Samgwangsa

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It was a few bus stops away from my hotel in Seomyeon area. I am glad we dropped by this temple in the morning before heading out to Gamcheon. Very quiet and peaceful and we had a nice walk around this holy place. Gave a tranquil feel. I will recommend this place if one likes visiting temple

I walked in by the 108 steps, but there is a bus available to take you up. A beautiful active temple with much to see. Well worth your time!

Really lovely temple complex with lovely buildings. We went in the evening and it was interesting, there were no tourists, just people coming to use the temple. We were not there when the lights were on as in some pictures, but it was still interesting. There was a really good view over the city. We walked there and the walk was not too bad, although there is not too much nearby, we had to walk a bit to find some food.

We went to the Samgwangsa temple to see the lantern festival for Buddha's birthday. We arrived at the temple around 5.30 pm and the lantern time started at 7 pm so we had to walk around for a while to wait. The staff told us to go get some free soy milk and cake that they were given out at that moment so we went to get some for snack. I also attempted making the paper lotus flower to kill time. We also walked around to see the decorations before they lit up. We visited on Children's day, public holiday, so the temple was absolutely crazy busy ? still worth it for the lantern festival!

Incredible location to witness celebrations for Buddha’s Birthday. Thousands upon thousands of lanterns that light up at night. Very lively scene in the day too. Remarkable atmosphere.