Korea-9-Jeollanam-Do (Preview)
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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.
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MUSEUM Jindo 9am-6pm 9am-6pm
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