Best 3 Places to Experience Traditional Culture & Luxury Trail Paths : VISITKOREA

Korea’s six regional international airports, which boast gorgeous natural scenery, serve as bridges that connect beautiful tourist attractions in different regions throughout the country by air. Let us be your guide to three luxury travel destinations that are relatively easy and convenient to access through these regional international airports. These special places allow you to experience luxurious traditional Korean culture and feel the warm embrace of pristine nature on trekking routes.

Gimpo International Airport / Sansawon & Hantangang Columnar Joint Path

Take the time to experience Korea’s traditional liquor culture while looking out at natural sceneries featuring a UNESCO Global Geopark and the nearby Hantangang River basin. Sansawon is a traditional liquor experience center operated by Bae & Brewing Co., a Korean traditional liquor brand. In Sansawon, various tools used to make Korean traditional liquors, as well as the traditional liquor production process, is on full display so that visitors can easily learn all about this. It takes about 90 minutes to walk along the Hantangang Columnar Joint Path as you enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Hantangang River. Afterward, feel free to visit the Sansawon Traditional Liquor Museum. These places are very popular with foreign tourists.

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Address25, Hwadong-ro 432 beon-gil, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Opening hours08:30-17:30
Inquiries+82-31-531-9300
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Websitewww.soolsool.co.kr

Yangyang International Airport / Jeonggangwon & Woljeongsa Needle Fir Forest

Indulge in the sumptuous tastes and beauty of traditional Korean food as you look around Woljeongsa Temple and walk along the fir forest trail at Odaesan Mountain. Jeonggangwon is a Korean traditional food experience center with education facilities and traditional hanok accommodations. Known for conveying the charm of fermented and pickled foods that require a long amount of time to mature and a great deal of care, the experience of making industrial-size bowls of bibimbap, which combines a rainbow of colors and vegetables, is especially popular with foreign tourists here at Jeonggangwon. Located 40 minutes by car from Jeonggangwon, the Woljeongsa Fir Forest Accessible Trail has over 1,700 fir trees along a 1 km trail, with a luxury resting area for tourists offered in all four seasons.

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Address21-4, Baekokpo-ri, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do
Opening hours09:00-19:00
Inquiries+82-33-333-1011
Websitewww.jeonggangwon.com

Daegu International Airport / Nongamjongtaek & Andong Seonbi Sullye-gil (Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do)

Many visitors who come here enjoy staying at a historic house called Nongamjongtaek that is today preserved by one of the most recognized family head houses in Andong, a city listed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Cities Programme. In addition, you can walk along an ecological trail around the accommodation. At Nongamjongtaek, the family in charge of running the historic house has carried on the home’s history and traditions for over 650 years (17 generations). Indeed, it feels as if the spirit of old Confucian scholars is conveyed in the stories and tastes of some very special liquor called Illyeoppyeonju, which has been made only by the wives of this family’s first sons for generations. Furthermore, across the Nakdonggang River, which leisurely flows in front of Nongamjongtaek, is Maenggae Village, a small community famous for its alluring wheat fields. If you walk along the trail called Andong Seonbi Sullye-gil, you will certainly enjoy the scenery spread out by the river and mountains while walking through Toegye Osolgil, Maenggae Village, Nongamjongtaek, and Gosanjeong Pavilion.