Chungcheongnam Do – World Travel

Sapsido Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:01:12 +0000

This small relaxing island, 13km from Daecheon harbour, has few cars and three relatively unspoilt sandy beaches. It attracts so many visitors that it’s become Minbak Island, with nearly every one of the several hundred households offering accommodation a

From Sulttung harbour walk for 15 minutes past the primary school to reach Geomeolneomeo beach, with its fine stretch of sand between two rocky headlands, backed by sand dunes and fir trees. The only blots on the landscape are a few huts and the garbage t

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Gyeryongsan National Park Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:01:16 +0000

The eastern entrance to Gyeryongsan National Park (825 3003; adult/youth/child W3200/1200/600; 6am-7pm) is 18km from Daejeon. The park contains two famous temples surrounded by forested hills, which give way to rocky cliffs towards the peaks. It’s a small

Gapsa, a temple at the park’s western end, is best visited from Gongju and is a 20-minute walk from the bus stop. Look out for birds and butterflies on the way. The temple has a superb bell, crafted in 1584. Yongmun Pokpo, a 20-minute hike beyond the temp

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Gongju Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:01:22 +0000

Gongju became the second capital of the Baekje kingdom in AD 475 when the first capital at Hanseong (Seoul) was captured by Goguryeo troops. Less than 70 years later, in 538, the capital was forced to move south again, this time to Sabi (Buyeo). The city

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Daejeon Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:01:06 +0000

Daejeon is Korea’s science and technology capital, a transport hub and the gateway to the ginseng centre of Geumsan and to hiking trails in nearby Gyeryongsan National Park and Daedunsan Provincial Park in Jeollabuk-do. The new KTX bullet-train service ha

Like other major cities, Daejeon has its own telephone code, different to that of the province that surrounds it.

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Daecheon Beach Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:01:08 +0000

This is the best beach on the west coast; it’s almost golden-coloured sand is kept cleaner than most. Although 3.5km long and up to 100m wide, the beach can still be crowded on summer weekends. The sea is shallow and calm, and in the evening everyone gath

Architecturally, Daecheon beach is the Las Vegas of Korea with amusement parks and row upon row of fancifully designed and named motels, some of which have luridly coloured plastic palm trees outside that light up at night. It’s purely a tourist town with

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Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:01:11 +0000

Gongju and Buyeo in Chungcheongnam-do, commonly shortened to Chungnam, (www.chungnam.net), were once capitals of the ancient Baekje kingdom. The treasures found in King Muryeong’s tomb make him Korea’s Tutankhamen, and a rich heritage of ancient Baekje re

Much of the region is still rural, with rice fields interspersed with vegetable plots and small orchards in the wide valleys between the forested hillsides. Unfortunately the national trend of growing crops under polythene mars the views.

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Cheonan Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:01:17 +0000

Cheonan is the gateway to a top museum, the Independence Hall of Korea, 14km east of the city.

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Buyeo Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:01:19 +0000

Buyeo was the site of the Baekje kingdom’s last capital, Sabi. The capital was moved there from Gongju in AD 538, and six kings ruled as the dynasty flourished until it was destroyed by the combined forces of Shilla and the Tang (of China) in AD 660. Toda

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Boryeong Chungcheongnam Do South Korea

WorldTravelDB.com — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:01:22 +0000

Boryeong is the gateway to Daecheon beach (10km away) and Daecheon harbour (a further 2km), from where ferries sail to a dozen rural islands. All the frequent buses that connect Boryeong bus terminal and train station with Daecheon beach continue on to th

The tourist information centre (932 2023; www.boryeong.chungnam.kr; 9am-6pm Mar-Oct, 9am-5pm Nov-Feb) is located inside Daecheon train station (despite the name it’s in Boryeong, not Daecheon beach).

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