South Korea

Split by a hair-trigger border, the Korean Peninsula offers the traveler a dazzling range of experiences, beautiful landscapes, and 5000 years of culture and history. South Korea’s compact size and superb transport infrastructure mean that tranquility is always within easy reach of urban sprawl. Hike to the summits of craggy mountains – some of which transform into ski slopes come winter – enveloped within densely forested national parks.