One of the best ways to tour in Jeju, one of Korea's finest resort areas, is to rent a car. Jeju is abundant in pleasant, peaceful drive courses with beautiful scenery and a good highway system. There are numerous scenic roads and two cross-island roads north and south, and east and west. Traffic is usually light except in Jeju City and Seogwipo, but even there it is not particulary congested. The best drive course is probably Ilju Road (Road 12), which goes around Jeju Island along the coast. This highway connects with coastal roads right down to the shore where you can see emerald beaches and rocky inlets, and feed the seagulls. The other courses are inland. Jeju is a volcanic island with Mt. Hallasan, created 100-300 thousand years ago, in the middle. About 500 parasite volcanic cones called oreum dot the island.
The inland courses take you to beautiful scenes of Mt. Hallasan, parasite cones, and various walls and structures made with the ubiquitous black basaltic lava.
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