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Golgulsa Temple
A temple people come back to · Gyeongju, South Korea
Photo: Seefooddiet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
4.2★Rating
114Reviews
$$Price level
Spring & autumnBest time
The experience
A 6th-century temple built into limestone cliffs, headquarters of Sunmudo — a Korean Zen martial art. The templestay puts guests in 4am chanting, meditation, and daily martial-arts training with the monks.
The only temple stay in Korea where monks teach you a Buddhist martial art.
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It's only worth the detour Spring & autumn. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
Where it is
Gyeongju, South Korea · Gyeongsangbuk-do. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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