Namhansanseong Fortress
A UNESCO World Heritage site where twelve kilometres of wall follow the ridgeline. A village still lives inside it, so it reads less as a fortress than as a town on a mountain.
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Getting to the start
Sanseong Station
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From Sanseong Station (Line 8) Exit 2, take bus 9 or 52 and get off at the Namhansanseong roundabout; buses 9-1 and 53 also run at weekends. The roundabout sits in the middle of the village inside the walls, so you can set off along the rampart in any direction from there.
The route
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Namhansanseong Fortress
Gwangju, Gyeonggi · 3hA UNESCO World Heritage site where twelve kilometres of wall follow the ridgeline. Do not try to walk all of it — the hour from the South Gate to the West Gate is enough to put the whole south of Seoul below you. A village and a royal residence still stand inside the walls, so it reads less as a fortress than as a town on a mountain.
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Photo credits
- Namhansanseong Fortress — SpongeFan0304 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Admission prices and opening hours change often. Check the official site before you go.