Asia Travel Guides
Practical guides you can travel by — Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and beyond: how to get there, a perfect day, what to eat, and local tips.
Da Nang, Vietnam: The Complete Summer Beach Guide for Visitors from Korea
Ancient Cham temples, 5-km white sand beaches, and Michelin street food — all under 5 hours from Seoul Incheon.
BaliBali, Indonesia: The Island of Gods — A Peak Dry-Season Guide from Seoul
July is Bali's golden dry season — blue skies, lush rice terraces, and the Kecak fire dance under a cliffside sunset, just 7 hours from Seoul.
YeosuYeosu, South Korea: The Complete Visitor's Guide to Korea's Sun Coast City
Sea-cliff temples, glass-floor cable cars over open ocean, and Korea's finest marinated crab — all within one compact coastal city.
BusanBusan in Summer: Sea Cable, Seafood & Street Art — One Day Done Right
Korea's most vivid seaside city packs a hillside art village, live-tank sashimi, a sea cable car and two white-sand beaches into one unforgettable summer day.
JejuJeju Island: Beaches, Lava Tubes & Haenyeo Divers — Korea's Ultimate Summer Escape
Turquoise beaches, UNESCO lava tubes, and legendary haenyeo free-divers make Jeju Island South Korea's most rewarding summer island escape.
JejuJeju Island in Summer: Lava Tubes, Haenyeo Abalone, and Black Pork by the Coast
UNESCO volcanoes, emerald beaches, and free-diving women who harvest abalone by hand — how to spend a perfect summer day on Korea's southern island.
BusanBusan in Summer: Sea Temples, Raw Fish, and Korea's Favourite Escape
Korea's second city: a coastal Buddhist temple, a rainbow hillside village, two beaches, and a roaring fish market in one summer day from Seoul.
PohangPohang: East Coast Grit, Summer Waves
Korea's steel city moonlights as a summer escape — bronze hands rising from the sea, the East Coast's biggest seafood market, and 1,750 m of uncrowded sand.
IncheonIncheon: Korea's Port City of Noodles, Harbor Views & Yellow Sea Sunsets
Where Korea met the world — Incheon packs Chinatown, a hilltop harbor park, and a seaside monorail into one breezy day from Seoul.
GapyeongGapyeong: River Islands & Cool Summer Escape Just 45 Minutes from Seoul
Trade Seoul's heat for Nami Island's tree lanes, a riverside rail bike, and fiery dakgalbi in Gapyeong — just 45 minutes by express train.
SokchoSokcho: Where Korea's Wildest Mountains Meet the East Sea
Two and a half hours from Seoul, Sokcho pairs Seoraksan National Park's granite peaks with sandy beaches and North Korean comfort food.
TongyeongTongyeong: Korea's Naples of the East on the Hallyeo Waterway
Cable cars over 570 islands, Admiral Yi's turtle ships, and Korea's finest oysters — Tongyeong is the coastal summer escape Seoul travellers overlook.
GangneungGangneung: East Coast Korea — Beaches, Joseon Estates, and the Country's Coffee Capital
Pine-fringed beaches, Korea's finest seafood, a UNESCO festival city, and the specialty-coffee scene that changed a nation — under 2 hours from Seoul by KTX.
YeosuYeosu: Korea's Summer Coast — Cable Cars, Sashimi, and the Admiral's Legacy
Dramatic harbour views, Korea's first ocean cable car, and Admiral Yi Sun-sin's naval headquarters — Yeosu rewards a summer day trip like few cities outside Seoul.
GangneungGangneung: East Coast Coffee, Ancient Estates & Summer Beach Bliss
Gangneung's trifecta — Joseon heritage, Korea's most famous coffee street, and a sweeping East Sea beach — makes for a perfect summer day trip from Seoul.