La Foresta (라포레스타)

12.4Km 2025-05-20

130 Daecheop-ro, Yeonseo-myeon, Sejong-si

La Foresta is a café with a spacious outdoor garden. The interior has a cozy atmosphere with wood tones. The garden is adorned with various types of trees and flowers, creating a park-like ambiance. Signature drinks include foresta double latte, made with hazelnut milk and espresso, blood orange featuring blood orange infused tea, and dewy cherry mango, a refreshing blend of cherry tea with mango puree and coconut jelly.

Sejong Yeonhwasa Temple (연화사 (세종))

12.7Km 2025-05-20

28-1, Yeonhwasa-gil, Sejong-si
+82-44-862-8620

Yeonhwasa Temple is said to have been built by Hong Mun-seop. After having a dream, Hong dug the current site of Yeonhwasa Temple to find two stone Buddha statues and built a temple there. It was designated a traditional temple in 1988. The temple features Muryangsujeon Hall, Samseonggak Hall, and Yosachae (monks’ residence).

There used to be a building with a tile roof, but following the discovery of a stele with the inscription of “Muin Year” and a pedestal, the roof was improved. The side of the stele is in a trapezoid shape with a wider bottom. It is thought to date back to the Unified Silla era. The temple is also home to a stele with seven relief Buddhist images. Together with the stone images of Biamsa and Jeonganmyeon, this stele is considered to have cast a new light on the Ancient Art.

Sanjang Garden (산장가든)

13.9Km 2025-05-20

1131-7 Dosingobok-ro, Yeonseo-myeon, Sejong-si
+82-44-867-3333

Sanjang Garden is a Korean restaurant specializing in grilling pork galbi over charcoal. In addition to pork galbi, they also serve dishes such as naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles), dongchimi guksu (noodles with radish water kimchi), and sujebi (hand-pulled dough soup). Surrounded by lakes and mountains, the restaurant offers a picturesque setting and has been featured multiple times on Korean television. It's approximately a 15-minute drive from Jochiwon Station by car or taxi.

Haposeowon Confucian Academy (합호서원)

14.0Km 2025-05-20

262-6, Wonhapgang 1-gil, Yeondong-myeon, Sejong
+82-44-330-5832

Registered as Cultural Heritage Material, Haposeowon Confucian Academy is where the spiritual tablet of An Hyang, a respected scholar during the Goryeo period, is enshrined. The academy was founded in 1716 by the scholar's descendants, who held regular memorial services until a royal order to close down most seowon institutions was made in the late Joseon dynasty. In 1949, Haposeowon Confucian Academy was rebuilt as an affiliated institution with the consent of 218 local Confucian schools nationwide.

Sejong Traditional Paste Museum (세종전통장류박물관)

14.8Km 2025-05-20

90-43 Baeil-gil, Jeondong-myeon, Sejong-si

The Sejong Traditional Paste Museum highlights Korea’s traditional sauce culture, featuring staples like soybean paste, red chili paste, and soy sauce. Its garden, with over 1,000 pots, is a standout attraction. The museum includes indoor exhibition halls, an outdoor exhibit area, a fermentation experience center, a Korean restaurant specializing in fermented sauces, and a paste shop. Visitors can participate in activities such as making grain soap shaped like meju (fermented soybean blocks) or creating their own fermented pastes. In November, visitors can also observe the process of making soybean paste and red chili paste.

Wondumak (원두막)

15.8Km 2025-08-18

154, Ansan-gil, Yeonseo-myeon, , Sejong-si
+82-41-867-5727

Wondumak is a Korean restaurant specializing in hot soups. Popular menu items include minmul saeutang (spicy fresh water shrimp soup), megi maeuntang (spicy catfish soup), and tojong dakdoritang (chicken hot pot). The restaurant also offers fantastic views of the Gobok Reservoir.

Unjusanseong Fortress (운주산성)

16.5Km 2021-08-31

Migok-ri, Sejong-si
+82-44-300-3423

Unjusanseong Fortress, also known as Gosansanseong Fortress, is a cultural heritage of the Baekje dynasty. This is a mountain fortress built along the surrounding three mountain peaks in the westernmost and southernmost parts of Unjusan Mountain. The stone fortress wall, which borders three villages in Jeondong-myeon and two villages in Jeonui-myeon, is 3,210 meters long and two meters wide with a x_height that ranges from two to eight meters. The walls follow the natural geographical features of the mountain range, with the southern walls surrounding the mountain's peak.

Remnants of a village can still be observed within the fortress walls, such as the fortress gate and a ritual site. Pieces of earthenware from the Baekje period, porcelain from the Goryeo and Joseon periods, and broken tiles from the Baekje, Goryeo and Joseon periods have been discovered around the site as well.

Sangnok Aquapia (천안상록리조트 아쿠아피아)

16.7Km 2017-07-22

576, Susin-ro, Susin-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
+82-41-560-9000, 9114

Cheonan’s Sangnok Resort possesses a diverse entertainment facility, offering a Leisure Town with Sangnok Hotel, a convention center, Sangnok Land, and golf course. Sangnok’s featured attraction is Aquapia, known as a “Water World", or "Water Paradise”.

If you take a look around the indoor water-park, Aquapia, there is a variety of fun awaiting each guest: a tidal wave pool with 5 different types of waves; 'The Flowrider', a ride that simulates the thrill of surfing on ocean waters; 'Master Blaster', a ride that takes two riders up at a time, up and down through the water’s heavy pressure; 2 new slides; and 3 types of spas used as resting areas.

Gobok Natural Park (고복자연공원)

16.9Km 2025-05-20

586, Dosingobok-ro, Sejong-si
+82-44-300-4216

Gobok Natural Park spans an area of 1,840,000 square meters and nearby attractions include a forest, Yonggul Cave, Sinheungsa Temple, and an outdoor sculpture park on Obongsan Mountain. A 3.65-kilometer-long deck circles the reservoir. The neighboring village is home to orchards for growing grapes, peaches, and pears. The park has a large meeting square and the outdoor sculpture park features works by Ewha Woman's University art professor Kang Tae-seong, attracting many visitors. The park is especially popular in summer when the outdoor swimming pool is open. In spring, people flock to Millakjeong Pavilion to view the cherry blossoms. There are many restaurants nearby specializing in galbi (ribs), Hanbang ori (duck with medicinal herbs), and megi maeuntang (spicy catfish stew), as well as cafes overlooking the natural scenery.

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