Korea Travel Atlas lists 14 places in South Gyeongsang. Cities and counties covered: Hapcheon, Yangsan, Tongyeong, Geoje, Namhae, Jinju, Changwon, Sancheong, Miryang, Gimhae, Haman, Hadong.
By category: Heritage 6 · Culture 2 · Nature 6
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TempleHapcheon
합천 해인사 장경판전
Haeinsa Temple is South Korea’s supreme Dharma jewel temple nestled deep within Mount Gayasan, world-renowned for Janggyeong Panjeon (UNESCO World Heritage)—the extraordinary 15th-century naturally...
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TempleYangsan
양산 통도사
Yangsan Tongdosa Temple is South Korea’s supreme Buddha Jewel Temple (UNESCO World Heritage), founded in 646 AD, internationally unique because its sacred Main Hall houses no Buddha statue—instead ...
KTO Official DataCultureArt & Mural VillageTongyeong
통영 동피랑 벽화마을
Tongyeong Dongpirang Mural Village is South Korea’s pioneering cliffside art community, perched above Gangguan Harbor, where colorful rotating street murals, charming rooftop cafes, and the histori...
KTO Official Data거제 바람의 언덕 및 신선대
Geoje Windy Hill is South Korea’s most romantic coastal promontory, world-famous for its majestic Dutch windmill spinning in the ocean breezes of Dojangpo Harbor, paired with the ancient stratified...
KTO Official Data외도 보타니아
Oedo Botania is South Korea’s world-renowned European marine botanical paradise, a breathtaking private island in Hallyeohaesang National Park transformed over 30 years from a barren rocky crag int...
KTO Official Data남해 독일마을
Namhae German Village is South Korea’s charming Bavarian coastal enclave, established in 2001 for Korean nurses and miners returning from Germany, featuring authentic white-walled villas with red-o...
KTO Official DataNatureScenic Nature SpotNamhae
남해 가천 다랭이마을
Namhae Daraengi Village is South Korea’s iconic agrarian coastal masterpiece, designated as National Scenic Site No. 15, where over 100 tiers of terraced emerald rice paddies cascade down steep 45-...
KTO Official DataHeritageHistoric FortressJinju
진주성 촉석루
Jinjuseong Fortress is South Korea’s sacred patriotic bastion along the Namgang River, famed as the site of General Kim Si-min’s legendary 1592 Imjin War victory, housing Chokseongnu—one of Korea’s...
KTO Official DataNatureMountain & TrailChangwon
진해 여좌천 로망스다리
Jinhae Yeojwacheon Stream is South Korea’s most romantic cherry blossom sanctuary and the glittering epicenter of the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, where a 1.5-kilometer stream is enveloped by a fairy...
KTO Official Data지리산국립공원 (천왕봉)
Jirisan Cheonwangbong is the highest mountain peak on the South Korean mainland (1,915m), revered as the mother mountain and spiritual spine of Korea, legendary for its mystical sea-of-clouds sunri...
KTO Official DataHeritageHistoric LandmarkMiryang
밀양 영남루
Miryang Yeongnamnu Pavilion is South Korea’s newly designated National Treasure, celebrated alongside Pyongyang’s Bubyeongnu and Jinju’s Chokseongnu as one of Korea’s three greatest wooden pavilion...
KTO Official Data김해 가야테마파크 및 수로왕릉
Gimhae Gaya Theme Park is South Korea’s premier experiential cultural wonderland celebrating the 2,000-year legacy of the iron-maritime Gaya Confederacy, featuring reconstructed royal palaces, the ...
KTO Official Data함안 연꽃테마파크
Haman Lotus Theme Park is South Korea’s miraculous 109,000-square-meter wetland sanctuary, world-famous for awakening the 700-year-old dormant Goryeo Dynasty ‘Ara Lotus’ seeds discovered inside an ...
KTO Official DataHeritageHistoric LandmarkHadong
하동 최참판댁 및 악양평야
Hadong Choe Champan-daek is the living literary and architectural epicenter of Park Kyung-ni’s epic novel Toji (The Land), featuring a faithfully reconstructed 14-building Joseon aristocratic estat...