BOARDING PASS · LEVEL 02
Gyeongju
경주
A thousand-year capital & hanok streets turned hip
Recommended
2 days
Mobility
City bus, bicycle
Vibe
#Historical #Hanok #Slow
Where to go here
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Bulguksa Temple
불국사
A temple still standing on thousand-year-old Silla engineering.
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Pair it with Seokguram. A mountain path connects the two, but the bus saves an hour.
Cheomseongdae
첨성대
The oldest surviving observatory in East Asia.
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It reads far better at night once the lights come on. The fields around it change flower by season.
Daereungwon Tombs
대릉원
A park where royal tombs rise out of the ground like hills.
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You can walk inside Cheonmachong. In cherry and magnolia season the lane outside the wall draws bigger crowds than the tombs.
Hwangnidan-gil
황리단길
A street of hanok houses reopened as cafes and shops.
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Five minutes on foot from the Daereungwon gate. It fills up midday, so come early or near sunset.
Insider's note
The sites are scattered across the town, so a bicycle beats everything else. Rent one near Hwangnidan-gil and Daereungwon and Cheomseongdae link up on their own; only Bulguksa needs a bus.