Korea in Winter

Do you enjoy cultural traveling? This is country you must go to. As monarchy country, you can experience the beautiful palaca located in the city (near President’s house–Blue House, which is prohibited to take picture around it or you want to get caught by the police). You can also enjoy different feeling of an Asian city that well develop and can compete with all major city in the world (eventhought Korean culture are not open to other culture).

Changdeokgung Palace (:chang-dek-gung, hard to pronounce)

Changdeokgung Palace in winter time

Well known as East Palace, Changdeokgung palace (Palace of Prospering virtue) is the one of five grand palace in South Korea. It was built by the king of Joseon Dynasty. In this palace you can enjoy the traditional architecture of Korea that full of detail and well crafted.

Luckily, it’s not snowing on the day I was there. It was fun to go around the palace with the sun still shining above you. But be careful to get lost, it is too big!

Seoraksan Mountain

Me on the top of Soraksan Mountain

Seoraksan Mountain located in Seoraksan National Park in Gangwan province in eastern South Korea. It is the highest mountain in the The Taebaek mountain range. To reach the peak of Mount Gwonggeumseong, the highest peak of Soraksan Mountain , you can take a cable car (it takes you 15 minutes to reach the top!) and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Seoraksan National Park. You can also visit a Buddist temple in this site with 17.5 m Buddha statue called Tongil-Daebul.

It is a best place to enjoy the sun during winter, when you go to the peak of Mount Gwonggeumseong, you can take off your winter jacket and enjoy the warm sun that you can’t find in Seoul in winter. So nice!

Naminara Island

Famous spot to take picture

Naminara (famous called as Nami Island) is located in Chunceon, South Korea. It is an artificial island in Han River. To get to this island you need to hop on a ferry that operates every 30 minutes. This island become famous because of the most famous korean tv drama, Winter Sonata, use it as a set location. Many people come here only to see the actual movie set, which is a very nice location with line up trees. Summer is the best time to enjoy this island. You can go on a picnic or rent a bike to go around this island.