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Yeongdo District, Busan — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Yeongdo District (영도구) is Busan's island gu: the whole district is Yeongdo, and the National Maritime Museum stands on it.
About Yeongdo District
Where to stay in Yeongdo District
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The island is the district, so the question is which end of it. The waterfront near the National Maritime Museum is the obvious base, keeping the museum and the shortest run back toward central Busan inside one walkable stretch. Dongsam-dong holds the far end.
Rooms around the Dongsam-dong Shell Midden sit on older, lower ground, while the blocks near Yengdo Environment Park trade the harbour outlook for green space and quiet, which suits you better if the island itself is the reason for coming.
About Yeongdo District
What are the main landmarks in Yeongdo District?
The National Maritime Museum is the one most people cross the water for, a national collection given over to the sea and placed on Yeongdo rather than the mainland side of Busan. Dongsam-dong Shell Midden runs deeper in time, a heap of discarded shells left by people who worked this shore long before the gu existed. Yengdo Environment Park covers the green end.
Yeongdo Marine Football Field belongs to the everyday island, not the visiting one.
What is the history of Yeongdo District?
Dongsam-dong Shell Midden marks a community that lived off the water at the island's edge, and it remains the deepest evidence anywhere in Yeongdo District of how long people have worked this shore. The gu is a modern label. Yeongdo was governed as part of Busan before it attained the status of gu in 1957, the point at which the island's administrative name and boundary settled into the form the city still uses.
Where is Yeongdo District?
Yeongdo District covers one island of roughly 14 square kilometres on the south edge of central Busan, cut off from the rest of the city by water.
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Updated September 2026