South Korea

Seoul

Go for: Harvests & Food Festivals, Festivals, Temples, Forts and Fortifications, Castles & Palaces

4 experiences: Changdeokgung Palace Complex, Jongmyo Shrine, Hwaseong Fortress, Chuseok.

Jeju

Go for: Islands, Sacred Places, Volcanoes

3 experiences: Jeju-do Island, Jeju volcanic island, Cheju Do.

Ulsan

Go for: Temples

2 experiences: Gyeongju Historic Areas, Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple.

Yosu

This countryside of rocky crags, thundering waterfalls following daring white water rivers, beaches, interesting granite formations, dense forests of very diverse plant life and old temples makes it a magnet for nature enthusiasts.

Go for: National Parks

1 experiences: Soraksan National Park.

Daejeon

Classified as one of Korea’s eight most scenic spots (it’s unclear what the parameters are here?) Songnisan means ‘apart from the ordinary mountains’ and is striking in its remote situation at the source of three great rivers. The park has eight...

Go for: National Parks

1 experiences: Songnisan National Park.

Gwangju

The prehistoric cemeteries at Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa contain many hundreds of examples of dolmens - tombs from the 1st millennium BC constructed of large stone slabs. They form part of the Megalithic culture, found in many parts of the world,...

Go for: Archaeological Sites

1 experiences: Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites.

Wolchulsan National Park

Filled with unusual looking rocky mountain peaks, this national park is also home to a grand sitting Buddha monument and a temple, as well as its...

Go for: National Parks