7 attractions in Suncheon, including Songgwangsa Temple, Naganeupseong Walled Town and Suncheon Open Film Set.
Churches & monasteries
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Songgwangsa stands on the slopes of Jogyesan in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, and is the head temple of the 21st district of the Jogye Order. Together with Tongdosa (the Buddha) and Haeinsa (the Dharma) it is one of Korea's Three Jewel…
Fortresses
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From the top of the wall you look down on hundreds of rounded thatched roofs huddled in a plain below the hills. Naganeupseong was the seat of Nagan County in the Joseon period, and it is one of very few places where the walls, the governm…
Theme parks
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Step into an alley of slate-roofed shacks crowded along a hillside and you could be standing in a 1970s Seoul hillside slum. Suncheon Open Film Set (Suncheon Drama Set) recreates Korean streets and neighbourhoods of the 1960s to 1980s and…
Churches & monasteries
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Walk up the stream through the woods and a semicircular stone bridge suddenly frames a pavilion like a picture in a window. Seonamsa in Suncheon is often remembered for that single view, but inside you will find wooden halls with faded pai…
Gardens & parks
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Suncheon built a garden to protect its bay. Organisers said the main purpose of the expo was to preserve the mudflats and reed beds of Suncheon Bay. Suncheon Bay National Garden grew out of the site of the 2013 Suncheon Bay International G…
Nature
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Tall reeds stretch endlessly over the mudflats where river meets sea, and a channel winds through them in a perfect S. Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve is the showcase of Korea's southern coastal wetlands, where boardwalks take you right into…
Fortresses
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About 10 km southeast of central Suncheon, on a low hill above Gwangyang Bay, stands a stone wall of an unfamiliar shape. This is a waeseong, a castle built by Japanese troops in 1597 during the second invasion of Korea, and the final act…