Cheomseongdae Observatory Travel Guide

Gyeongju-si near Cheomseongdae Observatory: places to visit 156 places, ranked by rating and review count.

The Cheomseongdae Observatory Area sits in Gyeongju, the former capital of the Silla kingdom, where the observatory and surrounding historic sites form the center of the city's ancient core. This list covers 36 restaurants, 22 attractions, and 15 cafes, including Donggung Palace & Wolji Pond, Gyeongju National Museum, and Woljeonggyo Bridge. Hwangnidan-gil Street and the Daereungwon Tomb Complex are also part of the area's collection of places to see.

  1. Donggung Palace & Wolji Pond

    ★ 4.5(20,727) attractions

    Donggung Palace and Wolji in Gyeongju centers on three restored pavilions and a pond. Viewing the site under e…

  2. Cheomseongdae Observatory

    ★ 4.5(20,581) attractions

    Cheomseongdae is a Silla-era astronomical observation structure in Gyeongju, near Hwangnidan-gil. A walking pa…

  3. Gyeongju National Museum

    ★ 4.6(13,341) attractions

    The National Gyeongju Museum stands near Gyeongju Donggung Palace and Wolji, showing the history and culture o…

  4. Woljeonggyo Bridge

    ★ 4.6(8,830) attractions

    Woljeonggyo Bridge crosses the Namcheon in Gyeongju and leads to Gyochon Village, and it is a wooden bridge wi…

  5. Hwangnidan-gil Street

    ★ 4.2(7,802) shopping

    Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju is an alley shopping district lined with low buildings and hanok-style storefronts,…

  6. Daereungwon Tomb Complex

    ★ 4.5(3,719) attractions

    Daereungwon is a royal tomb grove in central Gyeongju that holds 23 tombs of kings and nobles. Cheonmachong is…

  7. Cheonmachong

    ★ 4.4(4,373) attractions

    Cheonmachong is a Silla-era tomb in Daereungwon in Hwangnam-dong, Gyeongju. Inside, visitors can see the Cheon…

  8. Gyeongju Gyochon Traditional Village

    ★ 4.1(5,464) attractions

    Gyeongju Gyochon Village is a traditional Hanok Village in Gyeongju that contains Gyeongju Hyanggyo and Choe B…

  9. Hwangnamppang Original Store

    ★ 4.2(3,832) restaurants

    Hwangnamppang is a bakery in Gyeongju that bakes and sells Hwangnamppang. The bread is filled with red beans g…

  10. Bar Boon Hwangridangil

    ★ 5.0(918) bars

    Bar Boon Hwangridangil is a cocktail bar near Woljeonggyo Bridge in Gyeongju. It serves signature cocktails th…

  11. Starbucks Gyeongju Daereungwon

    ★ 4.1(3,131) cafes

    Starbucks Gyeongju Daereungwon is a coffee and beverage shop located in front of Daereungwon in Hwangnam-dong,…

  12. Tojong Chalbori Bread

    ★ 3.8(5,001) cafes

    Tojong Chalborippang is a cafe in Gyeongju. It is located on Taejong-ro. The venue is in Gyeongju. Its name is…

  13. Hwangnam Sand

    ★ 4.9(724) cafes

    Hwangnam Sand is a sandwich cookie shop on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. One box holds eight flavors, and the co…

  14. Bagel Bageler

    ★ 4.7(721) restaurants

    Bagel Bagelreo is a hanok bagel shop between Gyochon Hanok Village and Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. It serves a…

  15. Gyeongju Wonjo Kongguk

    ★ 4.3(1,327) restaurants

    Gyeongju Wonjo Kongguk is a Korean restaurant in Gyeongju that serves kongguk and sundubu jjigae. The kongguk,…

  16. Hwangnam Dukkeobi

    ★ 4.7(710) restaurants

    Hwangnam Dukkeobi in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju, serves Korean food centered on deung galbi jjim, along with han…

  17. Ryomi

    ★ 4.4(915) restaurants

    Ryomi is a restaurant on the main street of Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. Its goma soba is served with perilla l…

  18. Ryoko

    ★ 4.5(648) restaurants

    Ryoko is a tonkatsu restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju, serving dishes that mix Korean and Western styles.…

  19. Olivee

    ★ 4.8(418) cafes

    Olive is a cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It serves a signature vanilla cream latte, tiramisu souffle, and …

  20. Onmogdang

    ★ 4.9(349) restaurants

    Onmokdang is a Korean restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It serves malgeun handon gomtang as its main dis…

  21. Choi Yeonghwa Bakery

    ★ 4.5(517) restaurants

    Choi Yeonghwa Ppang sells hwangnam bread with a thin crust at the entrance of Gyeongju Gyeongnidan-gil. The re…

  22. Coffee Place

    ★ 4.7(385) cafes

    Coffee Place is a cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju, that serves single-origin and hand-drip coffee. Beans such…

  23. Skunkworks Roastery

    ★ 4.3(678) cafes

    Skunkworks is a hanok cafe on the main street of Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju that serves coffee and baked goods…

  24. Domi

    ★ 4.6(420) restaurants

    Domi is a pizza restaurant on Jungang-ro in Gyeongju. It serves punggi mushroom pizza and Iberico sausage shak…

  25. Cafe 1894

    ★ 4.3(607) cafes

    1894 Sarangchae is a hanok cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. Its main menu items are patbingsu, misutgaru, and…

  26. Sugyeongsa

    ★ 4.9(267) restaurants

    Sukyeongsa is a Korean restaurant in Sajeong-dong, near Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. Its deulkkae noodles come …

  27. Dim Tao

    ★ 4.8(292) restaurants

    Dimtao Gyeongju Branch is a dim sum restaurant near Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. It serves Hong Kong-style dim …

  28. Seasoning

    ★ 4.1(648) restaurants

    Seasoning is a hanok restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. Its signature dish is seasoning pasta, and it als…

  29. Dongri

    ★ 4.5(324) restaurants

    Dongri Gyeongju is a Korean restaurant in a traditional hanok in the inner part of Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju,…

  30. Poseok-ro Steamed Beef Ribs

    ★ 4.6(260) restaurants

    Poseokro Sogalbijjim is a Korean restaurant in Gyeongju that serves sogalbijjim. The dish is eaten for its ten…

  31. Cheomseongdae Pink Muhly

    ★ 4.4(331) attractions

    Cheomseongdae Pink Muhly is a seasonal flower field beside the path from Donggung and Wolji to Cheomseongdae i…

  32. Dain Maeun Deunggalbi Jjim

    ★ 4.2(404) restaurants

    Dain Maeun Deunggalbi Jjim is a deunggalbi jjim restaurant in front of the Hwangnam-dong public parking lot in…

  33. Dosol Maeul

    ★ 3.6(1,049) restaurants

    Dosol Maeul is a hanjeongsik restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. The Surisan set meal comes with a stew an…

  34. Gyeongju Eobo

    ★ 4.6(221) restaurants

    Gyeongju Eobo is a grilled fish restaurant in Hwangnam-dong, Gyeongju. Its main dishes are grilled mackerel an…

  35. Hyanghwajeong

    ★ 4.2(373) restaurants

    Hyanghwajeong is a Korean restaurant in Gyeongju’s Hwangnidan-gil. Its signature dishes are kkomak muchim bibi…

  36. Gyeongju Cherry Wine

    ★ 5.0(137) shopping

    Gyeongju Cherry Ju is a souvenir shop in Gyeongju that sells liquor made from cherries. It focuses on cherry l…

  37. Wolgyegwan

    ★ 4.7(190) restaurants

    Wolgyegwan is a Korean restaurant on the inner side of Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. It serves dakdari beombeok …

  38. Yoseokgung 1779

    ★ 3.8(687) attractions

    Yoseokgung 1779 is a traditional hanok set-menu restaurant in Gyochon Village, Gyeongju, close to Woljeonggyo …

  39. Sobakage

    ★ 4.5(237) restaurants

    Sobakage is a maze soba restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. The maze soba is mixed with kelp vinegar, and …

  40. Do Not Disturb Bakers Gyeongju

    ★ 4.7(183) cafes

    Dunot Disturb Bakers Gyeongju is a two-story hanok cafe serving salt bread and coffee at the entrance of Hwang…

  41. Their Bench

    ★ 5.0(128) cafes

    Deo Benchi is a hanok cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It serves pistachio and earl grey cannelés, egg tarts,…

  42. Hyangtaek Gyeongju

    ★ 4.9(140) restaurants

    Hyangtaek Gyeongju is a Korean restaurant in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju, serving deopbap and yukhoe bibimbap. It…

  43. Hwangnam Jutaek

    ★ 4.2(330) bars

    Hwangnam Jutaek is a hanok bar in Hwangnidangil that serves draft beer and craft beer. It sits west of the Che…

  44. Rest Foot Bath Cafe

    ★ 4.8(154) cafes

    Rest Foot Bath Cafe is a foot bath cafe on the second floor of a building on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. Guest…

  45. Bak Sin-u Jemyeonso

    ★ 4.2(315) restaurants

    Bak Sin-u Jemyeonso is an udon restaurant in Gyeongju that makes hand-pulled noodles. Its menu centers on burd…

  46. Momochijun Hwangnam

    ★ 4.7(165) bars

    Momochijun Hwangnam is an izakaya on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. It serves motsunabe and yakiniku together, an…

  47. Silladang Gyeongju

    ★ 4.8(141) cafes

    Silla Dang Gyeongju is a hanok cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It serves gaeseong juak and jeonggwa alongsid…

  48. Daegu Galbi

    ★ 3.7(637) restaurants

    Jingane Daegu Galbi is a braised galbi restaurant in Hwangodong, Gyeongju. Its main dish is pork galbi jjim ma…

  49. BOKGIL

    ★ 4.6(172) restaurants

    Bokgil Gyeongju Main Branch is a Korean restaurant in Gyeongju that serves abalone sotbap, grilled mackerel, a…

  50. Terarosa

    ★ 4.5(186) cafes

    Terarosa Gyeongju is a large hanok coffee shop in Gyeongju, within a ten-minute walk of the southern end of Hw…

  51. Gyerim Forest

    ★ 4.5(185) attractions

    Gyelim is a forest in Gyo-dong, Gyeongju, located between Woljeonggyo Bridge and Cheomseongdae. It holds the b…

  52. NOKA綠芽

    ★ 4.4(203) cafes

    Noka is a green tea gelato shop on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju. The green tea gelato comes in four intensity le…

  53. Cafe Sulwol

    ★ 4.4(182) cafes

    Cafe Sulwol is a hanok cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It serves Daereungwon tart, traditional patbingsu, dr…

  54. Cafe Neung

    ★ 4.1(267) cafes

    Cafe Neung is a cafe in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. Coffee comes in two bean choices, and cake and cream cheese …

  55. Hwangnam Wooeong Gimbap

    ★ 4.6(138) restaurants

    Hwangnam Ueong Gimbap is a gimbap shop in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju, selling basic ueong gimbap and spicy ueong…

  56. Gyeongju 10 Won Bread

    ★ 4.1(247) restaurants

    Gyeongju Sipwonppang is a bakery in front of Daereungwon in Gyeongju that sells ten-won-shaped cheese bread. T…

  57. Eoseo Eoseo Bookstore

    ★ 4.2(215) shopping

    Eoseo Eoseo Chaekbang is an independent bookstore in Hwangnidan-gil, Gyeongju. It carries literature and ficti…

  58. Seokbinggo

    ★ 4.0(277) attractions

    Seokbinggo is a Joseon-era ice storage built of stone inside Wolseong in Gyeongju. Ice was kept there through …

  59. Korean restaurant Dohwadang

    ★ 4.7(104) restaurants

    Dohwadang is a Korean restaurant in a hanok in Hwangnam-dong, Gyeongju. Its representative dishes are deulgire…

  60. Eyst 1779

    ★ 4.4(139) cafes

    East 1779 is a coffee shop on Gyochon-gil in Gyeongju. It serves cup bingsu, iced Americano, and salt monaka, …

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