Bears Town Ski Resort (베어스타운리조트 스키장)

0m 120574 2023-01-03

27, Geumgang-ro 2536beon-gil, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-540-5000

Bears Town Resort is a large leisure complex on the outskirts of Seoul that owns a slope officially approved by the International Ski Federation. It was the first in the country to offer rental services allowing for a wider range of visitors. The beginner slope Little Bear is perfect for first-time skiers and boarders. Including the 88 Challenger slope that was officially approved by the International Ski Federation, there are ten slopes. There are also eight lifts that can carry up to 15,200 people per hour. The resort also has a slope for ski lessons and a sledding hill.

Bears Town Resort Condominium (베어스타운리조트 콘도미니엄)

0m 18353 2021-04-28

27, Geumgang-ro 2536beon-gil, Naechon-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-540-5151

Bears Town Resort is a large, year-round recreational resort that offers a variety of sports facilities. Main facilities include a golf course, swimming pool, recreational sports plaza, and accommodation facilities.

Unaksan National Recreational Forest (국립 운악산자연휴양림)

10.8 Km 35199 2020-11-27

39, Hwadong-ro 184beon-gil, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-534-6330

Unaksan Mountain rises 934.7 meters above sea level. Oddly shaped rocks and peaks make the landscape particularly beautiful. Historical relics from the Later Goguryeo period, including the site of a fortress for Gung Ye (the first king of the short-lived Later Goguryeo state) can be seen on the mountain. Majestic peaks surround Mangyeongdae, the main peak, and forests of broad-leaved trees turn striking colors in the fall.

The trails are beautiful with purple magnolias in mid-April and azaleas and mountain magnolias in May. The Unaksan Mountain Autumn Leaves Festival is held in mid-October every year as the leaves begin to turn. Together with Gwanaksan, Chiaksan, Hwaaksan, and Songaksan Mountains, Unaksan Mountain is one of the five most rugged mountains in the Central region and a popular one.

Lighting Festival at The Garden of Morning Calm (오색별빛정원전)

10.9 Km 195050 2022-12-14

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-1544-6703

Held at the Garden of Morning Calm, the Lighting Festival was the first light festival in Korea to combine the natural surroundings with lights, covering 330 thousand square meters. Held from December to March, the environmental-friendly LED lights shine throughout the garden.

The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원)

10.9 Km 425296 2022-12-21

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
+82-1544-6703

The Garden of Morning Calm showcases the beauty of Korean horticulture before the backdrop of Chungryeongsan Mountain. Visitors can walk among a profusion of flowers in unique gardens and through a lush forest of pine nut trees. The garden was opened in May 1996 by horticultural professor Han Sang-kyung, and features 20 different themed sections, connected by scenic walkways. The Sunken Garden is shaped like the Korean Peninsula and is carpeted with beautiful flowers on both sides representing the desire for South and North Korea to be reunited. It is easily one of the garden's most popular and meaningful attractions. The garden houses about 5,000 kinds of plants, including 300 varieties native to Baekdusan Mountain, known as a spiritual mountain to the Korean people. The garden has served as a filming site for many productions.

Wild Flower Exhibition of The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요 야생화전시회)

10.9 Km 20872 2021-04-09

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-1544-6703

The Garden of Morning Calm's Wild Flower Exhibition showcases wild flowers that signal the start of the spring season. The unassuming beauty of wildflowers are a simple sure sign of the time between winter and spring. The event aims to protect and promote wildflowers which are often ignored or unknown.

Chi-ong Art Center [Korea Quality] / 취옹예술관 [한국관광 품질인증]

11.0 Km 18209 2020-09-09

300, Sumogwon-ro, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
+82-10-4703-3668

The Chi-ong Art Center is a hanok-style culture complex situated amid a clean and quiet environment in Gyeonggi-do Province. The head of the art center, potter Kim Ho, originally ran a cultural life school for residents in Pocheon, but he settled at the foot of Chungnyeongsan Mountain in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province after the school was severely damaged by a huge flood in 1997. Kim established the center as a space to support the cultural and leisure activities of local residents and the creative activities of talented youth and artists. It took four years to build and comprises a gallery, seminar room, hanok accommodation, Korean restaurant, etc. The center attracts various types of guests including people who appreciate the beauty of hanok and the local landscape, family visitors, company groups, and couples among others. The overall structure of the center is very distinguished, and consists of three levels resembling staircases: the first level contains a Korean restaurant, the second level has a lecture room with a capacity of 60 persons, as well as a gallery with a pond and a pavilion set in a Korean garden; and the third level has guestrooms furnished with a toenmaru (a narrow wooden porch running along the outside of the building) and ondol floor heating, as well as a tall gate, a wide front yard, and tearoom. Although it was only built just over ten years ago, visitors say that it seems like an old hanok house because of the unvarnished roof tiles and the surrounding stonewall, which was built in the traditional dry-stone method using only local stones. The center offers diverse experience programs including tea ceremony, natural dyeing, mask, rice cake, and bean curd making programs, as well as a boudoir handicraft program. Its “prestige” program is the advanced tea ceremony class in which the head of the center teaches participants how to brew tea according to traditional etiquette, etc. As the Chi-ong Art Center has no TV or Internet, visitors have an opportunity to empty their heads and relax amid the serene environment, appreciate nature, take a walk in the garden or simply read a book.

Spring Festival of The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원 봄나들이 봄꽃축제)

11.0 Km 61232 2021-07-22

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-1544-6703

The Garden of Morning Calm is one of Korea's major botanical gardens, attracting about 700,000 tourists from home and abroad annually. The garden aims to promote the beauty of Korean flowers and plants to the world. The garden also play a huge role in developing Korea's garden culture.

Every year during The Garden of Morning Calm's Spring Festival, the garden is covered with a rich tapestry of color from the thousands of flowers and trees in full bloom. From the promenade surrounded by a refreshing pine grove, to the 330,000㎡ flower garden, the entire arboretum overflows with nature’s beauty and grace. In addition, the garden holds a range of exhibitions, cultural events and educational programs during the festival.

Chrysanthemum Exhibition of The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원 들국화전시회)

11.0 Km 28288 2021-10-01

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-1544-6703

While the Garden of Morning Calm brims with splendid seasonal flowers in the spring and the summer, it is during the fall months that the garden’s exquisite natural landscape takes on the most gorgeous hues. Visitors during the chrysanthemum festival will be able to enjoy the blazing fall foliage of the surrounding Chungnyeongsan Mountain and the golden waves created by the larch trees, as well as the myriads of fully bloomed chrysanthemums covering just about every corner of the 330,000 square meters of the outdoor garden. The Garden of Morning Calm makes a perfect outing for families to soak in the fall ambience and romance.

Papaya Kids Pool Villa[Korea Quality] / 파파야키즈풀빌라 [한국관광 품질인증]

11.0 Km 0 2022-04-06

55-255, Hyeondeungsa-gil, Jojong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
+82-10-9751-9815

Located in a mountainous area surrounded by Tohamsan Mountain and Dongdaesan Mountain, Papaya Kids Pool Villa is a perfect pension for families with children. It is a great place to refresh your mind as you can enjoy a view of fresh mountains in any direction. Revamped in June 2021 with new guest buildings, the facilities are generally clean and neat. Papaya Kids Pool Villa offers a total of 13 guest rooms. There are 7 private pool villas and 6 pool villa units. The private pool villas are two-story buildings with a floor area of approx. 125 m2 each. They come with a bedroom with a king bed, a kitchen and a bathroom. The pool villa units have a floor area of 50 to 72 m2 each, and come with a queen bed, kitchen, and bathroom. All guest rooms have jungle gym playgrounds where kids can play safely in the living room. Each guest room has a slightly different interior design, so select a room that you like the most by checking the photos on the online booking website. The large indoor swimming pools are filled with lukewarm water, and are good to swimming in all year round. The kitchens are fully equipped with refrigerators, electric stoves, water purifiers and kitchen utensils. Grilling is only permitted in the private terraces. Nearby tourist destinations include Baeknyeon Falls, Ilji Ahn Ho-Beom Art Museum, Unaksan Mountain Recreational Forest, Jojong Sports Park, The Gallery Sansawon, and Sunflower Recreation Area.

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