Tag: 역사

Changdeokgung Palace

Seoul · A palace built around the hillside, not over it. The rear garden is booked separately.

Travel highlight: The rear garden needs a timed booking and a separate fee. Hours change by season.

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Gyeongbokgung Palace

Seoul · The main palace of the Joseon dynasty. In spring and autumn it also opens at night.

Travel highlight: Free entry in hanbok. Night openings run for limited periods and are online-booking only.

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Sangdangsanseong Fortress

Chungbuk · A circuit of the walls takes about two hours.

Travel highlight: Free with no set hours. A full circuit takes about two hours.

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Yeongnamnu Pavilion

Gyeongnam · A national treasure pavilion on the cliff above the Miryang River.

Travel highlight: Lit at night, and it looks quite different seen from across the river.

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Royal Tomb of King Muryeong

Chungnam · The only Baekje royal tomb whose occupant is known.

Travel highlight: The chamber is sealed; the exhibition hall reproduces the interior.

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Sin Seok-jeong House

Jeonbuk · A thatched house the poet built and lived in. A quiet yard.

Travel highlight: Come for the quiet yard rather than for any large sight.

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Subok Center

Busan · Seventy years in Nampo-dong, serving beef tendon and fish cake soup.

Travel highlight: There is outdoor seating in the alley — it fills first in the evening.

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Naganeupseong Folk Village

Gwangju & Jeonnam · People live inside the walls, under the original thatch.

Travel highlight: People live here. The wall can be walked all the way round.

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Mireuksa Temple Site

Jeonbuk · An empty field where the temple is gone and one stone pagoda remains. Free.

Travel highlight: Free to enter. Park at the Iksan National Museum and walk over.

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Haemi Fortress

Chungnam · A fortress built on flat ground, not a hill. No admission, no parking fee.

Travel highlight: No admission or parking fees. Summer hours are 05:00–21:00.

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Gongsanseong Fortress

Chungnam · A Baekje hill fortress above the Geum River, walked along its walls.

Travel highlight: You walk on top of the walls — there are slopes, so wear decent shoes.

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Coffee Hanyakbang

Seoul · A café on the ground where Hyeminseo, the office of the physician Heo Jun, once stood.

Travel highlight: The sign is small — go into the alley with a map open.

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Binhaewon

Jeonbuk · A hall open to the second floor, hung with red lanterns, unchanged since the 1950s.

Travel highlight: Closed Mondays, with a break in the afternoon.

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Beomeosa Temple

Busan · A large temple on Geumjeongsan. There is no admission charge.

Travel highlight: No admission, only parking. Open 08:00–17:00.

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Jinjuseong Fortress

Gyeongnam · Walls above the Nam River, with a museum inside.

Travel highlight: The fortress is ticketed; the national museum inside is free.

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Daereungwon Tomb Complex

Gyeongbuk · Royal tombs rising like grass hills in the middle of the city.

Travel highlight: Daereungwon is free; only the interior of Cheonmachong is ticketed.

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Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond

Gyeongbuk · Come at night, for the buildings doubled in the water. Open until ten.

Travel highlight: Open until 22:00, ticketing closes 21:30. The night view is the point.

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Cheomseongdae

Gyeongbuk · An observatory raised fourteen centuries ago, lit after dark.

Travel highlight: Free with no set hours, and lit after dark.

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Seokguram Grotto

Gyeongbuk · A grotto built of stacked stone, where no photographs are taken inside.

Travel highlight: No admission charge. Photography inside the grotto is not permitted.

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Bulguksa Temple

Gyeongbuk · Seokgatap and Dabotap stand in the same courtyard. Admission is free.

Travel highlight: No admission charge, only parking. Pets are not admitted.

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Ojukheon

Gangwon · The house where Shin Saimdang and Yi I were born.

Travel highlight: Open 09:00–18:00, last entry 17:00. The ticket includes the municipal museum.

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Imjingak

Gyeonggi · Where the division stands as physical fact, and entry is free.

Travel highlight: Free to enter, paid parking. DMZ tours require separate arrangements.

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National Museum of Korea

Seoul · The permanent galleries are free, and the subway connects straight in.

Travel highlight: Permanent galleries are free; the Children's Museum needs a booking.

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Jongmyo Shrine

Seoul · The shrine holding the Joseon kings' tablets, usually seen with a guide.

Travel highlight: Weekdays are timed guided entry; Saturdays are free-roaming.

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Changgyeonggung Palace

Seoul · A glass conservatory inside a palace, open until nine at night.

Travel highlight: Open until 21:00, last entry 20:00. Closed on Mondays.

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Hwaseong Haenggung

Gyeonggi · King Jeongjo's travelling palace, which opens at night for part of the year.

Travel highlight: Night openings run for a set period. Nearby public parking is free for the first hour.

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Cheongnamdae

Chungbuk · A presidential retreat, entered by booking.

Travel highlight: Visits are booked online, with separate admission and parking fees.

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Independence Hall of Korea

Chungnam · Admission is free. The grounds are wide enough to need the shuttle bus.

Travel highlight: Free to enter, paid parking. Take the shuttle bus around the grounds.

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Gyeonggijeon Shrine

Jeonbuk · Home to the portrait of King Taejo, in the middle of the Hanok Village.

Travel highlight: Open 09:00–18:00, tickets close 30 minutes earlier. No parking of its own.

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