7 attractions in Taean, including Mallipo Beach, Mongsanpo Beach and Anmyondo Jurassic Museum. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Coast & islands
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Mallipo is a long, gently curving sweep of fine sand at the western tip of the Taean Peninsula. It has long been counted among the three great beaches of Korea's west coast, alongside Daecheon and Byeonsan, and more recently surfers have n…
Coast & islands
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Twice a day this beach changes shape: at high tide it is a shallow sandy bathing beach, and at low tide a broad mudflat where people dig for clams and catch crabs. Stretching about 3 km along the west coast of Nam-myeon on the Taean Penins…
Museums
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Anmyondo Jurassic Museum is a natural history museum in Nam-myeon, Taean, on the road into Anmyeondo island, and it is often cited for having Korea's largest collection of genuine dinosaur fossils. Since opening on 5 July 2011 it has drawn…
Nature
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Behind the Sinduri coastal dunes in Taean, ringed by pine woods, lies a small pond called Duung Wetland. It formed when wind-blown sand piled up into dunes, cut off the sea and trapped fresh water behind them. The open water is only about…
Coast & islands
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At the north-western tip of the Taean Peninsula, wind-built dunes spread out behind Sinduri Beach. These are the largest coastal sand dunes in Korea, designated a Natural Monument in 2001. Walking the boardwalks, you pass grassy hummocks,…
Coast & islands
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Two rocky islets sit side by side off the beach, and in the evening the sun goes down behind them. This view from Kkotji Beach on Anmyeondo is counted among the classic sunsets of Korea's west coast. Anmyeondo stretches south from the Taea…
National parks
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Stretching along 198 km of coastline around the Taean Peninsula and Anmyeondo Island in South Chungcheong, Taeanhaean National Park is Korea's only coastal national park. It was designated in 1978 as the country's 13th national park and co…