13 attractions in Daegu, including Gyeongsang-gamyeong Park, Daegu National Museum and Dodong Seowon. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Historic sites & memorials
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In the heart of downtown Daegu, a few minutes' walk from Jungangno Station, brightly painted Joseon government buildings appear among the trees. Gyeongsang-gamyeong Park stands on the site of the Gyeongsang Provincial Office, which governe…
Museums
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Daegu National Museum tells the story of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province from the Old Stone Age to the Joseon dynasty through objects found in the region. You can see Silla and Gaya metalwork, early Buddhist sculpture from northern Gye…
Churches & monasteries
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Where the Nakdong River makes a wide bend in Dalseong County, south-west of Daegu, the buildings of Dodong Seowon climb a hillside one terrace at a time. The academy honours Kim Goeng-pil, one of the Five Sages of Joseon Neo-Confucianism,…
Churches & monasteries
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Two slender spires rise side by side over the Gyesan five-way junction in central Daegu. Gyesan-dong Cathedral, finished in 1902, was the first Western-style church in Gyeongsang Province and is one of Korea's few Gothic churches with twin…
Gardens & parks
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In the heart of Daegu, a few minutes' walk from Seomun Market, an earthen rampart curves around a low hill. Dalseong Park was laid out on top of Dalseong, an ancient earthen fortress whose name shares its roots with "Dalgubeol", the old na…
Churches & monasteries
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Donghwasa stands on the southern slopes of Palgongsan in Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, Daegu, about 22 km north-east of the city centre. It is the head temple of the 9th District of the Jogye Order, overseeing many temples across Daegu and North Gy…
Churches & monasteries
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On the southern slope of Palgongsan, between Donghwasa and Pagyesa, sits a quiet temple. Buinsa is small, but it is said to have housed the First Tripitaka Koreana, Korea's first complete carving of the Buddhist canon in the Goryeo period,…
Other
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Walk past fabric halls piled high with bolts of cloth, wander into alleys of small food stalls, and after dark the road outside fills with the lights of street stalls. Seomun Market is Daegu's largest traditional market, with more than 4,0…
Lakes
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In the middle of Suseong-gu in Daegu, Suseong Lake is a reservoir about 2 km around that serves as the city's favourite strolling and dating spot. It began as a colonial-era reservoir for irrigating rice paddies, but today swan-shaped peda…
Mountains & peaks
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Apsan, literally "the mountain in front", rises right along the southern edge of central Daegu. On the north-facing valleys of this 660 m ridge lies the city's largest urban nature park, and a cable car takes you up to an observatory in ab…
Churches & monasteries
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On the western slopes of Palgongsan, Pagyesa is a quiet temple wrapped in forest and streams, and a royal prayer temple with close ties to the Joseon court, above all to King Yeongjo. True to a name that means gathering the streams, a deep…
Mountains & peaks
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Rising to 1,084 m where Daegu's Dalseong County meets Cheongdo and Changnyeong, Biseulsan turns pink with azaleas along its summit ridge in spring, and on its slopes lies a huge block stream, a river of boulders. Near the top, Daegyeonsa,…
Mountains & peaks
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Palgongsan is Daegu's guardian mountain, about 20 km northeast of the city centre, spreading across Daegu and several cities and counties of North Gyeongsang. A ridge of roughly 20 km runs east to west from the highest peak, Birobong (1,19…