Gyeongju Jungang Market
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Getting there · Parking
On market days, lots near the market fill up quickly. Fees are the registered base rates and may have changed. Parking data: Public Data Portal, National Parking Lot Standard Data.
📞 Market contact 054-743-3696
Upcoming market days
Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 1983.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 2·7.
- Shops
- About 295 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Livestock products, Seafood, Processed foods, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🍶 Local makgeolli from Gyeongju-si
3 breweries
These drinks are brewed in this area. It doesn't mean this market sells them. Sources: Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation traditional liquor data, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs brewery tour program (Public Data Portal), checked by the site operator (picks).
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🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Gyeongju Jungang MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 26km straight-line · about 55 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Ulju Daegok-ri Bangudae Petroglyphs
- 📜 HistoryNational Treasure No. 285, thought to have been created over several periods beginning in the Neolithic age.
- 👀 HighlightsSee pictures carved on a rock 10 m wide and 3 m high along Daegokcheon Stream.
- 💡 Good to knowWith a parking lot (200 cars), a petroglyph museum, walking trails and a tourist information center, it is easy to explore.
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태화강의 한 지류인 대곡천의 너비 10m, 높이 3m바위에 새겨진 그림으로 신석기 시대부터 여러시대에 걸쳐 제작된 것으로 보인다. 국보 285호
- Designated a tourist site in 2016
- Parking for 200 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Walking trail, Tourist information center
- Contact 052-204-0323
- 🚗 9.5km straight-line · about 20 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Jakgwaecheon Stream
- 📜 HistoryIt is called Jakgwaecheon because the rocks look like wine cups hung up.
- 👀 HighlightsSee broad rocks carved by the current, clear valley water and Jakcheonjeong Pavilion.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 2,000 cars, with a campground, showers and walking trails.
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수백평이나 되는 바위가 오랜 세월의 물살에 깎여 움푹움푹 파인 형상이 마치 술잔을 걸어둔 것과 같다고 해서 작괘천이라 하며 사시사철 맑은 물이 흐른다
- Designated a tourist site in 2016
- Parking for 2,000 cars
- Facilities: Showers, Restrooms, Pension, Campground, Walking trail
- Contact 052-204-2346
- 🚗 2.5km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Yeongnam Alps Welcome Center
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2016.
- 👀 HighlightsThe 1,000 m-class mountains of western Ulju rival the Alps, drawing many hikers.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 600 cars, with showers, a campground, climbing center and café.
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울주 서쪽에 자리하고 있는 1,000m높이의 산들이 유럽 알프스와 견주어도 손색이 없어 많은 등산객들이 방문하고 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2016
- Parking for 600 cars
- Facilities: Showers, Restrooms, Parking, Motel, Resort, Campground, Café
- Contact 052-204-2931
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
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📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1975.
- 👀 HighlightsAn inland resort where you can enjoy hot springs and a traditional atmosphere.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 540 cars, with hotels, condos and golf courses.
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사계절 관광객이 이용할 수 있는 온천형 관광지, 우아하고 정취있는 전통적 이미지가 창출될 수 있는 내륙형 관광 휴양지
- Designated a tourist site in 1975
- Parking for 540 cars
- Facilities: Road access, Condominium
- Contact 054-779-6082
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
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