Best Historic Sites in Jeju-do

Saemi Eunchong Hill is a Catholic pilgrimage site of the Jeju Diocese behind Isidore Ranch, with a "Life of Jesus" park depicting twelve key events, the Trinity Cathedral, and open grounds for outdoor Mass, open to visitors around the clock.

Sanbanggulsa, one of the Ten Views of Yeongju, is a sea-cave grotto temple set 150m up the slope of Sanbangsan in Andeok-myeon, said to date to the Goryeo period and once frequented by the exiled scholar Kim Jeong-hui.

Seongeup Folk Village was the capital of Jeongui-hyeon from 1410 to 1914 and preserves traditional Jeju thatched houses, a Confucian school, stone grandfather statues and old town walls, along with intangible heritage such as folk songs and dialect.

Seonunjeongsa, on Jeju Olle Course 15, is known for its nighttime scenery lit by hundreds of LED lotus lanterns, and houses the Seonunjeongsa stone seated Bhaisajyaguru Buddha designated a Jeju cultural heritage material.

The Sinchon 4.3 Fortress Site is a stone wall built by residents to keep watch during the Jeju 4.3 incident in Sinchon-ri, a village active in the independence movement, located near Dakmeoreu Coast on Coastal Trail Course 50.

Woljeongsa, a branch temple of Gwaneumsa, became Jeju's first Buddhist meditation hall in 1938; rebuilt from the 1970s and designated a traditional temple in 2001, it preserves a seated Buddha and standing Bodhisattva named Jeju cultural heritage materials in 2002.

Wolyeongsa is a Taego Order temple on Pagunbong in Aewol-eup; founded in 1936 and destroyed in the 1948 Jeju 4.3 incident, it was rebuilt by the monk Jihak and enshrines a Joseon-era wooden seated Buddha designated a Jeju cultural heritage material.

Wondangsa Temple Site in Jeju City is the former grounds of a temple built by Yuan-dynasty people when Tamna was under Yuan rule, surviving into the mid-17th century, where the Treasure-designated five-story stone pagoda still remains.

Yeonbukjeong is a Joseon-era pavilion on the shore of Jocheon-ri, a designated Jeju Tangible Cultural Heritage; relocated and rebuilt in 1590 by commander Yi Ok as Ssangbyeokjeong, it served travelers awaiting favorable winds to the mainland.