SOUTH KOREA 한국 The Young Traveller’s Complete Guide

SOUTH KOREA

한국

The Young Traveller’s Complete Guide

Seoul • Busan • Gyeongju • Jeju • Walking Routes • K-Culture • Food • Budget Tips

“Korea is a country that forces you to look twice at everything. You think you understand what it is and then it shows you another dimension entirely — a palace hidden behind a skyscraper, a mountain trail above a city of ten million, a street food cart at 2am feeding half a neighbourhood. It is endlessly surprising.”

— Rick Steves, Europe and Beyond

South Korea is one of the most extraordinary travel destinations in the world, and one of the most underrated by travellers from Europe and North America who have not yet made the journey. It is a country where the ancient and the ultra-modern exist in a relationship of comfortable proximity: 600-year-old palaces in the middle of neon-lit megacities, Buddhist temples on mountain slopes above highways, centuries-old street food markets within walking distance of the world’s most technologically advanced public transport system. For young travellers, Korea offers astonishing food, a nightlife culture that runs around the clock, one of the world’s safest and most efficiently organised urban environments, and some of the finest walking — in cities and in nature — available anywhere in Asia. This guide will take you through every essential destination, every major tourist location, and every great walk the country offers.