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Practical travel guides, tips, and essentials for visiting Korea
Sokcho (속초) in One Overnight: A Food-First Road Trip Sokcho (속초) is a coastal city on the East Sea, about three hours from Seoul by car or express bus. Small enough to cover in a day, big enough to leave with a list of things you didn’t get to eat. This trip had one agenda: … Read more
A group of friends. A free Saturday. Horse racing came up — none of us had been — and we ran with it. Let’s Run Park Seoul (렛츠런파크 서울) is in Gwacheon (과천), a city just south of the Han River, about 20 minutes by subway from central Seoul. Korea’s main racecourse, operated by the … Read more
A family trip to Sunchang (순창) and Imsil (임실) — two counties in North Jeolla Province (전라북도), roughly three hours south of Seoul. First stop of the day: Chaegyesan Suspension Bridge (채계산 출렁다리). One of Korea’s longest tower-free suspension bridges. 270 meters of walkway strung between two forested ridge tops, no central support towers. The … Read more
Yonggwolsan Sky Trail (용궐산 하늘길): Cliff Decks Above the Seomjin River Sunchang (순창) is a small county in North Jeolla Province (전라북도, Jeonbuk), better known for its gochujang (고추장, Korean fermented red pepper paste) than its scenery. But along the Seomjin River (섬진강), Yonggwolsan Mountain holds something worth the trip: a cliff-side deck trail that … Read more
A Day Out in Jeonju (전주), Jeollabuk-do Jeonju (전주) is best known for its hanok village and bibimbap, but the city has quieter corners worth a slow afternoon. Jeonju Arboretum (전주수목원), in Jeollabuk-do (전라북도), is one of them — a large public garden with free entry, free parking, and enough ground to fill two hours … Read more
The first stop on this family trip was a cliffside sky trail in Sunchang (순창). The second was quieter — and, if you time it right, far more serene. Bungeo Island (붕어섬) sits in the middle of Okjeongho Lake (옥정호) in Imsil (임실), a county in Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province). The island takes its name … Read more
My partner and I marked four years together with a two-night trip to Donghae (동해) and Samcheok (삼척), two coastal cities along Korea’s East Sea. Neither of us is a big planner, but this one came together well: we’d accumulated enough Trip.com points to cover round-trip train tickets for two and two nights of accommodation. … Read more
Day 2: Bakeries, Rail Bikes, and Korea’s Naples — Donghae & Samcheok Day 2 of a 4-year anniversary trip along Korea’s east coast. Donghae (동해) and Samcheok (삼척) sit on the East Sea coast of Gangwon-do (강원도), about three hours from Seoul by car. Quieter than Gangneung (강릉), with their own stretch of coastline and … Read more