This is the best choice in Daegu's busy downtown, with helpful staff and a slick, modern, businesslike feel. All rooms enjoy great views and are decorated with contemporary furnishings. Other attractions include a sauna, a smallish but attractive outside pool, a superb breakfast buffet (₩24,640) and a smart terrace bar for evening drinks.
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Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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An icon and motif of Daegu, this lovely cruciform church is quite a sight, with its twin spires. Originally constructed in wood, the first incarnation…
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This red brick structure is one of the city's historic churches. Within the church is a fascinating history of the building and a collection of Bibles and…
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This excellent museum has English labelling throughout most of its collection – and what a collection. Armour, jewellery, Buddhist relics from various…
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Holding 81,258 woodblock scriptures, making it one of the largest Buddhist libraries of its kind, this Unesco World Heritage–listed temple should be on…
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Close to the summit of the thickly forested Obong-san (640m), Bokdu-am features a huge rock face out of which 19 niches have been carved. The three…
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Gatbawi is a medicinal Buddha shrine and national treasure, some 850m above sea level and said to date back to AD 638. This Buddha is famed for the flat…
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Daegu’s Herbal Medicine Market
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This market, west of the central shopping district, has a history as vast as its scope. It dates from 1658, making it Korea’s oldest medicine market and…
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In the north end of the city, Bullo-dong Tumuli-gongwon is an enormous open space covering some 330,000 sq metres. The grassy hillocks that rise like…
Nearby Daegu attractions
2. Monument to the Old City Wall
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This monument records the existence of the old city wall that once ringed the town. The wall was pulled down in 1905, but its history survives in road…
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Once known as Central Park, this is a beautiful spot to flee from Daegu's modernity and fumes; it's a place of birdsong, where old folk and couples gather…
4. Daegu Modern History Museum
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Located within the fabulous former Joseon Siksan Bank building (check out the brickwork) which dates to 1918, this very educational museum gives you the…
5. Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine
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An interactive museum on the upper two levels has re-creations of traditional clinics and video quizzes, but offers a decreasing number of English…
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This red brick structure is one of the city's historic churches. Within the church is a fascinating history of the building and a collection of Bibles and…
7. Daegu’s Herbal Medicine Market
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This market, west of the central shopping district, has a history as vast as its scope. It dates from 1658, making it Korea’s oldest medicine market and…
8. Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral
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An icon and motif of Daegu, this lovely cruciform church is quite a sight, with its twin spires. Originally constructed in wood, the first incarnation…