Gamcheon Culture Village Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Gamcheon Culture Village featuring a city and landscape views
Gamcheon Culture Village featuring a city and views as well as a family
Gamcheon Culture Village as well as a small group of people
Gamcheon Culture Village featuring landscape views
Gamcheon Culture Village showing outdoor art

View a colourful rainbow of painted pastel façades and rooftops of the homes built up and down the foothills along South Korea’s southeastern coast.

You may think you’re looking at an artist’s palette when you gaze down upon Busan’s Gamcheon Culture Village. Hundreds of homes built in stair-step fashion up and down the hillside of this town are painted in dozens of colours. Climb some of the steps to see the homes as well as murals and sculptures throughout the town.

Make an early stop at the information centre to purchase a small brochure to help you find some of the village’s highlights. Follow this map like a scavenger hunt and get stamps at multiple notable spots. If you complete the whole route you can turn in your stamps for a pretty postcard. Buy a few extra cards to send to family back home and take your own photos from several elevated viewpoints in the town.

The village has been called the Machu Picchu of Busan and compared to Santorini and Valparaiso for its colourful homes and artwork. Some compare the delightfully painted block houses to a LEGO village. Residents have created exceptional artworks too. Find The Little Prince and his fox friend overlooking the harbour. Look for a spot where hundreds of visitors have mounted colourful “locks of love.” Notice men at work, only to find they are actually life-like sculptures. Fish arrows will guide you to special spots, including a giant fish made of hundreds of individual painted fish arrows.

The recommended tourist route through the city is a walking path. Be prepared for plenty of stairs. As the village is not a museum, but actually a place where people live and work, you are asked to be respectful and quiet as you make your journey. Visit year-round, but do so only during daylight hours.

Reach Gamcheon Culture Village by taking the subway to Toseong Station and then riding a local mini-bus. You’re likely to be among many other visitors loaded with cameras as this is one of Busan’s most popular attractions. Ask at the visitor centre for information on the local museum, cafés, restaurants, art and souvenir shops and hands-on craft workshops.


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Other neighbourhoods around Gamcheon Culture Village

Jagalchi Fish Market featuring food and markets

Nampo-dong

Shopping and seafood restaurants are highlights of Nampo-dong. Make a stop by Jagalchi Fish Market or Nampodong Street while you're visiting, and jump aboard the metro at Jangalchi Station to get around town.

Nampo-dong
Jung District showing a river or creek, a bridge and a city

Jung-gu

4.5/5(18 area reviews)

Spend some time visiting places like Busan Tower while getting to know Jung-gu, and be sure to check out the abundant dining options. You can hop aboard the metro at Jungang Station or Nampo Station to see more of the area.

Jung-gu

Jungang-dong

While you're in Jungang-dong, take in top sights like Busan Port Passenger Terminal and jump on the metro at Jungang Station to see more of the city.

Jungang-dong
Gamcheon Culture Village which includes outdoor art

Saha

Saha is well liked for its beaches and monuments. If you're hoping to get in some sightseeing, Dadaepo Beach and Eulsukdo Park are top spots, and you can jump on the metro at Dangni Station or Hadan Station to get around.

Saha
Busan as well as an individual male

Choryang

4/5(2 area reviews)

Choryang is well liked for its monuments and waterfront. If you're hoping to get in some sightseeing, 168 Stairs and Choryang Market are top spots, and you can jump on the metro at Choryang Station or Busan Subway Station to get around.

Choryang
Busan which includes signage

Dong-gu

Dong-gu is well liked for its mountain views and monuments. If you're hoping to get in some sightseeing, 168 Stairs and Busan Citizens' Hall are top spots, and you can jump on the metro at Choryang Station or Busan Subway Station to get around.

Dong-gu

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