Chungnam 충청남도
Baekje history at Gongju and Buyeo, west-coast beaches.
6 places · 4 of them are what locals go for rather than what tour lists recommend
What to see
Sights and landscapes worth the trip out.
- Tomb of King Muryeong무령왕릉where locals goGongju
- Gongsanseong Fortress공산성Gongju
Baekje-era walls above the river. Walk the loop at dusk when it's lit.
- Gungnamji Pond궁남지where locals goBuyeo
Korea's oldest recorded artificial pond. Lotus flowers take it over in July.
- Daecheon Beach대천해수욕장where locals goBoryeong
The west-coast beach Koreans drive to, and the one the mud festival happens on.
Getting there and around
Stations, terminals and airports — the skeleton of any plan.
- Cheonan-Asan Station천안아산역Asan
KTX from Seoul in 35 minutes — the gateway for Gongju and Buyeo.
Where to stay
Neighbourhoods, not hotels. Hotels change; a good base doesn't.
- Stay: Gongju old town공주 원도심 숙박where locals goGongju
Guesthouses under the fortress. Buyeo is 40 minutes away, so one base covers both Baekje capitals.
How this list is put together
Everything here is a place we can vouch for, with coordinates we checked. We don't scrape rankings or pad the list to look complete, which is why some regions are short — they grow as we can verify more. The "where locals go" tag means Koreans go for their own reasons, not because a guidebook sent them.
Distances and routes are handed to Naver Map rather than estimated here. Korea has no public transit routing API, and an invented travel time is worse than none.
While you're here
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