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Gubongsan Observatory Café Street (구봉산 전망대 카페거리)

Gubongsan Observatory Café Street (구봉산 전망대 카페거리)

4.6 Km    42050     2024-02-28

139-137 Janghak-ri, Dong-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-250-4312

Gubongsan Observatory Café Street is situated along the national highway traversing Gubongsan Mountain in Chuncheon. It provides sweeping panoramic views of downtown Chuncheon, making it a renowned spot for sunsets and nightscapes. Visitors can indulge in the breathtaking scenery while enjoying offerings from bakery cafés and restaurants along the street. Additionally, the nearby Sonheungmin Sports Park is well worth a visit.

Chuncheon Mulgil-ro (춘천물레길)

4.6 Km    21851     2022-12-22

113-1, Sports town-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-8463

The Mullegil Trail is designed to guide tourists to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the waterway in Chuncheon, a lake city. The Mullegil Trail also offers tourists an opportunity to travel around Chuncheon’s lake and river by canoe. With basic instructions, people of all ages can go canoeing easily. Many companies provide diverse canoeing courses, and their common course starts from the Chuncheon Songam Sports Town, continues to canoe toward the Uiamho Lake Skywalk, and returns. Tourists can enjoy canoeing along the Chuncheon Mullegil Trail and use the King Canoe Quay, which is equipped with a facility for the vulnerable people on tourism. Selected as an open tourist attraction, the King Canoe Quay provides canoeing programs for people in wheelchairs and the visually impaired.

Before Sunset (비포선셋)

4.7 Km    0     2024-03-20

1F Chuncheon Puppet Museum, 3017 Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Before Sunset is a spacious terrace café located right in front of the Soyanggang river. It is particularly renowned for its sunsets, which are as picturesque as scenes from a movie. The café's signature offerings include a fragrant espresso and the sunset-inspired Sunset spänner (Einspänner with vanilla cheese cream). Below the terrace, a bicycle path runs along the Uiamho Lake, and with the Chuncheon Puppet Theater situated next to the café, visitors can enjoy an abundance of activities.

Chuncheon Puppet Theater & Puppet Museum (춘천인형극장&인형극박물관)

4.7 Km    20458     2021-04-20

3017, Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-8450

Chuncheon Puppet Theater, which is Korea’s first puppet theater, and Chuncheon Puppet Museum, which exhibits various materials about puppet shows, are located side by side on the Uiamho lakeside. As the Puppet Festival Chuncheon gained its popularity since its first opening in 1989, Chuncheon Puppet Theater and Chuncheon Puppet Museum were also opened in 2001 and 2004, respectively. At present, Chuncheon Puppet Theater is the main stage of the Puppet Festival Chuncheon, which is held every year, and provides a puppet show aside from the festival period. The museum displays various types of puppets from Korea and other countries, including Korea’s puppets from kkokdugaksi nori (Korean puppet play), France’s Guignols, and China’s shadow puppets. It also offers experience programs related to the exhibition. Besides a cafe with a great view by the museum, there are a playground, a waterside bike path, and a trail nearby, as well as Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is about 500 m away.

Chuncheon Puppet Festival (춘천인형극제)

Chuncheon Puppet Festival (춘천인형극제)

4.7 Km    13679     2022-05-16

3017, Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-33-242-8452

Chuncheon Puppet Festival first began in September 1989 and has now developed into the largest puppet festival in Asia attracting performers and visitors from all over the world. Visitors can enjoy four seasons of the festival at various locations throughout the city.

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum (강원도 산림박물관)

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum (강원도 산림박물관)

4.8 Km    21571     2022-10-17

24, Hwamogwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum, located within the Gangwon Provincial Botanic Garden, was established to draw the public closer to forest parks as a cultural space to enjoy nature as well as develop forest-friendly infrastracture for vacationers. The museum has four exhibition rooms, 3D experience room, tree plaground, and more for visitors to enjoy.

* Opened October 31, 2002

Dunggeun Dakgalbi Makguksu Dakbossam(둥근닭갈비 막국수 닭보쌈)

Dunggeun Dakgalbi Makguksu Dakbossam(둥근닭갈비 막국수 닭보쌈)

4.8 Km    28453     2024-03-20

1F, 54 Chuncheonsunhwan-ro 72beon-gil, Dongnae-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Dunggeun Dakgalbi is a renowned chicken dish restaurant in Chuncheon, a city famous for dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken). Their signature dish, dakbossam (napa wraps with chicken), features dakgalbi marinated in a unique sauce, generously topped with bossam sauce and wrapped with assorted vegetables. Another delightful option is stir-fried rice prepared in the remaining sauce, or enjoying it alongside cold dongchimi makguksu (buckwheat noodles with radish water kimchi).

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum (강원도립화목원)

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum (강원도립화목원)

4.9 Km    26500     2021-04-28

24, Hwamokwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is operated by Gangwon-do Provincial Government, was opened in 1999 to provide a recreation forest for the community to relaxa and learn about nature in the middle of the city. It comprises about 30 themed gardens, such as the four-season botanical garden, subtropical plant garden, succulent plant garden, and topiary garden, and holds some 1,800 species of plants. Visitors can appreciate a variety of seasonal flowers, exotic scenery, and interesting attractions. Furthermore, visitors can also enjoy flower-viewing on the cherry blossom trail and at the royal azalea garden in spring; avoid heat at the fountain plaza and in the metasequoia forest in summer; enjoy the chrysanthemum exhibition in autumn; and escape the cold inside a glass greenhouse in winter. Within the arboretum is The Forest Museum, which comprises the permanent exhibition hall designed with the theme of Gangwon-do's forest, including animals, plants, and mountain village life, the special exhibition hall, the 4D theater, and others. Other charming places include the Botanic Garden, consisting of an aquatic botanical garden, which is in harmony with a pond, artificial falls, and a pavilion, as well as the Children's Garden that serves as a nature playground for children.

Sigol Makguksu (시골막국수)

5.4 Km    12566     2020-02-07

100, Yulmun-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-6833

Sigol Makguksu specializes in Chuncheon’s signature dish makguksu (spicy buckwheat noodles). Preserving a proud culinary tradition of over 30 years, Sigol Makguksu serves some of the area’s finest noodles as well as pyeonyuk (slices of boiled meat) and traditional tofu dishes. The restaurant is located in Sinbuk-eup past the Yeougogae Pass to the north of downtown Chuncheon.

Uiamho Lake Skywalk (의암호스카이워크)

Uiamho Lake Skywalk (의암호스카이워크)

5.6 Km    435     2024-04-09

486 Chiljeon-dong, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-250-3089

The Uiamho Lake Skywalk is set along the lakeside trail of Uiamho Lake. It features a floor entirely made of transparent glass, offering visitors the unique sensation of walking on water. This scenic vantage point provides picturesque views of Uiamho Lake, making it an ideal location for a leisurely stroll or bike ride amidst the breathtaking landscape.