Jeollanam-do
One of Korea's most iconic sights, the Boseong Daehan Dawon Tea Plantation is spectacularly set on a hillside covered with curvy row after row of manicured green tea bushes. It's a popular setting for TV dramas and films. Spring, when the leaves are at their greenest, is the most congenial time to visit.
At the plantation's restaurant you can sample green-tea infused dishes (鈧5000 to 鈧8000) and drinks.
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Overlooking Gwangju, Mudeungsan National Park is a gorgeous green mountain range with a spiderweb of well-signed trails leading to the peak, Cheonwang鈥
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Legend has it that Unju-sa originally housed 1000 Buddhas and 1000 pagodas, built because, according to traditional geomancy, the southwest of the country鈥
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Among Korea鈥檚 many folk villages, Nagan is unique for its setting, surrounded by 1410m of Joseon-period fortress walls, built to protect the inhabitants鈥
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Elsewhere traditional markets may be losing out to newer shopping centres, but the Jeongnamjin Saturday Market in Jangheung (鞛ロ潵) is definitely a happening鈥
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Songgwang-sa is considered one of the three jewels of Korean Buddhism (along with Tongdo-sa and Haein-sa, in Gyeongsangnam-do). Featured in the Little鈥
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Though it's just 42 sq km in size, Korea鈥檚 smallest national park has crags, spires and unusually shaped rocks around every corner, as well as an 8m鈥
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At this coastal estuary, inscribed on the Ramsar list of protected wetlands, you can follow walkways through rustling reeds up to an observation hut on a鈥
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The exquisite 800-year-old examples of Goryeo-dynasty celadon on display here look startlingly contemporary. At the back are pottery workshops (Monday to鈥
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Here you can learn more than you ever thought you needed to know about tea, both in Korea and around the world, and also take part in a traditional tea鈥
2. Jeongnamjin Saturday Market
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Elsewhere traditional markets may be losing out to newer shopping centres, but the Jeongnamjin Saturday Market in Jangheung (鞛ロ潵) is definitely a happening鈥
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Legend has it that Unju-sa originally housed 1000 Buddhas and 1000 pagodas, built because, according to traditional geomancy, the southwest of the country鈥
4. Naganeup-seong Folk Village
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Among Korea鈥檚 many folk villages, Nagan is unique for its setting, surrounded by 1410m of Joseon-period fortress walls, built to protect the inhabitants鈥
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The exquisite 800-year-old examples of Goryeo-dynasty celadon on display here look startlingly contemporary. At the back are pottery workshops (Monday to鈥
21.66 MILES
Though it's just 42 sq km in size, Korea鈥檚 smallest national park has crags, spires and unusually shaped rocks around every corner, as well as an 8m鈥
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Songgwang-sa is considered one of the three jewels of Korean Buddhism (along with Tongdo-sa and Haein-sa, in Gyeongsangnam-do). Featured in the Little鈥
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Seonam-sa is a quiet hermitage dating back to AD 529, where the monks study and try to preserve the old ways. Below Seonam-sa is Seungseongyo, one of鈥