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Gyeongsang

Geoje거제

A rocky, island-studded coastline near Busan — a windmill on a hilltop, a botanical island garden, and a dramatic rock promontory.

Population

About 230,000.

Fun fact

Geoje is home to some of the largest shipyards in the world, building a huge share of the planet's container ships.

Geoje on the map

Geoje is close enough to Busan for an easy day trip, with a coastline of small islands, cliffs, and beaches that reward having a car.

Highlights

  • Windy Hill, a hilltop with a wooden windmill and open views over the coastline — one of the island's most-photographed spots.
  • Haegeumgang, a dramatic rocky promontory at Geoje's southern tip, usually seen by boat tour from Gujora Port.
  • Oedo Botania, a private island garden with European-style landscaping, also reached by boat from Gujora Port.
  • The Geoje POW Camp, a well-preserved Korean War prisoner-of-war camp museum.

Getting there

From Busan, an express bus from Seobu Terminal to Gohyeon Terminal takes about an hour. From Seoul, it's a KTX to Busan (2.5–3 hours) followed by the same connection — a direct bus from Seoul takes 4.5–5 hours.

Getting around

Buses run but are infrequent; a rental car or taxis are the more practical way to reach Geoje's spread-out sights.

More: Official Geoje tourism guide.

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