Korea Travel Atlas lists 15 places in North Gyeongsang. Cities and counties covered: Gyeongju, Andong, Yeongju, Pohang, Ulleung, Mungyeong, Cheongsong, Goryeong, Bonghwa.
By category: Heritage 8 · Culture 1 · Nature 4 · Nightlife 1 · Cafe 1
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TempleGyeongju
불국사
Bulguksa Temple is a monumental UNESCO World Heritage Buddhist sanctuary founded in 751 under the unified Silla Dynasty on the slopes of Mount Tohamsan in Gyeongju. Renowned as the pinnacle of anci...
KTO Official DataHeritageTraditional VillageAndong
안동 하회마을
Andong Hahoe Folk Village is a living UNESCO World Heritage treasure where the Pungsan Ryu clan has resided for over 600 years, cradled by the sweeping S-curve of the Nakdong River, preserving auth...
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TempleYeongju
영주 부석사 (무량수전)
Yeongju Buseoksa Temple is a legendary UNESCO World Heritage mountain sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Bonghwangsan, world-renowned for Muryangsujeon (Hall of Infinite Life)—one of South Korea’s ol...
KTO Official DataHeritageAncient Relic SiteGyeongju
석굴암
Seokguram Grotto is a supreme masterpiece of East Asian Buddhist art and a UNESCO World Heritage treasure, enshrining a monumental white granite Sakyamuni Buddha carved in 751 AD within a sublime s...
KTO Official DataNightlifeRooftop & Skyline ViewGyeongju
경주 첨성대 및 동궁과 월지
Cheomseongdae and Donggung Palace with Wolji Pond form the royal heart of ancient Silla in Gyeongju, combining the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in East Asia with a glittering 7th-centu...
KTO Official DataHeritageHistoric LandmarkAndong
안동 병산서원
Byeongsan Seowon is a UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of Neo-Confucian academy architecture, world-renowned for its sublime Mandaeru Pavilion—a soaring seven-bay open wooden pavilion that frames ...
KTO Official Data포항 스페이스워크
Pohang Space Walk is South Korea’s largest experiential sculpture and architectural landmark, featuring a gravity-defying 333-meter roller-coaster staircase perched atop Hwanho Park, where visitors...
KTO Official DataNatureScenic Nature SpotPohang
호미곶 해맞이광장 (상생의 손)
Homigot Sunrise Square is the iconic easternmost tip of the Korean tiger landmass, world-famous for the monumental bronze ‘Hand of Harmony’ rising out of the crashing East Sea waves, historic light...
KTO Official Data울릉도 행남해안산책로
Ulleungdo Haenam Coastal Trail is South Korea’s most spectacular volcanic seaside walking path, suspended along sheer basalt cliffs, sea caves, and turquoise ocean waters between Dodong Port and Je...
KTO Official DataHeritageHistoric SiteMungyeong
문경새재 도립공원
Mungyeong Saejae is South Korea’s most legendary historic mountain pass over the Baekdudaegan mountain spine, renowned for its three ancient stone fortress gates, a 6.5-kilometer barefoot red clay ...
KTO Official Data청송 주왕산국립공원
Cheongsong Juwangsan is a world-renowned UNESCO Global Geopark in eastern South Korea, famed for its dramatic volcanic rhyolite cliffs and Giam Rock, deep geological gorges with cascading waterfall...
KTO Official DataHeritageTraditional VillageGyeongju
경주 양동마을
Gyeongju Yangdong Folk Village is South Korea’s largest and most pristine historic clan village, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2010, where the Wolseong Son and Yeogang Yi clans have ...
KTO Official DataHeritageAncient Relic SiteGoryeong
고령 지산동 고분군
Goryeong Jisan-dong Tumuli is a monumental UNESCO World Heritage burial complex of the ancient Daegaya Kingdom, crowning the mountain ridges of Mount Jusan with over 700 ancient earthen mounds that...
KTO Official Data국립백두대간수목원 (호랑이숲)
Baekdudaegan National Arboretum in Bonghwa is Asia’s largest alpine arboretum (5,179 hectares), internationally renowned as the guardian of the Baekdudaegan mountain ecosystem, housing the impenetr...
KTO Official DataCafeTraditional Tea HouseGyeongju
경주 황리단길
Gyeongju Hwangridan-gil is South Korea’s most fashionable retro-cultural district, where historic 1960s low-slung Hanok alleys adjacent to the royal Daereungwon burial tumuli have transformed into ...