Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Mountains & peaks
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In Jongdal-ri, Gujwa-eup, on the east side of Jeju, rises a small volcano of soft, rounded curves. It is 247.8 m above sea level but only 88 m above the surrounding land, yet from the top you see three linked craters and a view that reache…
Coast & islands
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Just a few minutes' drive from Jeju Airport, a dragon seems to rear its head out of the sea. Yongduam Rock, on the shore of Yongdam-dong in Jeju City, is a rock about 10 m high whose shape, carved by waves and wind over countless years, re…
Coast & islands
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Udo ("Cow Island") lies off Seongsan at the eastern tip of Jeju. Seen from the side it is said to look like a cow lying down, hence the name. The island is only about 3.8 km long with a coastline of around 17 km, yet it packs in white beac…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the middle of Jeju's old town, a pavilion with long, low eaves looks out over a square. Gwandeokjeong, built in 1448 as an archery training ground for soldiers, is one of the oldest buildings on Jeju. For almost six centuries the square…
Churches & monasteries
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On the northern slopes of Hallasan, at about 650 m above sea level, Gwaneumsa is the head temple of the 23rd district of the Jogye Order, the temple that oversees Jeju's other Buddhist temples. Past the entrance gate, a sloping path is lin…
Other
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Ten minutes or so by car from Jeju Airport, beside the Sanjicheon stream in old Jeju City, lies Jeju's largest and oldest permanent traditional market. Dongmun Traditional Market packs its covered lanes with silver hairtail and red tilefis…
Caves
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Manjanggul in Gujwa-eup, Jeju City, is a lava tube about 7.4 km long. It was formed by lava flowing from the Geomunoreum volcano, and its passages reach up to 18 m wide and 23 m high, which puts it among the largest lava tubes in the world…
Coast & islands
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Stand on the sand at Hyeopjae Beach and you will see a rounded island rising beyond the emerald water. Biyangdo is a small volcanic island off Hallim in Jeju City, covering about 0.5 km², with around 160 residents. The ferry from Hallim Po…
Coast & islands
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Right in front of Sanbangsan, a ridge runs into the sea that locals thought looked like a dragon lowering its head into the water, hence the name Yongmeori, "dragon's head". The cliffs are layers of volcanic ash thrown out by eruptions und…
Nature
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Most of Jeju's oreums rise like hills, but Sangumburi in Gyorae-ri, Jocheon-eup, is a deep crater sunk into almost flat grassland. Walk a little way up the slope and a huge bowl suddenly opens beneath your feet, said to be larger than Baen…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the middle of Jeju City, between roads and hotels, lies a quiet grove of old trees. On the lawn inside are three shallow hollows, and for centuries Jeju people have believed that the island's history began here. Samseonghyeol, the "cave…
Old towns & squares
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Black basalt walls wind along the lanes, low thatched roofs crouch behind them, and in the middle of the village stands a zelkova with a trunk five metres round. Seongeup was the seat of Jeongui-hyeon, one of the three districts into which…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…