Seokbulsa

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A beautiful place. Easy to get to by taxi. We walked down to the bus. On the way from the temple, you can buy cold drinks and use the restroom. There's a cool gym complex right under the temple.

This was my favourite temple in Korea. Liked it more than Bulguksa or Haedong Yonggung, Bongeunsa or Jogyesa. You can easily get by taxi but I liked the route via the Geumsang cable car. A pretty forest hike. Quite easy following the signs to South Gate (and if you want, the Observatory and Watch Tower #2), and then go down all the way to the road that leads up to this gorgeous temple. It is not an easy climb up but worth it for sure. The place was empty when I visited, which made it even more magical. Just gorgeous carving in the rock, and the temple itself is beautiful. The view is outstanding and you can even feed the friendly crows if you feel like it. Highly recommend.

This temple is worth visiting. I have been deeply impressed by the structure of the Buddha on the stones. I was very relaxed to pay a visit to this temple. I wish I could have another chance to come to this temple and silently read the mantra of the Buhhda of Medicine on the ground.

One of the highlands of our visit to Busan and it was on my list of places to visit. Highly recommend, probably the most unique Buddhist temple we saw and we visited quite a few in Asia.

Be ready for long climb for 1.4km. Nice and quiet place