Table of Contents

List of Maps vi

1 THE BEST OF SOUTH KOREA 1

2 SOUTH KOREA IN DEPTH 9

3 SUGGESTED ITINERARIES IN SOUTH KOREA 31

4 SEOUL 40

5 GYEONGGI-DO 109

6 CHUNGCHEONG-DO 138

7 JEOLLA-DO 181

8 GYEONGSANG-DO 231

9 BUSAN 291

10 GANGWON-DO 326

11 JEJU-DO (JEJU ISLAND) 368

12 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO SOUTH KOREA 402

13 USEFUL TERMS & PHRASES 423

Index 434

About the Author

Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee was born in Seoul and is the author of several popular books including, Quick & Easy Mexican Cooking, Quick & Easy Korean Cooking, Eating Korean: From Barbeque to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home, and Frommer's Day by Day Seoul. She is also a conceptual and installation artist, a designer, an illustrator and a photographer. Her first and third language is Korean.