Busan, South Korea

Great Food & Dining

One of Korea's largest fish markets and Busan's main traditional market, in Nampo-dong off Line 1. Outdoor stalls under coloured parasols along a narrow alley, a modern indoor hall with live tanks, and restaurants upstairs where the catch is eaten with a view over the harbour. The market's own phrase is Oiso, Boiso, Saiso — come, see, buy.

Beautiful Scenery

Pastel houses terraced up a hillside, nicknamed the Machu Picchu of Korea. Settled by refugees during the Korean War and remade in 2009 when students, artists and residents decorated it under the Village Art Project. Steep alleys and stairs throughout — the one sight here with a real mobility cost. No drones, and it is someone's street.

Beautiful Scenery

A seaside temple out at Gijang, and the counterweight to a downtown day: unusually for a Korean temple it sits on the rocks at the water rather than inland in the mountains. Far enough from the terminal to be the trip you commit to, not the one you add on.

Recommended visit duration

A full day — the metro makes two districts realistic from the International Passenger Terminal

Crowds

Gamcheon is a working residential village rather than an attraction site, and its own tourism listing asks visitors to keep noise down and stay clean. Jagalchi is busiest in the morning when the market is actually working.