Gangwon-do in January | The Beginning of a New Year

1 week I hope you have a good year too
SPOT 1 Chuam Beach, a great place for a walk along the promenade
SPOT 2: A New Travel Destination! Sokcho Beach, Filled with Photo Zones
SPOT 3 Jeongdongjin, the sunrise spot recognized by everyone
Recommended Course | Chuam Beach → Chuam Candlestick Rock & Suspension Bridge → Isabu Lion Park

More romantic with 2 weeks of snow
SPOT 1: Fall in love with the charm of winter at the Daegwallyeong Snow Festival
SPOT 2: The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, Gangwon-do's representative winter festival
SPOT 3 Winter Story Pyeongchang Trout Festival
Recommended Course | Jeongdongjin → Daegwallyeong Snow Festival → Geumcheon Hall

3 weeks back to the past and present
SPOT 1: The paths of Nongoldamgil and Dojjaebigol, filled with affection
SPOT 2 Welcome! Is this your first time at Neowajip? Shinri Neowa Village
SPOT 3: Abai Village Dancheon Restaurant, where you can find stories and food from displaced people.
Recommended Course | Dojjaebigol → Chilhyeongje Gomchiguk → Eodal Beach & Daejin Beach

4 weeks It's cold, let's run away and go indoors!
SPOT 1 Yeongwol Complex Cultural Space, Youngdal Y Park
SPOT 2: A Healing Journey Away from the City: Lee Sang-won Art Museum
SPOT 3: Korea's Millet, Park Soo-keun's Simple Perspective: Yanggu County Park Soo-keun Art Museum
Recommended Course | Donggang Morning → Sesimdawon → Youngdal Y Park
2-Night, 3-Day Course | January's East Sea & Samcheok Trip - Eat, Taste, and Enjoy!

Gangwon-do in February | Filling and Emptying

5 weeks of water blending
SPOT 1 Auraji, the birthplace of Jeongseon Arirang
SPOT 2 Songjiho, a migratory bird habitat
SPOT 3: Nam-ae Port, a beautiful port in the East Sea
Recommended Course | Songjiho Lake → Songjiho Jaecheop Kalguksu → Wanggok Village

6 weeks without neglecting even in winter
SPOT 1 Paro Lake, the northernmost artificial lake in South Korea
SPOT 2: Hidden Scenic Spot: Hoengseong Lake Road
SPOT 3 Soyang River Dam Summit Trail on a Snowy Day
Recommended Course | Soyang River Dam Peak Trail → Rest → Happy Meadow Ranch

Strong from the inside out for 7 weeks
SPOT 1: Pungmulongsimi Kalguksu with a long queue
SPOT 2 Yeonhwa Village's Cockle Bibimbap with Mulhoe
SPOT 3 Grilled Osam Bulgogi Flat Restaurant
Recommended Course | Alpensia Resort → Nappak Restaurant → Coffee Roasting Gyebangsanjang

Take over the 8-week winter sea photo zone!
SPOT 1: Snow-covered landscape at Yeonggeumjeong
SPOT 2 BTS Tour Hyangho Beach
SPOT 3 Colorful Goseong Guam Village Ayajin Beach
Recommended Course | Yeonggeumjeong → Sokcho Lighthouse Observatory → Baengdajeong
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | February Trip to Sokcho | Enjoying Sokcho in Winter

Gangwon-do in March | Spring is in the air

9 weeks to welcome spring
SPOT 1 Glass Bead Shop, selling glass crafts
SPOT 2 Miro Art Market Ttukbuk Ttukbuk Dance Story Art Store
SPOT 3: Serendion, a fragrant prop shop
Recommended Course | Gangmun Beach → Glass Bead Play → Coffee Cupper Museum

10 weeks around the lake
SPOT 1 Gongjicheon Recreation Area, Preserving the Romanticism of the Past
SPOT 2 Two Lakes Cheongcho Lake Park
SPOT 3: A view like this in just 10 minutes? Yeongranghobeombawi Rock
Recommended Course | Sokcho Central Market → Cheongcho Lake → Yeongrangho Beombawi Rock

11 weeks where time stops
SPOT 1 hour quick sale independent bookstore Sihongseoga
SPOT 2 Gangwon Provincial Arboretum with the family
SPOT 3 Arte Museum Gangneung, a favorite among the MZ generation
Recommended Course | Mother's Hand-Made Kalguksu → Gangwon Provincial Office → Sihongseo-ga

Forest for 12 weeks of rest
SPOT 1 Jukseoru, the very place in Gwandongbyeolgok
SPOT 2: Suta Temple Rural Theme Park: Experience rural life and tourism all in one place
SPOT 3 Healing Forest in Nature
Recommended Course | Samcheok City Museum → Jukseoru → Samcheok Central Market

13 weeks from retro to newtro
SPOT 1: Chuncheon Cafe Potato Field, Received the Presidential Award
SPOT 2: Munhwa Confectionery, a Donut Shop with Long Lines
SPOT 3 Memories drop by drop
Recommended Course | Bookstore → Potato Field → Boyoung's Seafood Kalguksu (Annex)
1 Night 2 Days Itinerary | Chuncheon Trip in March - Gyeongchun Line Spring Outing

Gangwon-do in April | A Feast of Flower Fragrances

14-week walking spring flower tour
SPOT 1: A Feast of Spring Flowers at Heo Gyun and Heo Nanseolheon Memorial Park
SPOT 2: Wonju Cherry Blossom Spot: Bangok Station
SPOT 3: Samcheok Maengbang Rape Blossom Festival: Waves of Yellow
Recommended Course | Heo Gyun and Heo Nanseolheon Memorial Park → Cafe Paul & Mary → Barobang

15 weeks of warm weather and the weather to match
SPOT 1 The Charm of Black Bamboo Ojukheon
SPOT 2 Mysterious Geological Dictionary: Nungwadae
SPOT 3: Samcheok Marine Cable Car: View of Jangho Port, Korea's Naples
Recommended Course | Samcheok Beach → Samcheok Marine Cable Car → Jangho Port

16 weeks of hidden stories are here!
SPOT 1 Arari Village, the setting of "Yangbanjeon"
SPOT 2 Maewoldae Waterfall, Kim Si-seup's hideout every month
SPOT 3 Mysteriously colored dongchimi and gatnaengi noodles
Recommended Course | Maewoldae Waterfall → Gatnaengi Noodles → Goseokjeong

17 weeks Makguksu to soothe your hungry stomach
SPOT 1 Pyongyang-style Makguksu at Nambukmyeonok
SPOT 2 Banglim Buckwheat Noodles Featured on Heo Young-man's "Sikgaek"
SPOT 3 The Charm of Softness: Baekchon Makguksu
Recommended Course | Bangtaesan Natural Recreation Forest → Nambuk-myeonok → 38coffee
2-Night, 3-Day Course | April Trip to Wonju - A Place Filled with Books and Cherry Blossoms

Gangwon-do in May | Healthy and Fresh

18 weeks When you think of Gangwon-do, you think of wild vegetables.
SPOT 1: When you miss nature, visit the Yanggu Bear's Bone Festival.
SPOT 2 A Meal of Corn Rice at Hanlimjeong
SPOT 3 Clean Wild Vegetable Table at Buil Restaurant
Recommended Course | Sutasa Temple → Hongcheon Central Market → Hallimjeong

In celebration of the 19-week Family Month
SPOT 1 Daegwallyeong Ranch Outing Samyang Ranch
SPOT 2 Robot Travel with Kids: Toy Robot Museum
SPOT 3 Safety Experience Theme Park 365 Safe Town
Recommended Course | High1 Chuchu Park → Cheoram Coal Mine History Village → 365 Safe Town

20 weeks of coffee and sweetness
SPOT 1 Chocolate Mill Bonatela Castle
SPOT 2: Gubongsan Observatory Cafe Street, a journey into exotic scenery
SPOT 3 Mother Coffee: The Meeting of Potato Ongsimi and Coffee
Recommended Course | Postcard Office → Messi 56 → Mother Coffee

21 weeks of fun for both the eyes and the body
SPOT 1: Mugeun-ri Moss Falls, one of Korea's top three moss waterfalls
SPOT 2: Samcheok Rose Park, a World of Colorful Spring Flowers
SPOT 3: Enjoy the Green Nature at Gyeongpo Ecological Reservoir
Recommended Course | Mugeunri Moss Falls → Wonjo Jukseotuguri House → Samcheok Rose Park

22 weeks Gangwon-do's dining table
SPOT 1 Gangwon-do's representative local dish, Hyundai Jang Kalguksu
SPOT 2: Full of healthy acorns! Jeonghyeon Acorn Soup
SPOT 3 Yeongwol's representative noodle restaurant, Gangwon Local Restaurant
Recommended Course | Gossi Cave → Gangwon Traditional Restaurant → Dongseo River Garden Yeondangwon
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | Clean Travel in May - Fresh, Light Green Yanggu
SPECIAL | Gangwon-do's Spring Flower Spots

Gangwon-do in June | The Freshness of Nature

23 weeks on the way to meet literature
SPOT 1: Kim Yu-jeong Literature Village: Inside the Life of a Novelist
SPOT 2 The Horse and the Lady Park In-hwan Literature Museum
SPOT 3: Meet the Giants of Korean Literature at Park Kyung-ni Literature Park
Recommended Course | Kim Yu-jeong Literature Village → Gangchon Rail Park → Osim 5

24 weeks of Gangwon-do temple charm
SPOT 1 Baekdamsa Temple, reached by passing through a hundred ponds
SPOT 2 Cross the lake and follow the valley to Cheongpyeongsa Temple
SPOT 3 Nine Dragons and Turtles at Guryongsa Temple
Recommended Course | Baekdamsa Temple → Yeocho Kim Eung-hyeon Calligraphy Museum → Manhae Village

25 weeks filled with colorful colors
SPOT 1 Purple Scented Gosung Hani Lavender Farm
SPOT 2: Pure white potato flower fields at Uiam Lake
SPOT 3 Gangchon Rail Park, full of colorful photo zones and activities
Recommended Course | Hani Lavender Farm → Baekdo Beach → Baekchon Makguksu

26 weeks popular on SNS
SPOT 1: Deokbongsan Coastal Ecological Trail, 3rd year since opening
SPOT 2: Emerging Travel Destination Nine Beach 37
SPOT 3 Unique and Exotic Surf Beach
Recommended Course | Nine Beach 37 → Buheung Hoetjip → Mukho Port Waterside Park
2-Night, 3-Day Course | June Trip to Goseong - A Preview of Summer

Gangwon-do in July | Escape the Heat

27 weeks into another world inside the cave
SPOT 1: A trip inside a cave on a monorail
SPOT 2 By far the most spectacular cave: Hwaam Cave
SPOT 3: Light and Treasures in the Cave: Cheongok Golden Bat Cave
Recommended Course | Geumbawi Art Village → Hwaam Mineral Spring → Hwaam Cave

Meet the 28-week Secret Forest
SPOT 1 The Road of Non-Possession by Dutayeon
SPOT 2 The path to meet the fairies: Twelve Fairy Bath Valley
SPOT 3 A table of chicken stew at Songcheon Rest Stop
Recommended Course | Songcheon Rest Area → Seongyojang → Gyeongpo Prickly Pear Practice Site

29 weeks If you want to avoid the sun
SPOT 1: Geomryongso, the source of the Han River
SPOT 2: Cool stream of water at Garyeong Falls
SPOT 3: A waterfall spot you'll regret missing: Mulleung Valley
Recommended Course | Garyeong Falls → Jeongja Pension → Four Seasons

30 weeks of music-filled forest
SPOT 1 Natural Symphony Daegwallyeong Music Festival
SPOT 2 Our Liquor Brewing Place: Traditional Brewing Art
SPOT 3 Marigol's Sound Space Marisori Musical Instrument Museum
Recommended Course | Bongpyeong China → Daegwallyeong Music Festival → Swiss Ram
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | Hongcheon Trip in July_ Two-Way Healing Trip
SPECIAL | The Blue Sea of ​​Gangwon-do

Gangwon-do in August | Hot sun pouring down

31 weeks of cool indoor escapes
SPOT 1 Seorak Gelato run by local creators
SPOT 2 Gangnaengisokuri, a renovated house cafe built in 1953
SPOT 3: Shaved ice restaurant Chakhan Patjwine
Recommended Course | Gangnaengisokuri → Jumunjin Beach → Adulbawi Park

32 weeks of unique summer days in Gangwon-do
SPOT 1: Mureungbyeolyucheonji, a paradise with an emerald lake
SPOT 2: The Romantic Sacheonjin Beach
SPOT 3: The Mysteries of Nature: Songdaeso & the Geography of the Korean Peninsula
Recommended Course | Songdaeso & Korean Peninsula Geography → Jiktang Falls → Cheorwon Makguksu

33 weeks exotic and attractive
SPOT 1 Jangho Port, the Naples of the East Sea
SPOT 2 Teddy Bear Farm on a Squid Boat
SPOT 3 Don't you want to go see the stars?
Recommended Course | Teddy Bear Farm → Anne Coffee Story → Gaetbae Pier

Following in the footsteps of 34 weeks of history
SPOT 1 Cheongnyeongpo, a small island in the middle of the land
SPOT 2 600 Years of Light Yanggu White Porcelain Museum
SPOT 3 A missionary station where 300 years of time remain
Recommended Course | Cheongnyeongpo → Yeongwol West Market → Yeongwol Bindaetteok

At the end of 35 weeks of summer
SPOT 1 Summer Sea and Stroll at Hajodae Beach
SPOT 2 Ocean View Emotional Accommodation do it 192
SPOT 3: Gangneung Haemaru Hoejip, a popular raw fish and pork cutlet restaurant
Recommended Course | Daejin 1-ri Beach → Twins Restaurant → Do It 192
2-Night, 3-Day Trip | Gangneung Trip in August - A Dreamlike Summer

Gangwon-do in September | Stories from Autumn

36 weeks of exciting fall activities
SPOT 1: Running along the beach: Samcheok Ocean Rail Bike
SPOT 2: A Heavenly Garden! 1,164m Trekking at Gombae Ridge
SPOT 3 Naminara Republic Nami Island
Recommended Course | Gombae-ryeong → Yongbawi Restaurant → Maebawi Artificial Waterfall

37 weeks when buckwheat flowers bloom
SPOT 1: Hyoseok Moonlight Hill in the Novel
SPOT 2 Red Buckwheat Flower Festival: Experience a Different Kind of Autumn
SPOT 3: Wonmi Restaurant, a Buckwheat Restaurant in Bongpyeong
Recommended Course | Red Buckwheat Flower Festival → Yeongwol Donggang Hanwoo → Seondol

38 weeks of Gangwon-do's water streams
SPOT 1 Freshwater Fish Exhibition Hall with Undersea Tunnel
SPOT 2 Hwacheon Fish Stew, a nutritious dish made with freshwater fish
SPOT 3 Our Fish Story: Native Fish Ecology Experience Center
Recommended Course | Donggurae Village → Water Wildflower Trail → Hwacheon Fish Stew

39weeks A Story from Long, Long Time ago
SPOT 1 Aerang and Deokbae at Haesindang Park
SPOT 2 Jeonggangwon Korean Traditional Food Culture Experience Center
SPOT 3 Eight Rocks with Names Palseokjeong
Recommended Course | Chogok Yonggul Candlestick Rock Trail → Haesindang Park → Geombongsan Natural Recreation Forest
2-Night, 3-Day Course | September Market Trip - The Taste and Style of Traditional Markets

Gangwon-do in October | Short, but all the more precious for that reason.

Another charm of the 40-week fall season is
SPOT 1: Naritgol Emotional Village, a Pink Muhly Spot
SPOT 2: Goseokjeong Flower Garden boasting an area equivalent to 33 soccer fields
SPOT 3 Silver Memories Mindungsan Silver Grass
Recommended Course | Mindungsan → Hambaksan Stone Pot Rice → Gamdam Cafe

41 weeks The leaves begin to change color
SPOT 1: Hongcheon Ginkgo Forest, a Golden Shimmer
SPOT 2: Shinsundae and Hwaamsa Forest Trail: Restaurants with Unparalleled Views
SPOT 3 The Colorful Pyeongchang Woljeongsa Temple Forest Trail
Recommended Course | Bongpyeong 5-day Market → Woljeongsa Temple Forest Trail → National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Daegwallyeong Hanwoo Town

42 weeks Feeling the cool breeze
SPOT 1 A driving course that touches the sea, dedicated to Hyeonhwa-ro
SPOT 2: Cozy Autumn Atmosphere at Pungsuwon Cathedral (Yuhyeon Cultural Tourism Site)
SPOT 3: Intoxicated by the scent of the forest at Daegwallyeong Natural Recreation Forest
Recommended Course | Heonhwa-ro → Haslla Art World → Stay Interview Gangneung

43 weeks full of the delicious smell of bread
SPOT 1 Chuncheon Vegan Bakery Matna Bakery
Ham's Bakery, the bakery featured on SPOT 2 TV
SPOT 3 Handmade Steamed Buns Anheung Steamed Buns in front of the Noodle Office
Recommended Course | Matna Bakery → Book Cafe → Somehow Farmer

44 weeks of diverse charms of Gangwon-do
SPOT 1: The Ginkgo Tree in Bangye-ri, a Place You Must See Once in Your Lifetime
SPOT 2: Sinheungsa Temple, a temple in a famous mountain
SPOT 3: The Rebirth of an Abandoned Coal Mine! Samtan Art Mine
Recommended Course | Samtan Art Mine → Dahee Market → Sabuk Jjageul-i
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | Jeongseon Trip in October - Where Silver Reeds Sway
SPECIAL | Gangwon-do's Fall Flower Spots

Gangwon-do in November | The Charm of Late Autumn

45 weeks, if you experience it yourself, it's different
SPOT 1: Fall Experience Tour: Sannemi Ranch
SPOT 2 Healing Walk Cultural Life Museum Mountain
SPOT 3: Eohyang, a popular restaurant in the East Sea where you'll have to wait in line to eat
Recommended Course | Museum Mountain → Sogeumsan → Pig Culture Center

46 weeks: Traditional? Fusion?
SPOT 1: The meeting of kalguksu and rice noodles at Maeja Restaurant
SPOT 2: Wonjo Gangneung Gyodong Restaurant, one of the top 5 Jjamppong restaurants in the country
SPOT 3: Jintaewon's Unique Combination of Cabbage and Sweet and Sour Pork
Recommended Course | Jintaewon → Samyang Ranch → Ichon Shelter

47 weeks of good walking, good food, and good books
SPOT 1 Stroll through the Millennium-Old Temple at Naksansa Temple
Swiss Lamb, a lamb restaurant that calls for SPOT 2 more!
SPOT 3: Cozy, emotional space, neighborhood bookstore Koinonia
Recommended Course | Naksansa Temple → Osan Hoejip → Dongho Beach

48 weeks full of autumn colors
SPOT 1 The Magical Secret Garden of Fog and Frost
SPOT 2 Feel the thrill at 1,459m on the Balwangsan Tourist Cable Car
SPOT 3: Chilseong Shipyard, a retro-inspired complex cultural space
Recommended Course | Dancheonmyeonok → Chilseong Shipyard → Daepo Port
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | Pyeongchang Trip in November - The Leisure of Autumn

Gangwon-do in December | Unusually Sparkling

49 weeks to make you forget the cold
SPOT 1 Chuncheon Cafe de 220volt, full of Christmas atmosphere
SPOT 2 Art Museum in a Lush Forest: Birch Forest
SPOT 3 Cheongganjeong, one of the eight scenic views of Gwandong
Recommended Course | Lee Sang-won Art Museum → Janggane Deodeokbap → Cafe de 220volt

50 weeks of Gangwon-do's true colors
SPOT 1 Walking along the winter sea Oeongchi Port Trail with the scent of the sea
SPOT 2 Let's walk together, section 5 of Baugil
SPOT 3 Bowl-shaped village punch bowl
Recommended Course | Jangsu Ogolgye Charcoal Grill → Yanggu Arboretum → Punch Bowl

51 weeks to avoid the winter wind
SPOT 1 A Healthy Table Setting at Daegulryeong Dandelion Garden
SPOT 2 Yangjima Hwarogui, a grilled meat village in a sunny village
SPOT 3 The warm comfort of shiitake mushrooms, Shiraewon
Recommended Course | Palbongsan Mountain → Yangjimalhwarogui → Gangwon-do Natural Environment Research Park

You worked hard for 52 weeks!! This year too
SPOT 1 Janggane Deodeokbap, a dish you won't regret taking your parents to
SPOT 2 Stone Creek, a new and unique cafe with a stunning ice wall view
SPOT 3 Santa Post Office, Korea Main Branch, Full of Childlike Innocent Feelings
Recommended Course | Woncheon Sanghoe → Santa Post Office Korea Main Branch → Seondeunggeori
2-Night, 3-Day Itinerary | December Small City Trip - From Yanggu to Hwacheon, and on to Chuncheon!

3 spots, 1 recommended course every week,
A new Gangwon-do trip every week, with monthly 2-night, 3-day courses and special destinations.

As this book suggests a 52-week travel plan, it divides each month into 4-5 weeks, and for each week, it provides one travel course by carefully selecting spots, nearby attractions, and food.

One course per week, a worry-free travel schedule

With this book, you can travel without hesitation, every weekend, all year round, with just your camera in hand.
You can have a fulfilling trip by simply following a travel course that includes sights to see, restaurants to visit, and cafes to eat at.
Also, for those who have busy lives, short days, and are always pressed for time, we have prepared detailed travel information and useful tips so that you can see, taste, and enjoy all the sights and foods around just one spot.

A 2-night, 3-day course that captures the unique characteristics of each region of Gangwon-do.

We have organized the best travel destinations for each region that are good to visit that month, including the Donghae & Samcheok trip in January, where you can see the first sunrise in Korea, the Sokcho trip in February that captures the winter scenery of Sokcho, and even Chuncheon, Wonju, Yanggu, Hongcheon, Goseong, Gangneung, Jeongseon, Pyeongchang, and Hwacheon, into a 2-night, 3-day or 1-night, 2-day course diagrammed with photos so that you can check the travel destinations and courses at a glance.

Each region has its own unique travel destinations for each season. This time, it's a themed trip!

In May, we have compiled a list of Gangwon-do's spring flower spots where you can see spring flowers a little later than in other regions. In July, a good month for a summer vacation, we have compiled a list of Gangwon-do's blue seas that are a little different and more attractive. In October, we have compiled a list of Gangwon-do's fall flower spots where you can enjoy the especially short autumn season as special travel destinations.

Gangwon-do's new travel destinations, inspired by the MZ generation

We've included all the new and trendy travel destinations full of emotion these days, including the newly rising East Sea hot spots Nine Beach 37 and Surf Beach in Yangyang, the best view restaurants in history, Shinsendae & Hwaamsa Forest Trail, the ginkgo tree in Bangye-ri that you must see once in your life, the Secret Garden, a sunrise spot known only to those in the know, Hyangho Beach with its BTS bus stop, and the Youngdal Y Park, which is popular on social media for its red bamboo photo zone.

A pair of sneakers and a map are all you need for your trip! A map of Gangwon-do with marked spots!

To help you travel efficiently, we provide a map of Gangwon-do with hot spots for things to see and eat marked, taking into account the route of your desired destination.
You can see at a glance 156 major tourist destinations as well as various food and entertainment spots near where you are traveling.