Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Nature
연천군
The Hantan River rises in Pyeonggang in North Korea and flows 136 km through Cheorwon, Pocheon and Yeoncheon before joining the Imjin River. As it cut down through a plateau of hardened lava, it carved canyons tens of metres deep lined wit…
Old towns & squares
파주시
On the edge of Tongil Dongsan in Paju, painters, architects, writers and musicians bought land and built their own homes and studios: this is Heyri Art Valley. With around 380 member artists it is Korea's largest artists' village, its muse…
Gardens & parks
광주시
Hidden in a valley behind Konjiam Resort in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, the arboretum Hwadamsup is so popular in autumn that tickets for the foliage season sell out fast. The original terrain and woodland on the slopes of Nogobong were kep…
Historic sites & memorials
파주시
Hwaseokjeong is a Joseon-era pavilion on a cliff above the Imjin River at Yulgok-ri, Paju. It belonged to the family of Yi I (pen name Yulgok), one of Korea's great Confucian scholars, and a poem he is said to have written here at the age…
Churches & monasteries
화성시
Yongjusa is the temple King Jeongjo of Joseon rebuilt to console the spirit of his father, Crown Prince Sado, who died a cruel death. Because it served as the guardian temple of Sado's royal tomb, it is a mountain temple with traces of pal…
Historic sites & memorials
화성시
Yunggeolleung is the joint name for two Joseon royal tombs where the tragic Crown Prince Sado and his son, King Jeongjo, lie side by side. A son who lost his father as a child became king, moved his father's grave to an auspicious site, an…