South Korea travel tips

5 guides in South Korea — when to go, how to get around, which ATMs not to use, and what a fair price looks like.

lighted city skyline at night

SeoulSouth KoreaPalaces, street food, and relentless energy

Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks above the sea

BusanSouth KoreaKorea’s port city: beaches in the middle of it, the largest fish market in the country, and a hillside village painted every colour

a view of a city and a body of water

JejuSouth KoreaA volcanic island of black rock and green tea, with women who have dived for shellfish for centuries

a couple of women walking down a street next to a building

GyeongjuSouth KoreaA thousand years of Silla capital spread through a small city, with royal tombs rising out of the parks

Rocky mountains under a clear blue sky

Seoraksan & SokchoSouth KoreaGranite spires and autumn colour two hours from Seoul, with a fishing port and a cable car below them