Seosan travel info

Seosan spreads across the west coast of South Chungcheong. Walking the top of Haemi Fortress takes you 1.8 km around and costs nothing, and it fills half a day. Out west on Ganwoldo sits Ganwolam, a hermitage that is an island at high tide and reachable on foot when the water drops. Check the tide table before you set out.

The food comes from the sea and the fields too. Eori-gul-jeot (young salted oysters from Ganwoldo), six-clove Seosan garlic, and milguk nakji, small octopus from the Wangsanpo flats poached in a gourd-and-radish broth, are the names to know. In autumn and winter migratory birds settle on Cheonsu Bay and Seosan Birdland gets busy. Add Gaesimsa temple and the rock-carved Buddha triad and you get temples, Buddhas and tidal flats in one city.

No train comes here. From Seoul, an express bus takes roughly two hours to Seosan Bus Terminal. Sights are far apart and city buses are sparse, so a car helps a lot. Without one, pick one or two places a day, such as Haemi or Ganwoldo, and mix in taxis.

From Seoul (BUS)

From other cities by KTX (KTX)

From Seosan to Haemi (BUS)