Places, cafés and restaurants we visited in Gyeongju.
Gyeongju's food explained: the 1939 red bean pastry and how to tell it from barley bread, what a ssambap set actually is, the six-ingredient Silla beef soup, and the 350-year-old rice wine sold in Gyochon.
A first-timer's guide to Gyeongju: why the KTX station is 10 km from the old city and the downtown station has closed, which buses actually work, and how to plan two days in the Silla capital.
Choosing a base in Gyeongju: the hanok cluster around Daereungwon, the Bomun Lake resort zone, why the KTX station is nowhere near the old city, and what the station renaming means for your plans.
Gyeongju's sites with 2026 hours and prices: Bulguksa and Seokguram are now free, Daereungwon park is free and only Cheonmachong is ticketed, the Wolji night view, Yangdong village and Namsan.
Now, Yeogi