Gilson Minbak

Gyeongsangnam-do


Not far from the road leading to Ssanggye-sa, this place has clean rooms with private bathrooms. It’s a brown-beige building on a small road off to the right as you walk up to the temple gate. No English is spoken. If full, there are a dozen more minbak in the area.


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