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Where are you going?

Pick the places you want. The order and the timing work themselves out.

Here is exactly how far we got.
Across ten cities we checked fares for all 191 places against official pages and posted menus.
14 places that barely show up in search but that everyone who goes raves about are marked “hidden”, and 14 that are only worth it after dark are marked “night”.

East coast

Mountains that stop at the water

Gangneung
Sea and coffee · KTX 2h from Seoul
All fares verified
22 places
Sokcho
Cable car up Seoraksan, then the beach
All fares verified
25 places
Pohang
Steel town with the best sunrise in Korea
All fares verified
17 places

Old capitals

Where the country was governed from

Gyeongju
Silla capital · burial mounds in the middle of town
All fares verified
24 places
Andong
Confucian academies and a village inside a river bend
All fares verified
16 places

Southern sea

Islands, bridges and crab

Tongyeong
Cable car, mural village, oysters
All fares verified
17 places
Yeosu
A cable car strung over the harbour · night stalls
All fares verified
19 places
Busan
Second city · beaches and a 100th-floor deck
All fares verified
19 places

Further out

Worth the trip, harder in one day

Jeju
Volcanic island · a flight, not a train
All fares verified
18 places
Daejeon
KTX 1h · bread, forests and red clay
All fares verified
14 places
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