Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Coast & islands
울릉군
Just off Seommok on the north-east tip of Ulleungdo, Gwaneumdo is an uninhabited islet that was once joined to the main island until the sea wore away the link. Since 2012 a 140 m footbridge has let you walk across, and a loop around the c…
Coast & islands
울릉군
Ulleungdo is a volcanic island in the East Sea, about 120 km east of the Korean mainland. It is the top of a large volcano rising from the seabed, so most of its coast is sheer cliff, and the highest point, Seonginbong, reaches 984 metres.…
Churches & monasteries
울진군
Deep in a valley of Cheonchuksan in Uljin, at the end of a path through Korean red pines, lies a temple built around a pond. On the ridge west of the temple is a rock shaped like a seated Buddha, and its shadow is said to fall on the pond…
Caves
울진군
Reached at the foot of a cliff beside the Wangpicheon River in Uljin, Seongnyugul is a limestone cave packed with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. Inside are nine large chambers and pools 4-5 m deep, and in 2019 inscriptions about 1,5…
Mountains & peaks
청송군
Stand in the courtyard of Daejeonsa Temple and you see a cluster of rock towers rising behind its roofs like fingers pointing at the sky. Juwangsan is only 720.6 m high, but cliffs, gorges and waterfalls carved out of hardened volcanic ash…
Churches & monasteries
청도군
In the hills east of Cheongdo, a path through pine woods ends at a temple with a wide courtyard. In the middle stands a great pine whose branches droop to the ground like an umbrella, and nuns in grey robes pass to and fro beneath it. Unmu…
Nature
청송군
In Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang, a small reservoir lies hidden in a valley inside Juwangsan National Park. Ancient royal willows grow with their roots under the water at Jusanji, and when dawn mist rises the trees seem to float on the surf…
Mountains & peaks
경주시
Tohamsan (745 m) is the mountain that holds Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto. The Silla kingdom revered it as Dongak, the "Eastern Peak" among five sacred mountains that guarded the realm. From the summit you look west over the Gyeongj…
Coast & islands
포항시
If you picture the Korean Peninsula as a tiger, this is the tip of its tail: Homigot, at the end of the Janggi Peninsula near Pohang. It is counted among the first places on the mainland to see the sunrise, so crowds gather here every 1 Ja…