6 attractions in Yeosu, including Geomundo Island, Yeosu Seonso Shipyard Site and Jinnamgwan Hall. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Coast & islands
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Three small islands stand around a stretch of sea like a folding screen. The water inside is deep and calm enough for large ships, and that natural harbour drew the attention of the great powers in the 19th century. The Royal Navy called i…
Historic sites & memorials
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In Sijeon-dong, Yeosu, between apartment blocks, a stone-walled basin still fills with seawater. This was a shipyard from the Goryeo period onwards and is known as the place where Admiral Yi Sun-sin and General Na Dae-yong built turtle shi…
Historic sites & memorials
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On a hill in Yeosu's old town, Jinnamgwan is Korea's largest single-storey wooden government building, a hall held up by a forest of pillars. It stands on the site of the Jeolla Left Naval Command, Admiral Yi Sun-sin's headquarters during…
Viewpoints
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This cable car swings across Yeosu's harbour, linking the mainland with Dolsando island. The Yeosu Maritime Cable Car connects Jasan Park, by the entrance to Odongdo, with Dolsan Park, and it was the first cable car in Korea to cross the s…
Churches & monasteries
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Heungguksa sits in a wooded valley halfway up Yeongchwisan in Yeosu. Its name expresses the idea that "when the nation prospers the temple prospers, and when the temple prospers so does the nation", and during the Imjin War it housed and t…
Churches & monasteries
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Climb the steps and the path suddenly disappears between giant boulders. Squeeze through the gap and you come out among halls clinging to the cliff, with the South Sea spread out below. Hyangiram, whose name means "hermitage facing the sun…