Jeju, a day on each side
Jay · lives in Korea · How I choose places
No photos, no star ratings — just what I'd tell a friend. On Jeju, these are the 655 places on my own map, across 12 neighborhoods: 262 I've been to, 393 I haven't made it to yet.
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North Jeju
the town and the airport, for either end of the trip
제주시 · 246 places
old lanes and a late-night market, by the airport
West Jeju
the side I'd drive first, and the one with the sunsets
애월 · 70 places
the cafe coast, and the few worth stopping for
한림 · 54 places
two white-sand beaches, then a crater rim at sundown
한경 · 24 places
the far west, and worth the long drive
대정 · 26 places
sea cliffs in the afternoon, mackerel for dinner
안덕 · 29 places
the indoor day: an Ando museum, tea, coffee in the fields
South Jeju
the slow side: waterfalls under Hallasan's peak
서귀포시 · 65 places
the island's other town, small and easy
East Jeju
the sunrise side, wilder and further out
조천 · 38 places
Hamdeok's beach in the morning, the forest after
구좌 · 48 places
oreum country, and the blue water below it
성산 · 25 places
the sunrise crater, and the island off the island
표선 · 15 places
the slow south-east: a wide beach and silver autumn grass
남원 · 15 places
black-stone coves, and a tea course to build the day on
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