Andeok Health and Healing Village (안덕 건강 힐링 체험마을)

18.2Km 2024-12-04

72 Jangpa-gil, Gui-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk-do

Andeok Health and Healing Village is nestled near a valley at the foot of Moaksan Mountain in Wanju. As Korea's first health and healing experience village, it offers experience programs and health and wellness classes. Health experience programs and health and wellness classes are professionally designed in collaboration with a traditional Korean medicinal clinic in Andeok Village. Therefore, it offers visitors opportunities to learn quality information and experience specialized programs.
Andeok Health and Healing Village consists of a healing experience center, Yochodang House, a food experience center, a traditional sauna, a well-being restaurant, and a convention hall. For accommodations, seven Hwangtobangs (red-clay cottages) are available as well as studio-type rooms at Soo Pension. These accommodation facilities are open to visitors regardless of whether they participate in programs run by the village or not.
The village's signature experience programs include the red-clay sauna where the floor is heated in the traditional manner. The walls are made of red clay mixed with traditional herbal medicinal water. When heated, the sauna effectively removes waste from the body. Other signature programs include making injeolmi (bean-powder-coated rice cakes) by cooking rice and pounding the rice dough using a mallet; and harvesting seasonal crops (e.g., potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn)

Saseondae Tourist Resort & Sculpture Park (사선대관광지&조각공원)

18.4Km 2024-04-07

68-7, Saseon 2-gil, Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk-do
+82-63-640-2921

Saseondae Tourist Area was established around the upper region of the Seomjingang River. The pine trees are dense, cherry blossoms bloom in spring, and autumn leaves are spectacular in fall in this area. At the Sculpture Park next to the Saseondae Tourist Area, visitors can enjoy sculptures by local sculptors and international artists from the nearby Ogung-ri Art Village.

Okcheongol Hanjeongsik (옥천골한정식)

18.5Km 2024-04-18

78 Gyeongcheon 1-ro, Sunchang-eup, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk-do

Okcheongol Hanjeongsik is a traditional restaurant that opened in the 1990s, specializing in authentic Korean table d'hote. The signature dish is so bulgogi hanjeongsik (beef bulgogi table d'hote). It features beef and pork bulgogi grilled on a charcoal, along with grilled yellow croaker and over 20 side dishes, including soybean paste jjigae, all served on one table.

Sunchang Traditional Paste Museum (순창장류박물관)

19.0Km 2024-04-07

43, Jangnyu-ro, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk-do
+82-63-650-1627

Sunchang Traditional Paste Museum offers visitors a look at different traditional paste culture from gochujang (pepper paste) to doenjang (soybean paste). Located across from the Sunchang Gochujang Village, a robot gochujang grandmother greets the visitors by telling the history of Sunchang pepper paste. The exhibition halls inside display the history of various traditional paste and visitors even have a chance to experience the process of making different pastes. The outdoor square attracts people with a terrace displaying earthen wares that are used to contain the fermented sauces, as well as a millstone worked by horse or ox, and an old tomb from the Baekje dynasty.

Sunchang Fermented Food Festival (순창장류축제)

19.1Km 2025-01-07

6-3 Minsongmaeul-gil, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk-do
+82-63-652-9301

Experience the most iconic spicy flavor of Korean cuisine, gochujang (red chili paste). This festival takes place in Sunchang, the renowned home of gochujang. Visitors can try spicy and savory dishes made with Sunchang gochujang, partake in programs such as making red chili paste, and check out the festival’s performances, exhibitions, and shops. The biggest attraction of the festival is the “Sunchang gochujang offering procession to the King.” Based on the story that King Taejo (born Yi Seong-gye), founder of the Joseon Dynasty, fell in love with the taste of Sunchang gochujang, a music procession and porters with a wagon loaded with crocks of chili paste perform a march around the village. Visitors can also check out the new Fermentation Theme Park, where they can learn the scientific principles of food through microbial experiments.

◎ Tip
Tteokbokki is a must-eat Korean street food. Don’t miss the “Sunchang Tteokbokki Town,” where you can try a variety of tteokbokki dishes made using Sunchang’s fermented sauces.

Sunchang Gochujang Village (순창고추장민속마을)

19.4Km 2024-04-15

9 Baegya-gil, Sunchang-eup, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk-do

Sunchang Gochujang Village is home to expert gochujang (Korean chili paste) crafters using the traditional methods. Visitors can learn how to make gochujang and enjoy dishes using it, such as tteokbokki (rice cakes cooked with gochujang) and wild vegetables bibimbap. The village is fully equipped with accommodations, restaurants, seminar rooms, and other facilities, providing perfect conditions for a variety of hands-on experiences.

Sunchang Jangnyu Experience Center (순창장류체험관)

19.5Km 2024-04-07

55, Minsokmaeul-gil, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk-do
+82-63-650-5432

Located in front of the Traditional Gochujang Folk Village in Sunchang, Jeollabuk-do, Sunchang Jangnyu Experience Center offers visitors the opportunity to sample and make delicious dishes using Sunchang's famous gochujang (red pepper paste). Visitors can make refined gochujang using traditional methods, along with a variety of other popular dishes such as injeolmi (rice cake coated with powdered soybeans) and twibap (popped rice snack). In addition to a range of experience programs, clean accommodation facilities are also available for program participants.

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