Gyeonggi 경기도
Suwon's fortress, the DMZ, and day trips that ring Seoul.
7 places · 3 of them are what locals go for rather than what tour lists recommend
What to see
Sights and landscapes worth the trip out.
- Hwaseong Fortress수원화성Suwon
UNESCO fortress wall you can walk end to end in about two hours.
- Imjingak (DMZ gateway)임진각Paju
Tours into the DMZ itself must be booked ahead with passport details.
- Everland에버랜드where locals goYongin
- Namhansanseong Fortress남한산성where locals goGwangju-si
Mountain fortress wall you can walk. Seoul's weekend hike with a UNESCO listing attached.
Where to eat
Markets, restaurants and the café streets locals use.
- Suwon Fried Chicken Alley수원 통닭거리where locals goSuwon
Whole birds fried in a vat, next to the fortress market. Koreans come from Seoul for this.
Getting there and around
Stations, terminals and airports — the skeleton of any plan.
- Suwon Station수원역Suwon
Where to stay
Neighbourhoods, not hotels. Hotels change; a good base doesn't.
- Stay: Suwon Station수원역 숙박Suwon
Half an hour from Seoul by subway, and cheaper. A sane base if Seoul hotels are full.
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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