Gyeongnam
A coastal escape blending serene nature and artistic charm. From green tea fields and seaside cliffs to colorful villages and island gardens, it’s where tranquility meets creativity.
Tongyeong · Geoje · Namhae · Hadong · Hapcheon · Jinju · Changwon · Yangsan
Things to do here
11 experiences our team has visited
Sancheong · Hwangmaesan
Nothing but Sky: Hwangmaesan
Drive to the high plateau and wander the silvergrass ridges of Hwangmaesan — royal azaleas in spring, seas of eulalia in autumn, and open sky in every direction.
Hadong · Pyeongsa-ri
By the River: An Afternoon on the Seomjingang
Walk or simply sit along the Seomjingang River's pine grove and the Pyeongsa-ri fields — sandbars, slow water and Jirisan's foothills arranged in one long, unhurried view.
Tongyeong · Mireuksan
Islands Without End: Mireuksan
Cable car up Mireuksan, a fifteen-minute walk to the deck, and the whole Hallyeosudo spreads out — islands upon islands layered into the haze.
Hapcheon · Gayasan
Haeinsa & the Tripitaka Koreana
Drive into Gayasan for Haeinsa, the temple that has kept the Tripitaka Koreana — eighty-one thousand woodblocks, carved in the 13th century — in wooden halls designed to preserve them without machinery.
Jinju · Namgang
Wishes on the Water: Jinju Lantern Festival
Follow the great lantern sculptures down the Namgang under Jinju Fortress — hang a wishing lantern, float one on the river, or see it all from a cruise boat.
Tongyeong · Yeonmyeong Village
A Morning by the Sea: Yeonmyeong Fishing Village
Join a tidal-flat or line-fishing session in Yeonmyeong, a working village of fish farms and abalone rafts, then walk the shore and pebble beach with the sea community's day going on around you.
Namhae · Jijok Strait
Fish with the Tide: Namhae's Bamboo Weirs
From the Jijok Strait observation deck and exhibition hall, look down on the V-shaped bamboo fish weirs — jukbangryeom — and hear how anchovies are still caught by tide and current alone.
Sancheong · Suseonsa
A Temple Made for Stillness: Suseonsa
Walk slowly through this small temple on Jirisan's Ungseokbong slopes — lotus pond, tended gardens, forest edges — and rest at the temple café; templestay possible by arrangement.
Hadong · Samseonggung
A Hidden Myth in Jirisan: Samseonggung
At 850m in Jirisan, walk among Samseonggung's thousands of stone towers, sotdae poles, ponds and mountain paths — a sanctuary honouring Korea's founding myth, beside the famously unworldly village of Cheonghak-dong.
Hadong · Hwagae
A Cup from Jirisan: Hadong Wild Tea
Walk the tea fields under Jirisan and the Wild Tea Culture Center at Hwagae, then slow down for darye — or pick and pan-roast leaves yourself before drinking the green tea you made.
Tongyeong · Jungang Market
Winter's White Flowers: Tongyeong Oysters
From November to early spring, tour Tongyeong's central market as the day's oysters come in — then choose your form: raw, pan-fried jeon, steamed in the shell, or oyster gukbap.
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