6 attractions in Hwaseong, including Gungpyeong Port, Seohaerang Jebudo Marine Cable Car and Jebudo Island. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Coast & islands
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At the edge of the sea in Seosin-myeon, Hwaseong, Gungpyeong Port, crammed with fishing boats, is one of the best places for sunsets in the Seoul metropolitan area. Its sunset is one of the "Eight Views of Hwaseong", and beside the harbour…
Viewpoints
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This cable car crosses 2.12 km of open sea between Jeongok Port in Seosin-myeon, Hwaseong, and Jebudo Island. Its name, Seohaerang, combines the characters for islet (seo), sea (hae) and wave (rang). At low tide endless mudflats stretch ou…
Coast & islands
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Jebudo is an island the sea swallows its road to twice a day. The 2.3 km causeway linking it to the mainland lies below the high-tide line, so when the tide comes in the road disappears under water for three to four hours at a time. Drivin…
Nature
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South of Sihwa Lake, red rock islets rise out of an endless reed bed. These rocks yielded dinosaur egg fossils in large numbers, and today a wooden boardwalk lets you walk out and look at real fossil eggs. Until the Sihwa seawall was built…
Churches & monasteries
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Yongjusa is the temple King Jeongjo of Joseon rebuilt to console the spirit of his father, Crown Prince Sado, who died a cruel death. Because it served as the guardian temple of Sado's royal tomb, it is a mountain temple with traces of pal…
Historic sites & memorials
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Yunggeolleung is the joint name for two Joseon royal tombs where the tragic Crown Prince Sado and his son, King Jeongjo, lie side by side. A son who lost his father as a child became king, moved his father's grave to an auspicious site, an…