Gyeongju
Good to know
- Best time to go
- April (cherry blossoms along tomb mounds) or October–November
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The former capital of the Silla Kingdom for nearly a millennium, Gyeongju is often called the 'museum without walls' for the density of royal burial mounds, temple ruins, and stone pagodas distributed across the city and surrounding countryside. Bulguksa temple and the Seokguram grotto — both UNESCO World Heritage Sites — anchor a broader cultural landscape that extends to the forested slopes of Mount Tohamsan.
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