With some great day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Dong-Gu, 40 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights beginning with Geumnam-ro Street, Gwangju Art Street and Chosun University Museum of Art. Locals will also probably point you toward Seo-Gu, 40 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, let it be Yangdong Market. (But we’d also recommend Gwangju World Cup Stadium and Guus Hiddink Stadium.)