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Chang Po Go Memorial Hall (장보고기념관)

Chang Po Go Memorial Hall (장보고기념관)

12.4Km    2021-03-12

1455, Cheonghaejin-ro, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-550-6930

The Chang Po Go Memorial Hall was constructed to celebrate the achievements and maritime pioneering spirit of Chang Po Go. The hall is an educational tourism space focusing on historical culture. The permanent exhibition hall is divided into four zones that display the life of Chang Po Go.

Historic Site of Gosan Yun Seondo (고산 윤선도 유적지)

12.7Km    2024-02-20

135 Nogudang-gil, Haenam-eup, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do

Historic Site of Gosan Yun Seondo is a memorial site dedicated to Gosan Yun Seondo (1587-1671), a government official and literary figure of the Joseon dynasty. Nogudang is the house where Yun Seondo lived, built in the 15th century. There is also a museum displaying numerous hanok and artifacts. It is situated in a beautiful location surrounded by large ginko trees and forests.

Cheonghaepogu Filming Set (완도 청해포구촬영장)

Cheonghaepogu Filming Set (완도 청해포구촬영장)

13.0Km    2025-10-23

1161-8 Cheonghaejinseo-ro, Wando-eup, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do

Located beside the sea, this filming location boasts a port. It became the leading shooting site for popular movies such as "The Admiral: Roaring Currents," "The Pirates," and the drama "The Slave Hunters." Experience wearing costumes with the beautiful South Sea and traditional Korean villages as a backdrop, play traditional folk games, and participate in agricultural ecology experience programs.

Ttangkkut Marine Natural History Museum (땅끝해양자연사박물관)

Ttangkkut Marine Natural History Museum (땅끝해양자연사박물관)

13.9Km    2021-02-22

5-4, Jungdaedong-gil, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-535-2110

The Ttangkkeut Marine History Museum houses approximately 25,000 specimens with 40,000 pieces on display including shellfish, coral, fish, mammals, crustaceans, fossils, reptiles, and insects from around the world, making it the most diverse collection of items in the southern region. Visitors can take part in ecological activities to learn more about phenomenal and rare marine resources and cultures.

Chamil Neungi Beoseot Baeksuk (참일능이버섯백숙)

Chamil Neungi Beoseot Baeksuk (참일능이버섯백숙)

14.7Km    2025-08-01

61, Gyoyukcheong-gil, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-536-6664

It is a good place to enjoy Korean dishes for health. This restaurant's signature menu is whole chicken soup with shingled hedgehog. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do.

Yonggung haemultang (용궁해물탕)

Yonggung haemultang (용궁해물탕)

14.9Km    2024-02-20

7 Haengun-gil, Haenam-eup, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do

Yonggung haemultang is a Korean restaurant that has maintained its reputation for serving a single haemultang (spicy seafood stew) since its opening. The dish is filled with over 30 varieties of seafood such as thin-legged octopu, blue crab, jumbo conch, jumbo shrimp, oyster, cuttlefish, rockfish, clam, and pen shell, giving the impression of having the entire sea in a pot. The broth, simmered with bean sprouts and water parsley, is hearty and flavorful.

Wando Fishery and Folklore Museum (완도어촌민속전시관)

Wando Fishery and Folklore Museum (완도어촌민속전시관)

15.2Km    2022-08-25

149, Hwaheungpo-gil, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-550-6911

During the Jangbogo Festival, mariners from the Wando area donated rare animals, plants, fish, and shellfish. The sea animals and plants exhibition event attracted a large number of visitors increasing tourism in the area. In response to the public opinion Wando-gun built an exhibition hall to provide tourism and marine folklore education.

Seongmunjeong (석문정)

Seongmunjeong (석문정)

15.5Km    2024-02-16

2059-7 Baekdo-ro, Doam-myeon, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do

Seongmunjeong is renowned for its hoechuntang (chicken and seafood soup with medicinal herbs). In Gangjin, where meat and seafood are plentiful, hoechuntang emerged as a traditional dish, embodying the region's abundance. This wholesome soup, which combines medicinal herbs, octopus, abalone, and chicken without the addition of salt, is a testament to the area's culinary heritage. Its name, "return-to-spring soup," reflects the soup's reputed health benefits, believed to rejuvenate the diner and restore the vitality of one's youth.

Gaudo Suspension Bridge (가우도 출렁다리)

Gaudo Suspension Bridge (가우도 출렁다리)

15.8Km    2024-01-11

San 7-1 Singi-ri, Doam-myeon, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do

Gaudo Island, the only inhabited island among Gangjin's eight islands, is connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge. The suspension bridges installed on both sides of the island have emerged as Gangjin's famous destination, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. While crossing the dizzying suspension bridge, one can see the wonderful seascape that changes in brightness depending on the waves. The footbridges, Jeodu Suspension Bridge (438 m) or Dasan Bridge (716 m), can be used to entrance Gaudo Island, and there is also a clean trail along the coastline. It takes about one to one and a half hours to walk across both bridges, making it a great place to enjoy a walk.

Gaudo Island (가우도)

Gaudo Island (가우도)

15.9Km    2025-01-17

473, Wolgot-ro, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-430-3114

Gaudo Island is the only populated island of the eight islands in Gangjinman Bay. The name comes from its appearance in relation to Boeunsan Mountain in Ganjin-eup, which looks like a cow’s head. The whole island resembles a cow’s meonge (curved stick around cow’s neck used to drag farming tool) so the island became to be called Gaudo Island (Ga: Meonge in Chinese characters).

From Gaudo Island, Gangjinman Bay and the uninhabited islands can be seen in all directions. The coastal scenery is stunning and varied natural tourism resources grow here such as the silver magnolia, cypress colony, and Japanese black pines. Visitors can walk to the island from the mainland via a suspension bridge. When arriving to the island, a 2.5-kilometer long ecological exploring road along the mountain and coast is available. Also, fishing park which has various kinds of fishes is located in the spot where visitors can overlook at beautiful scenery of Gangjinman Bay. At the top of the island, visitors can enjoy a zip track which is an eco-friendly leisure facility, starting from the 25-meter Cheongja Tower.