Publication Date: June 3, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Editorial Reviews:
Product Description This brand new first edition of Frommer’sSouth Koreafeatures in-depth coverage of this increasingly popular destination, fromthe cities of Seoul and Busar tothe DMZ border area to Jeju Island, the "Island of the Gods." Our author Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee is a first-generation Korean Americanwho passes along insider's tips andinsights into Korean culture, plus a Korean recipe or two (Hae-Jin Lee is also arespected cook and cookbook author). She'll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic and show you the real heart of South Korea. Eat a Hanjeongsik (full-course meal) in a neighborhood cafe in Seoul, attend the Busar Film Festival, shop for the country's best fabrics (ramie fabrics) at the markets in Hansan, and hike the Seoraksan Mountains (or just buy the area's famous mushrooms and honey)--plus seek out tea houses, limestone caves, Buddhist temples, hot springs, battlegrounds, and parks throughout the region.
You’ll travelSouth Korealike a pro with our candid advice and handy Korean-language glossary. Also included are accurate regional and town maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a glossary of Korean cuisine, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!
Customer Reviews:
Informative Korean travel guide August 26, 2008 0 out of 3 found this review helpful
well, there aren't too many travel guides for korea out there. i came across this one and found it interesting. i have to say, thanks to frommer's for finally introducing a travel guide to korea. i look forward to taking it on my journey!
Thank you. August 20, 2008 0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Finally Frommers puts out a traveling guide for Korea. I've used their books before and will use again. Just in Time for my visiting. Thanks!
Very haphazard and sloppy July 30, 2008 5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was apparently issued at the beginning of summer and I bought it to used during a recently completed trip to Korea. It had some good information but I found it maddeningly sloppy in execution and extremely frustrating to use. Maps were inaccurate--for example the map of downtown Seoul shows the magnificent National Museum of Korea near the city center, but in fact it is close to the river several miles away--having been moved from the place shown on the map in 2005. (The text does describe its new location and how to get there, but the map will confuse many readers who might be interested in the museum.) Was the map simply carried over from an earlier edition without any updating? A section on a region in central Korea describes a museum (the Independence museum) in the "second largest city" in the region but the regional map doesn't show the city. (It is, however, shown on the map of all of Korea at the beginning of the book.) Areas of Seoul are described but for many of them there is no map as to where (even in general) they actually are--e.g., Itawon. Very few restaurants are listed in Seoul and for many there is no map even indicating the general area where they are located. Two cities, Incheon and Daejeon are both described as the "fourth" largest city in Korea. (I could find no "third" largest city listed.) I could easily go on. There should be a thorough re-editing of the book if it is to be a helpful guidebook and not a frustrating experience for a traveller trying to negotiate his or her way through Korea.
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