Masan

Worth seeing in and around Masan

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Gwangju World Cup Stadium

   The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. It is the home stadium of Gwangju FC of the K League and has a capacity of 40,245.

   4 km · Football stadium in South Korea · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Chonnam National University

   Chonnam National University is a national university located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea. The University was founded in 1952, under the motto “Truth, Creativity and Service”, by merging five provincial colleges in South Jeolla Province and is now widely recognized as one of the Korea’s ten Flagship Korean National Universities.

   8.9 km · South Korean university · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Gwangju National Museum

   Gwangju National Museum is a national museum located in Gwangju, South Korea. The museum opened on December 6, 1978.

   8.3 km · national museum located in Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gwangju Mudeung Stadium

   Gwangju Mudeung Stadium is a sports complex in Gwangju, South Korea. Main stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 30,000 people and was opened in 1966.

   6.9 km · stadium · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium

   Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. It is used mostly for baseball games and was the home stadium of Kia Tigers, formerly the Haitai Tigers, between 1982 and 2013.

   6.9 km · baseball stadium located in Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Gwangju Baseball Stadium

   The Gwangju-Kia Champions Field is a baseball stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. It has been the home of KBO club Kia Tigers since 2014, replacing Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium.

   6.9 km · baseball stadium in Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Gwangju National University of Education

   Gwangju National University of Education is a national university located in Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It is one of ten national universities that are designed to raise high-quality elementary school teachers.

   9.6 km · Korean university · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chosun University

   Chosun University is one of the oldest private universities in South Korea. Its campus is situated in Gwangju metropolitan city, in southwestern South Korea.

   9.4 km · private university in Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Gwangju University

   Gwangju University is a university in Gwangju, South Korea. It began in 1981 as a four-year college in Jinwol-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju, named Gwangju Gyeongsang Jeonmun Daehak.

   6.2 km · university in Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia
10. 10
    2021 Gwangju building collapse

    On Wednesday, 9 June 2021 at 16:22 KST, a five-story building collapsed in Gwangju, South Korea during demolition, killing at least nine people and critically injuring eight. All of the casualties were passengers on a bus that was stopped at a station next to the building.

    8.7 km · building collapse occurred in Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea · Wikipedia

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Getting to Masan

Airports

Muan (MWX), 44 km · Jeju (CJU), 182 km · Daegu (TAE), 186 km

Stations

Gwangju Airport, 2.1 km · Nokdong Station, 9.6 km · Gwangju Station, 8.2 km · Dosan Station, 4 km · Gwangju Songjeong Station, 3.9 km

• Muan (Piseo-ri) → Masan

  43 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · ₩5,700–7,600
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• Jeju City → Masan

  182 km · quickest by road, 5h 55m · ₩25,050–33,400
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• Daegu → Masan

  179 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · ₩23,350–31,150
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Masan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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