Korea Travel Atlas lists 15 places in Gangwon-do. Cities and counties covered: Sokcho, Gangneung, Yangyang, Pyeongchang, Chuncheon, Wonju, Samcheok, Donghae, Inje, Taebaek, Jeongseon.
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KTO Official Data설악산국립공원 (신흥사)
Seoraksan National Park, sprawling across Sokcho, Inje, and Yangyang in Gangwon-do, is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve celebrated for its jagged granite spires, pristine mountain cascades, and rich biod...
KTO Official Data강릉 경포대 및 경포해변
Gyeongpodae Beach & Historic Pavilion is Gangneung’s premier coastal sanctuary, pairing a 6-kilometer white sand beach on the East Sea with a celebrated 14th-century wooden pavilion overlooking a n...
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TempleYangyang
양양 낙산사
Naksansa Temple is a breathtaking 1,300-year-old Buddhist sanctuary perched atop the rocky coastal cliffs of Mount Obong in Yangyang, celebrated for the colossal 16-meter Haesu Gwaneum Daebul statu...
KTO Official DataNatureMountain & TrailPyeongchang
대관령 양떼목장
Daegwallyeong Highland Sheep Farm is South Korea’s iconic alpine pastoral paradise, situated at an altitude of 850 meters on the Baekdudaegan mountain ridge in Pyeongchang, featuring rolling green ...
KTO Official Data정동진 해변 및 모래시계공원
Jeongdongjin is South Korea’s most legendary coastal sunrise haven, immortalized by the world’s closest train station to the sea, the record-setting One-Year Hourglass, the cliffside Sun Cruise res...
KTO Official Data춘천 남이섬
Nami Island is South Korea’s globally acclaimed storybook cultural crescent island in Chuncheon, celebrated worldwide as the romantic birthplace of the Korean Wave (Hallyu) via ‘Winter Sonata’, fea...
KTO Official DataNatureScenic Ride & ViewpointChuncheon
강촌레일파크 (김유정역)
Gangchon Rail Bike Park is South Korea’s premier railway heritage adventure starting from Gimyujeong Station in Chuncheon, repurposing the historic 70-year-old Gyeongchun Line into an 8.5-kilometer...
KTO Official Data원주 소금산 그랜드밸리
Wonju Sogeumsan Grand Valley is an awe-inspiring alpine cliff-canyon skyway adventure, showcasing the iconic 200-meter Sogeumsan Suspension Bridge suspended 100 meters above the Seomgang River, an ...
KTO Official DataHeritageBuddhist TemplePyeongchang
오대산 월정사 전나무숲길
Odaesan National Park and Woljeongsa Temple Fir Forest is a millennium-old Buddhist haven in Pyeongchang, famous for its 1,700 ancient needle fir trees, national treasures including the Octagonal N...
KTO Official DataNatureScenic Nature SpotSamcheok
삼척 장호항
Samcheok Jangho Port is celebrated as the "Naples of Korea," famed for crystal-clear emerald coastal lagoons, bizarre sea-rock formations, transparent bottom canoeing, marine cable car crossings, a...
KTO Official DataCultureLocal ExperienceDonghae
동해 묵호등대 논골담길
Donghae Mukho Lighthouse and Nongoldam-gil is an enchanting hillside seaside village, famous for authentic fisherman mural alleys, sweeping East Sea panoramic viewing decks, Dojaebigol Sky Valley g...
KTO Official Data인제 원대리 자작나무숲
Wondaeri Whispering Birch Forest in Inje is an iconic pure-white fairy tale sanctuary in the high mountains of Gangwon, showcasing over 700,000 dazzling silver birch trees, pristine forest bathing ...
KTO Official DataNatureMountain & TrailGangneung
강릉 안반데기
Gangneung Anbandeok is South Korea’s highest inhabited alpine agricultural plateau at 1,100 meters above sea level, famous for boundless emerald cabbage fields, giant white wind turbines, and world...
KTO Official Data태백산국립공원 (천제단)
Taebaeksan National Park is Korea’s revered sacred ancestral mountain, famed for Cheonjedan (the prehistoric Altar of Heavenly Rites), millennium-old yew tree snowscapes, Manggyeongsa Temple, and d...
KTO Official DataCultureLocal ExperienceJeongseon
하이원리조트
High1 Mountain Resort in Jeongseon is South Korea’s premier all-season alpine highland sanctuary, perched at 1,340 meters atop High1 Top, featuring scenic sky gondolas, vast summer wildflower alpin...