8 attractions in Gangneung, including Gyeongpodae Pavilion, Seongyojang House (Gangneung) and Anmok Beach, Gangneung.
Historic sites & memorials
강릉시
When the moon rises there is one in the sky, one on the sea, one on the lake, one in your wine cup and one in the eyes of the person beside you. The Joseon poet Jeong Cheol wrote that from Gyeongpodae you could see five moons. About 7 km n…
Historic sites & memorials
강릉시
When Gyeongpoho Lake was far larger than today, villagers crossed it on a bridge of boats, so the village was called Baedari, or Seongyo (船橋) in Chinese characters. The grand residence that settled here is Seongyojang. With its main quarte…
Coast & islands
강릉시
Anmok Beach is a stretch of sand about 500 m long and some 20,000 m² in area just north of the Namdaecheon River mouth in Gangneung, right beside Gangneung Port. The cafés lining the seafront became known as "Gangneung Coffee Street", and…
Historic sites & memorials
강릉시
Ojukheon in Gangneung is the house where Shin Saimdang (1504–1551) and her son, the scholar Yi I, known as Yulgok (1536–1584), were born. It is one of the oldest surviving houses of the early Joseon period and was designated a Treasure in…
Coast & islands
강릉시
Step off the train and the end of the platform is the beach, with the East Sea right behind it. Jeongdongjin is a seaside village south of Gangneung that became famous across Korea for its tiny station almost touching the water and for New…
Coast & islands
강릉시
When the boats come in at dawn, the market by the harbour is the first thing to wake up. Jumunjin is a town at the northern edge of Gangneung and one of the main fishing ports on Korea's east coast, landing squid, pollack, sand lance and h…
Historic sites & memorials
강릉시
About ten minutes' walk from Gangneung Station, tiled roofs climb in tiers up the slope of Hwabusan hill. Gangneung Hyanggyo is considered the largest provincial Confucian school in Korea after the national academy Seonggyungwan, and becau…
Mountains & peaks
강릉시
Daegwallyeong is an 832 m pass over the Taebaek Mountains linking Pyeongchang and Gangneung in Gangwon Province. For centuries it was the gateway between the inland Yeongseo region and the east-coast Yeongdong region. Today the top of the…