Seoul
Modern urban parks, culture and design alongside illustrious historic palaces.
Modern urban parks, culture and design alongside illustrious historic palaces.
There’s a noticeably absent cosmopolitan feel in this port city known for raw fish and a harsh dialect that people in Seoul sometimes find incomprehensible.
South Gyeongsang province is a study in contrasts.
Hawaii, the Mediterranean, Disneyland, paradise…Jejudo has been compared to all four, and each is at least partly true.
Jeju-si (Jeju City), the island’s capital, sits at the middle of the north coast.
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South Jeolla is one of Korea’s least developed and greenest provinces, where 25% of households are farmers against a national average of 7%.
Daegu’s fascinating traditional-medicine market is its biggest tourist draw.
Gyeongsangbuk-do’s natural beauty is seconded only by its profusion of spectacular temples, Confucian schools, ancient pagodas, rock-carved Buddhas, teashops and tombs.
Amid the tangerine groves on the lower slopes of Hallasan sits touristy Seogwipo, Jejudo's second-largest town.
Amid the tangerine groves on the lower slopes of Hallasan sits touristy Seogwipo, Jejudo’s second-largest town.
The province of Gyeonggi-do hugs Seoul like a reverse letter ‘C, ’ providing excellent day trips or longer expeditions to some of Korea’s gems.
Incheon, a bustling, industrial port 36km west of Seoul, is big enough to warrant its own subway line.
Suwon, 48km south of Seoul, is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do and a city of sensual neon, exotic flavours, all-night discos and ancient history.
An expensive amusement park, Everland (759 1408; www.
The train station, bus terminal, information centre and yeogwan are all conveniently within sight of each other in the town centre, and the tourist information centre (550 2828; 9am-5pm) has kind English-speaking staff.
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