This market, west of the central shopping district, has a history as vast as its scope. It dates from 1658, making it Korea’s oldest medicine market and still one of its largest. The stores spill onto the street with fragrant curiosities from lizards’ tails to magic mushrooms (the latter only with a prescription); you might also catch a glimpse of someone receiving acupuncture. Start at the museum to learn the uses of every spiky herb.
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An icon and motif of Daegu, this lovely cruciform church is quite a sight, with its twin spires. Originally constructed in wood, the first incarnation…
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This red brick structure is one of the city's historic churches. Within the church is a fascinating history of the building and a collection of Bibles and…
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This excellent museum has English labelling throughout most of its collection – and what a collection. Armour, jewellery, Buddhist relics from various…
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Holding 81,258 woodblock scriptures, making it one of the largest Buddhist libraries of its kind, this Unesco World Heritage–listed temple should be on…
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Close to the summit of the thickly forested Obong-san (640m), Bokdu-am features a huge rock face out of which 19 niches have been carved. The three…
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Gatbawi is a medicinal Buddha shrine and national treasure, some 850m above sea level and said to date back to AD 638. This Buddha is famed for the flat…
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In the north end of the city, Bullo-dong Tumuli-gongwon is an enormous open space covering some 330,000 sq metres. The grassy hillocks that rise like…
Daegu Hyanggyo Confucian School
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This tranquil Confucian School at the heart of Daegu is an oasis of introspective calm which dates to 1398 (though it was burned down by the Japanese and…
Nearby Daegu attractions
1. Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral
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An icon and motif of Daegu, this lovely cruciform church is quite a sight, with its twin spires. Originally constructed in wood, the first incarnation…
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This red brick structure is one of the city's historic churches. Within the church is a fascinating history of the building and a collection of Bibles and…
3. Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine
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An interactive museum on the upper two levels has re-creations of traditional clinics and video quizzes, but offers a decreasing number of English…
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Not far from Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral is this very historic hilly area of Daegu, which contains various early-20th-century missionary houses and…
5. Daegu Modern History Museum
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Located within the fabulous former Joseon Siksan Bank building (check out the brickwork) which dates to 1918, this very educational museum gives you the…
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Once known as Central Park, this is a beautiful spot to flee from Daegu's modernity and fumes; it's a place of birdsong, where old folk and couples gather…
7. Monument to the Old City Wall
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This monument records the existence of the old city wall that once ringed the town. The wall was pulled down in 1905, but its history survives in road…