined it to the…
Coast & islands
부산
Haeundae Beach is an urban beach spanning Jung-dong and U-dong in Haeundae District, Busan. Its sand stretches for about 1.5 km and covers some 120,000 m², making it the best-known beach in Korea. Figures for its width vary from 30 to 90 m…
Mountains & peaks
부산
Climb this 427 m peak in the middle of Busan and the lights of Gwangan Bridge, Haeundae and Seomyeon spread out below you. Hwangnyeongsan Mountain straddles four districts, Busanjin, Nam, Suyeong and Yeonje, and because you can drive almos…
Old towns & squares
부산
On the cliffs of Yeongdo island in Busan, a row of small white-walled houses clings to the edge, looking out over the anchorage where big ships wait at sea. Huinnyeoul Culture Village began as a hillside settlement where refugees from the…