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Ganghwa Luge (Ganghwa Seaside Resort) (강화루지(강화씨사이드리조트))

2025-06-25

217 Jangheung-ro, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
+82-32-930-9000

Ganghwa Seaside Resort delivers joy, happiness, and love with a gondola, food court, themed trails and the only luge track in the western part of the metropolitan area. It is a place where visitors can meet the mountains and the sea and feel the profoundness of nature without having to travel far way from the city. Visitors can take the gondola to reach the top, guided by the rich scent of the forest, and fully enjoy the atmosphere of Ganghwado Beach as well as the beautiful sunset from the observatory. The resort has a luge designed to descend dynamically through a 1.8-kilometer track, offering an excitement perfect for all members of the family.

Daejeon Travel Lounge (대전트래블라운지)

2023-02-08

187-1, Jungang-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon

Daejeon Travel Lounge is a cultural complex that provides tourist information and relaxation for those visiting Daejeon. Daejeon Travel Lounge offers a variety of experiences such as old school uniforms, Enlightenment Era clothing, DIY and culture concerts, and also features an unmanned cafe, souvenir shop, Wi-Fi, tourist information search kiosk, and many other convenience facilities.

Maninsan Recreational Forest (만인산 자연휴양림)

2023-02-09

106, Sannae-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon

Maninsan Recreational Forest sits on the border between Daejeon and Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, and is located approx. 17 kilometers away from Daejeon Station on National Route 17. It consists of Maninsan, the main peak, as well as Bongsuregol, Keunbaegol, and Jageunbaegol, and, because of its beautiful landscape, it even enshrined the figures of King Taejo and his princes during the Joseon Dynasty. Pure water constantly flows in the valleys and broadleaf trees form a thickly wooded forest. This recreational forest located close to the city has utilized natural ridges and is divided into the family recreation district, youth district, and picnic district to provide a pleasant resting area for citizens. Maninsan Service Area is a convenience facility of the recreational forest built with private capital in 1990 and, at the time of its construction, it utilized the natural valleys as they were without damaging any part of the forest. Decks were installed in the valleys, and the structure itself was built with one semi-underground floor and two ground floors. The main framework was made of reinforced concrete and wood was used as the primary material for construction. Also, a pond was created in front of the rest area to harmonize with the natural landscape. As a result, it is widely praised by experts as the most beautifully constructed rest area in Korea, and it is becoming a place that citizens frequently visit to relax. There are comfortable benches and resting spots situated throughout for visitors to relax while enjoying the views and, in particular, Manillugak is a symbolic recreational facility of Maninsan and a representative pavilion structure. It was built in the architectural style of Segeomjeong Pavilion located on Bugaksan in Seoul while employing reinforced concrete for the main framework. It applies a two-story, wooden tile roof to maintain as much beauty of Korean traditional architecture as possible with the consideration of maintenance.

Daejeon Shinsegae Art & Science (대전신세계 Art & Science)

2023-02-09

1, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon

Daejeon Shinsegae Art & Science is a culture and art complex containing cultural and art contents and the identity of Daejeon as the science capital of Korea. It was designed by a consortium of the Shinsegae Group and Kyeryong Construction Industrial and was built with five underground floors and 43 ground floors over a section of the Expo Science Park site. The complex consists of Podium (department store building) and Tower. As you can see from its name, "Art & Science," it offers diverse contents that combine Shinsegae's unique culture and art as well as future science and technology, from "Shinsegae Nexperium," a science museum designed together with professors from KAIST and "Sports Monster," the first indoor sports theme park in the region, to an aquarium with a 4,200t tank that utilizes digital media and a rooftop garden with a panoramic view of Gapcheon Stream. All of these contents that were not able to be experienced in the past attract young visitors in their 20s and 30s. In addition, it introduces exhibits of famous galleries and seeks the growth of Daejeon culture and arts through collaboration with local artists.

Yuseong Foot Spa (유성 족욕체험장)

2023-02-09

Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon

Yuseong Foot Spa located within Yuseong Hot Springs in Daejeon is a street foot spa site that uses 40°C natural hot spring water. Some 200 people can enjoy foot baths simultaneously at four-foot spas whose total area occupies 20,778 square meters. The foot spa is provided for free so that tourists who visit Daejeon can enjoy the hot springs with a light heart. Yuseong-gu Office pays excellent attention to the cleanliness and quality control of the water, which enables visitors to safely experience the foot bath. There is a separate area prepared for thoroughly washing your feet before entering the foot spa. Dipping your feet and legs in the hot water at the foot spa is great for blood circulation and alleviating stress and pain for people of all ages and genders but especially the elderly.

Sikjangsan Cultural Park (Sunrise Observatory) (식장산 문화공원(해돋이전망대))

2023-02-09

32-834, Secheongongwon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon

Sikjangsan (623.6 meters) is a mountain spanning three regions - Dong-gu of Daejeon, Gunbuk-myeon and Gunseo-myeon of Okcheon-gun. As the tallest peak in the city located in the southeastern part of Dong-gu, Daejeon, it stands proudly next to great mountains in neighboring regions such as Seodaesan, the tallest peak in Chungcheongnam-do (904 meters), and Daeseongsan, the tallest in Okcheon (705 meters). Home of a 4.82 million-square-meter large, natural ecosystem preservation forest designated by the city, Sikjangsan is an ecological repository featuring plants of 224 species, 45 varieties, 187 genera, and 78 families; 45 kinds of mammals such as roe deer, squirrels, wildcats, raccoons and bats; over 100 types of birds; reptiles; and amphibians.
Sikjangsan Cultural Park is an ecological park that continues from Secheon Park to Sikjangsan Sunrise Observatory. The cultural park was established at the peak of the mountain, which had been regarded as one of the best nightscape viewpoints in Daejeon. A traditional tower built inside the cultural park adds a sense of classical dignity. An observatory from which the entire city can be seen in a single view is also located here. People of all ages and genders visit the tower and observatory to enjoy the expansive view of Daejeon.

Sorae Port (소래포구)

2023-02-08

2-6, Pogu-ro, Namdong-gu, Incheon
+82-32-442-6887

Sorae Port is located in Namdong-gu, Incheon, and is one of the most accessible places to feel the sea in the metropolitan area. It has a painful past and is also a tourist destination created by that bitter past. In the late 1930s, it began developing with the construction of a railroad to exploit high-quality salt, a raw material for gunpowder, from the area. After liberation, displaced people gathered to catch shrimp with one or two non-powered ships, made salted shrimp, and took Suin Line trains to Incheon, Suwon, Bupyeong, Seoul, etc., from dawn to sell them, and make a living. The fish market is famous for shrimp, salted seafood, and blue crab. Fresh seafood, generous merchants, and the sound of seagulls drawing patterns in the blue sky following the fishing boats leave a deep aftertaste. In particular, when prawns and blue crabs are in season, the freshness and taste are excellent enough to hold a festival.

By the port is a newly renovated fish market spans from the first basement floor to the second floor above the ground, and there are about 340 shops, including 300 hoe (sliced raw fish) restaurants and salted seafood shops. In particular, the second floor is a restaurant where visitors can taste hoe purchased at the fish market, and there are also convenient facilities such as a nursery cafe. In addition, the recently built Shrimp Tower Observatory is 21 meters high and good for a small number of people to enjoy the scenery comfortably.

Paradise City (파라다이스시티)

2025-03-17

186 Yeongjonghaeannam-ro 321beon-gil, Jung-gu, Incheon
+82-1833-8855

Paradise City is Korea's first integrated resort that combines various hospitality and entertainment facilities such as a hotel, casino, plaza (shopping), spa, and club. It collaborates with world-class partners to present a quality incomparable to other facilities in Korea in all aspects, including facility design, content, and service. In addition, it claims to be the first "art-tainment" complex resort in Korea. In a cultural space like an art gallery where one can appreciate the works of top domestic and foreign artists as well as the works of emerging artists sponsored by Paradise, City it provides a variety of cultures throughout the four seasons. Furthermore, customers can enjoy rest and relaxation in Paradise City, a creative space where artistic and dynamic facilities are harmonized like a patchwork, allowing them to enjoy everything at once. ◎ Travel information to meet Hallyu’s charm NewJeans walked under flashes of light in the iPhone 14 commercial shot in Paradise City, a 5-star hotel on Yeongjongdo Island. Known as Korea’s first integrated resort, it combines a hotel, casino, shopping malls, art galleries, spa, and more, making it a popular destination for entertainment.

Yeongjin Beach (영진해변)

2024-11-27

357-155 Yeongjin-ri, Yeongok-myeon, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

Yeongjinhaebyeon Beach is a quiet and clean beach filled with the blue hue of the sea, making it a popular attraction among the locals. Compared to other East Sea beaches in Gangwon-do, the waves are not as rough and there are many rocks around the beach so children can have fun playing in the water. The beach is a popular vacation spot among people who are seeking to relax in peace.

◎ Travel information to meet Hallyu’s charm - TV series"Guardian: The Lonely and Great God"
This is the place where Eun-tak blows out the candles for her nineteenth birthday and meets Kim Shin. Kim Shin hands over a bundle of buckwheat flowers, which symbolizes “lover,” to Eun-tak, as a foreshadowing of their fate. The breakwater that the two were standing on is still a popular tourist spot visited by many fans of the show.

Sky Garden (하늘정원)

2023-02-07

2848-6, Unseo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon
+82-32-832-3031

Sky Garden, located next to Incheon International Airport, becomes covered with pink cosmos flowers every fall. Cosmos shimmering in the autumn sunlight creates a fantastic atmosphere by forming waves with gentle breeze. In addition to cosmos, silver grass and pink muhly are added to the 36,000 ㎡ gardens so that visitors can feel the season's mood. Recently, even orange cosmos have been planted so visitors can enjoy more vibrant colors. Above all, it is a flower garden that can be enjoyed for free, allowing anyone to visit anytime without any burden.

Another attraction of Sky Garden is the sight of planes taking off and landing at Incheon International Airport. The sight of plane flying across the sky over the bed of flowers create a magical scenery. In the evening, the sunset of Yeongjongdo Island creates a romantic atmosphere, making it a good date course.

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