Try these specialised pilgrimage tours in Seoul

At the end of the Hangang pilgrimage route is the flower route where roses creep up white sculptures that symbolise fish bones. Photos: Penta Press

Faint organ music drifts from the massive brown doors of the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea. We step inside and a few people turn from their pews to look at us curiously.

This is Korea’s first parish. The relics of the Nine Matyrs, five of whom were canonised, are resting in the catacombs below us, whisper our guide. It is Stop One of Seoul’s Good News Road, and I’m a pilgrim.