Busan itinerary

1. 1

   Gamcheon Culture Village - The Painted Hillside Above Saha-gu

   Gamcheon Culture Village climbs a hillside in Saha-gu as a grid of pastel houses stacked in rows, a layout that dates to the 1950s when Korean War refugees and members of the Taegeukdo religious movement settled here. A…

   Address

   203 Gamnae 2-ro, Saha-gu, Busan 49307

   Nearest transit

   Toseong Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 6, then Saha 1-1 village bus, 10 min ride

2. 2

   Haeundae Beach - Busan's Main Stretch of Sand

   Haeundae Beach runs about 1.5 km of pale sand between Dongbaekseom Island and Mipo Harbour, and it is the beach most Koreans picture when they think of Busan. Swimming season officially runs from early July to late…

   Address

   264 Haeundaehaebyeon-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48094

   Nearest transit

   Haeundae Station (Busan Metro Line 2), Exit 3 or 5, 8-min walk

3. 3

   Gwangalli Beach and the Gwangan Bridge - The Best Night View in Busan

   Gwangalli Beach faces the Gwangan Bridge, a 7.4 km suspension crossing that opened in 2003 and lights up in changing colours after sunset. The sand here is coarser than Haeundae and the beach is shorter at roughly 1.4…

   Address

   219 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro, Suyeong-gu, Busan 48300

   Nearest transit

   Gwangan Station (Busan Metro Line 2), Exit 3 or 5, 10-min walk

4. 4

   Jagalchi Fish Market - Korea's Largest Seafood Market

   Jagalchi Fish Market is the largest seafood market in South Korea, spread across a seven-storey building on the Nampo waterfront plus the open stalls along Jagalchihaean-ro. Trading starts before dawn on the wholesale…

   Address

   52 Jagalchihaean-ro, Jung-gu, Busan 48939

   Nearest transit

   Jagalchi Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 10, 5-min walk

5. 5

   Haedong Yonggungsa Temple - A Buddhist Complex Built on the Sea

   Haedong Yonggungsa is one of very few Korean temples built on the sea rather than in the mountains. The original was founded in 1376 by the monk Naong Hyegeun, destroyed during the Japanese invasions of the 1590s, and…

   Address

   86 Yonggung-gil, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan 46083

   Nearest transit

   Osiria Station (Donghae Line), then bus 181, 10 min ride plus 10-min walk

6. 6

   Beomeosa Temple - A Silla-Era Mountain Monastery

   Beomeosa was founded in 678 during the Silla kingdom by the monk Uisang, which makes it roughly seven centuries older than Haedong Yonggungsa. It sits on the eastern slope of Geumjeongsan, the mountain that forms the…

   Address

   250 Beomeosa-ro, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46293

   Nearest transit

   Beomeosa Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 5, then bus 90, 15 min ride

7. 7

   Taejongdae Park - Cliffs and Pine Forest on Yeongdo Island

   Taejongdae occupies the southern tip of Yeongdo Island, where pine forest ends in cliffs dropping about 100 m to the sea. The park takes its name from King Taejong Muyeol of Silla, who is said to have practised archery…

   Address

   24 Jeonmang-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan 49125

   Nearest transit

   Nampo Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 6, then bus 8, 30 or 88, 25 min ride

8. 8

   Songdo Marine Cable Car and Skywalk - A Ride Across Songdo Bay

   The Songdo Marine Cable Car, branded Busan Air Cruise, runs 1.62 km across Songdo Bay between Songnim Park and Amnam Park, reaching about 86 m above the water at its highest point. It reopened in 2017, nearly thirty…

   Address

   171 Songdohaebyeon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49256

   Nearest transit

   Jagalchi Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 6, then bus 6, 30 or 71, 15 min ride

9. 9

   Gukje Market and BIFF Square - Street Food and Post-War Trading Alleys

   Gukje Market began in 1945 as a place where returning Koreans and, later, Korean War refugees sold surplus goods, and it still operates as a grid of covered alleys across Jung-gu. Sections are loosely organised by…

   Address

   25 Gukjesijang 2-gil, Jung-gu, Busan 48963

   Nearest transit

   Jagalchi Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 7, 5-min walk

10. 10

    Huinnyeoul Culture Village - A Cliffside Row Above the Shipping Lanes

    Huinnyeoul Culture Village runs along a cliff edge on the western side of Yeongdo Island, a single row of low houses above the water with a narrow coastal path below. The name refers to the white streams that once ran…

    Address

    60 Huinnyeoul-gil, Yeongdo-gu, Busan 49072

    Nearest transit

    Nampo Station (Busan Metro Line 1), Exit 6, then bus 6, 9 or 71, 15 min ride

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