Gohyeon

Getting here

From Busan

Buses leave Busan Seobu Intercity Bus Terminal for Gohyeon about every 20 minutes from 06:00 to 22:00, and VisitKorea's Korean site, in figures updated in 2019, gives about 1 hour 20 minutes. By car, its 2021 figure from the Busan and Masan direction is 1 hour 13 minutes, 72.7 km, over the Geoga Bridge, which opened to traffic on 14 December 2010.

From Seoul

Geoje has no railway, so take the bus. VisitKorea's Korean site, in figures updated in 2019, gives about 4 hours 20 minutes from Seoul Nambu Terminal to Gohyeon Bus Terminal and about 4 hours 45 minutes from Dong Seoul; its 2021 listing repeats 4 hours 45 minutes for Dong Seoul. The Southern Inland Railway, from Gimcheon to Geoje, broke ground in February 2026.

From Gimhae Airport

VisitKorea's 2026 Gimhae Airport guide says you can buy tickets at the airport for intercity buses to Geoje; its 2019 figure for the airport bus to Jangseungpo is about 1 hour 10 minutes. Busan Seobu Intercity Bus Terminal, with buses on to Gohyeon, is about 15 minutes from the airport by subway or taxi.

From Tongyeong

VisitKorea's 2018 Tongyeong–Geoje itinerary gives about 30 minutes by bus from Tongyeong Bus Terminal to Gohyeon Bus Terminal, which makes Gohyeon the natural first stop on Geoje when you come from Tongyeong. Drivers cross the new Geoje Bridge, 940 m long and open since 22 April 1999, and follow Geoje-daero into Gohyeon.

On your doorstep

• Geoje POW Camp Historic Park A park and exhibition hall on the site of what VisitKorea calls South Korea's largest prisoner-of-war camp, which held up to 173,000 North Korean and Chinese prisoners during the Korean War. Remains include the guard commander's office, guard barracks and the PX, with a museum, a tank hall and a diorama hall. Open 09:00–18:00; closed on Tuesdays, Seollal and Chuseok.
• The camp's history VisitKorea's Korean site dates the camp to around 27 November 1950, spread over 12 million square metres of Sinhyeon-eup, Yeoncho-myeon and Nambu-myeon. It also lists a monorail on Gyeryongsan run with the park.
• Gohyeon Market In the middle of town, and called Geoje's largest and best-known traditional market by VisitKorea's Korean site, with a live-fish market and a five-day market.
• Gohyeonseong Fortress A walled town begun in 1451 and finished in 1453, the county seat for 210 years until 1663. Most of the wall was destroyed when the POW camp was built; about 600 m remains.
• Maemiseong Fortress In Jangmok-myeon, a wall built single-handed by Baek Soon-sam after Typhoon Maemi took his farmland in 2003, to protect his crops from natural disasters.
• Chilcheollyang Battle Park In Hacheong-myeon, overlooking Chilcheollyang, where the Joseon navy suffered a heavy defeat in the Jeongyu War, with an indoor exhibition and an outdoor sunset observatory.
• Geoje Maengjongjuk Theme Park A bamboo theme park in Hacheong-myeon, on VisitKorea's Geoje course list and on Geoje City's own one-day route.
• Gajodo and Suhyup Hyosi Park On Gajodo, reached by a bridge, the place where Korea's fisheries cooperative movement began, with an observatory and a photo zone.
• Geoje Botanic Garden In Geoje-myeon, described by VisitKorea as the largest botanical garden in Korea. The Jungle Dome opens 09:30–18:00, last admission 17:00, and closes on Wednesdays, 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok.

One easy day from here

1. Morning Spend the morning at the Geoje POW Camp Historic Park in Gohyeon-dong, on any day but Tuesday.
2. Lunch Eat at Gohyeon Market, with its live-fish market.
3. Afternoon Take a city bus from Gohyeon Bus Terminal to Dojangpo, about 1 hour 23 minutes, for Windy Hill and Sinseondae; or, with a car, head north to Maemiseong Fortress and Chilcheollyang Battle Park.
4. Evening Back in Gohyeon, ready for the next morning's bus.

Before you book

• Pick Gohyeon if you arrive and leave by bus: the routes from Seoul Nambu, Dong Seoul, Daejeon, Dongdaegu and Busan in VisitKorea's listings all arrive at Gohyeon Bus Terminal.
• Plan the POW Camp Historic Park for any day but Tuesday, and not over Seollal or Chuseok.
• Budget time for the coast: about 1 hour 5 minutes by city bus to Hakdong and 1 hour 23 minutes to Dojangpo, by VisitKorea's figures.
• Hire a car if you can. VisitKorea's own Tongyeong–Geoje itinerary says public transport is limited and recommends a rental car or taxi.
• Heading on to Tongyeong? VisitKorea's 2018 itinerary gives about 30 minutes by bus between Tongyeong Bus Terminal and Gohyeon Bus Terminal.