things to do in samcheok-si, gangwon-do, south korea

Gangwon Comprehensive Museum

Gangwon Comprehensive Museum

Gangwon Comprehensive Museum boasts a collection of over 20,000 artifacts from various global cultures, encompassing fields like natural history, c...

Lady Suro Heonhwa Park Namhwasan Sunrise

Lady Suro Heonhwa Park Namhwasan Sunrise

Lady Suro Heonhwa Park is renowned as a prime location for sunrise viewing. According to legend, in the 8th Century, Lady Suro, celebrated for her ...

Jageunhujinhaebyeon Beach

Jageunhujinhaebyeon Beach

Jageunhujinhaebyeon Beach, situated adjacent to Samcheokhaebyeon Beach, provides a serene and picturesque setting. Its proximity to Samcheok Port a...

Samcheok Cheokjudonghaebi Pyeongsutochanbi Monuments

Samcheok Cheokjudonghaebi Pyeongsutochanbi Monuments

Erected by Heo Mok, the governor of Samcheok during the second year of King Hyeonjeong's reign (1661), Cheokjudonghaebi Monument is 170 centimeters...

Sea Train

Sea Train

The Sea Train is a tourist train that travels along the western coast, comprised of four divided cabins made up of two special rooms, one standard ...

Samcheok Ocean Railbike

Samcheok Ocean Railbike

Samcheok Ocean Railbike is Korea's one and only ocean rai lbike facility that offers a landscape view of black pines and bizarre rocks merged toget...

Samcheok Yeonggyeongmyo Royal Tomb

Samcheok Yeonggyeongmyo Royal Tomb

Yeonggyeongmyo Royal Tomb is the grave of the mother of King Mokjo and the 5th great-grandmother of King Taejo of the Joseon dynasty. During the 3r...

Geombongsan Recreational Forest

Geombongsan Recreational Forest

Geombongsan Mountain (alt. 681.6 m) poses an exciting challenge for mountain bike enthusiasts. The mountain ridge is covered with varied flower spe...

Samcheok Beach

Samcheok Beach

Samcheok Beach is easily accessible and has a vast white sandy beach that is 1.2 kilometers long and 100 meters wide. Thanks to its pine tree fores...

Yonghwa Beach

Yonghwa Beach

Reaching only 1 kilometer in length and located 24 kilometers away from downtown Samcheok-si, Yonghwa Beach offers a serene atmosphere. In addition...

Samcheok Cheoneunsa Temple

Samcheok Cheoneunsa Temple

Cheoneunsa Temple is located on Dutasan Mountain in Miro-myeon, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do. At the tail end of the Goryeo dynasty, Lee Seung-hyu, a re...

Samcheok Haesindang Park

Samcheok Haesindang Park

Haesindang Park is home to the the nation’s largest aquarium museum, which exhibits folk materials that shows the lifestyle of fishermen of th...

Haegasa Site Surobuin Park

Haegasa Site Surobuin Park

Haegasa is a site named after the tale of 'Haega' in "The Heritage of the Three States." While the original Haegasa is assumed to be on Wausan Moun...

Samcheok Culture Art Center

Samcheok Culture Art Center

Samcheok Culture & Art Center is a cultural complex located in Seongnam-dong, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do. The center opened its doors to the public on...

Deokangsan Mountain

Deokangsan Mountain

Deokangsan Mountain is where Hwanseongul Cave is located, and is part of the Samcheok Daei-ri Cave Area, designated as Natural Monument No. 178. Th...

Dutasan Mountain

Dutasan Mountain

Standing at 1,357 meters above sea level, Dutasan Mountain is a major mountain amid the Taebaeksanmaek Mountain Range. It is especially known for S...

Imwonhang Port Breakwater - Domigul Cave

Imwonhang Port Breakwater - Domigul Cave

Imwonhang Port is widely considered to be the best place for catching sea bream in the East Sea, along with Japanese dace, spotty belly greenling, ...

Isabu Lion Park Picture Book Land

Isabu Lion Park Picture Book Land

Isabu Lion Park & Picture Book Land is a family-friendly theme park that provides the beautiful ocean view of the East Sea up close. The park is op...

Daegeumgul Cave - Daei-ri Area

Daegeumgul Cave - Daei-ri Area

Daegeumgul Cave is believed to be as old as Hwanseongul and Gwaneumgul Caves located nearby. The entrance to the cave was exposed during an excavat...

Hwanseongul Cave Daei-ri System

Hwanseongul Cave Daei-ri System

Hwanseongul Cave is the largest limestone cave in Asia, formed estimated 530 million years ago. The cafe features fantastic rocks in various shapes...