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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Jeollanam-do Why Go? Gwangju ........................205 This beautiful southwest province is one of Korea’s least Jogyesan developed and greenest. The heartland of Jeollanam-do Provincial Park ...............211 (전라남도) has rolling hills, the towering Sobaek Mountains Jirisan to the east and 6100km of coastline to the south and west, National Park – West .....212 with over 2000 islands offshore – less than 300 of which are Yeosu ..............................213 inhabited. Gangjin ...........................217 With a warmer and rainier climate than its provincial Duryunsan mainland neighbours, bountiful Jeollanam-do is all about Provincial Park ...............217 agriculture – the province is famous for its food and green Wando ........................... 218 tea, celebrated in several festivals. For all of its rural atmos- phere, Jeollanam-do has urban elements that are common Jindo ............................. 219 to the rest of Korea; think high-speed train lines and expand- Wolchulsan ing cities, chief of which is Gwangju, Korea’s sixth-largest National Park ................220 metropolis with its own separate government and telephone Mokpo ............................221 code. Despite all this, the province retains a rebel edge, and Dadohae Haesang is proud of its ceramic and artistic traditions, its exiled National Park ................225 poets and prodemocracy martyrs. Jeollanam-do rewards the intrepid and really does have something for everyone. Best Places to Eat When to Go Gwangju » Minsokchon (p208) °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm » House Filled with Happi- 40/104 16/400 ness (p223) 30/86 12/300 » Jeonsama (p219) 20/68 10/50 8/200 0/32 4/100 Best Places to -10/14 Stay -20/-4 0 » Yuseongwan (p217) J F DNOSAJJMAM » Hotel 1004 (p225) May Summer of- Sep The Gwangju Oct It’s kimchi » The Ocean Resort (p214) fers a chance for Biennale brings EVERYTHING visitors to cool off the glamour of during the epony- at the beaches. the art world to mous festival in town. Gwangju. 205 History restaurants, pubs and bars – all encircled by FarFile from16-jeollanam-do-kor9 Seoul during the Joseon era, Jeol- apartment blocks – but within this everyday Book Korea 9 Initial Mapping jacquelinenexteriorDate resides29.08.12 the heart of an artist and Road lanam-do was a place of exile, often used as Scale All key roads labelled? 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Je Basefile kor8 Final Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS ruled South Korea in the 1960s and ’70s. ollana New References 1 Number of Rows (Lines) Students and trade unionists ledEditor countless Check SightsDate & Activities prodemocracy protests and demonstrations, F Column Widths and Margins until army tanks crushed an MCuprising Check in GwangjuDate National Museum MUSEUM 국립광주박물관 % h m-d Gwangju city in May 1980 (see p355). Today ( ; 570 7014; 9am-6pm MC/CC Signoff Tue-Sun)Date The Gwangju National Museum’s about 25% of households in the province are O collection traces the region’s prehistorical farms, versus a national average of 7%. S GWANGJU beginnings to the modern day, via artifacts, ights paintings and calligraphy. When there aren’t any visiting exhibitions, look out for the Chi- 광주 & A Gwangju nese ceramics salvaged from a 14th-century %062 / POP 1.46 MILLION shipwreck. Bus 55 (₩1200, 20 minutes, Gwangju (http://english.gjcity.go.kr) may ctivities every 30 minutes) runs from Geumnamno look like any other city with its shop-filled to the National Museum. central area, an attractive riverside, busy 3 Damyang Songido Hwaeom-sa W E S T S E A Yeonggwang 6 ( Y e l l o w S e a ) Seohaean Gurye Jirisan Gwangju Mudeungsan National Imjado Provincial Park Park Expwy Cheonwang-bong Hampyeong (West (1187m) Jogyesan Hadong Jungdo Naju 0 20 km Yiyang Provincial 0 10 miles Park Donggwangyang Coast) Najuho Chuamho Muan Seongsaho Jaundo Unju-sa Nagan Folk Suncheon Mokpo Wolchulsan Village Beolgyo Namhae Oedaldo Yeongam National Park Suncheon Odongdo Boseong Bay Dadohae Haesang Apaedo Yeosu Jangheung Boseong Daehan National Park Dawon Dolsando Gangjin Yulpo Hataedo Haenam Goheung Hyangiram Gangjin Celadon Museum Geumodo Jindo To Heuksando Duryunsan Oenarodo Jindo Provincial Park Geogeumdo (33km); Yeondo Hongdo (54km) Mysterious Sea Road Wando Sinjido S O U T H S E A Hajodo Wando Dadohae Haesang To Jeju-do ( E a s t C h i n a S e a ) National Park Nohwado (100km) Chodo To Jeju-do (100km) Bogildo Soando Cheongsando Jeollanam-do Highlights 1 Visit Gwangju (p205) photogenic Daehan Dawon fortress town of Nagan Folk for its vibrant arts and Tea Plantation (p216) in Village (p213) nightlife scene, urban hiking Boseong 6 Spot migratory birds opportunities, and solemn 4 Voyage to the scattered, feasting in the rich wetlands memorials unspoilt islands of at Suncheon Bay (p212) 2 Learn everything there Heuksando (p225) and 7 Partake in the is to know about bamboo fabled Hongdo (p225) mysterious ‘parting of the at the Damyang Bamboo 5 Marvel at the thatched- sea’ phenomenon known as Crafts Museum (p211) roofed houses of the the Ganjuyuk Gyedo in Jindo 3 Savour the scenic immaculately preserved (p219) location and flavours of the .