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🏛️ Culture in Busan

South Korea

About Busan for Solo Travelers

Korea's ocean city where a temple clings to sea cliffs, a neighbourhood of painted houses climbs a hillside, and the world's freshest raw fish is eaten at dawn in the harbour market.

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Solo Travel Tips· Solo Friendly

Busan is South Korea's most relaxed and scenic city for solo travelers — Haeundae beach, the Gamcheon Culture Village (coloured hillside houses), and the Jagalchi fish market are all excellent solo experiences. The KTX bullet train from Seoul takes 2.5 hours. The Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the cliffs above the sea is one of Korea's most beautiful and photogenic solo stops. The jjimjilbang saunas are excellent social solo evenings.

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$$Mid-range

Language

Korean

Currency

KRW

Solo Level

🟢Solo Friendly

Great infrastructure, English-friendly, well-established solo traveler culture.

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Beomeosa Temple

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One of Korea's major Buddhist temples, founded in 678 on the forested slopes of Geumjeongsan in northern Busan. Its halls, gates and stone pagoda climb the hillside, and the valley is cool and lush in summer. It runs templestay programmes, and trails continue up to Geumjeong Fortress. Take the metro to Beomeosa Station, then a short bus.

📍Cheongnyong-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea

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Haedong Yonggungsa Temple