Tourist Destinations Must see 05-Gwacheon ThemePark,Gwacheon-si gyeonggi-do

Close to downtown Seoul, Gwacheon Theme Park features a variety of modern amusement and cultural facilities with a fascinating and lively ecosystem. Surrounded by the dense Cheonggye Mountains (618m above sea level), the park offers recreation and relaxation along with a zoo

where wild animals are preserved, a botanical garden, art museum, information center and amusement park with 40 amusement rides and attractions that excite and thrill.

In addition, festivals (ex: flower, animal, snow flower) are held throughout the year and a variety of nature experience programs offer fun and excitement as well.

Gwacheon Seoul Land • Since the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, Seoul Land has been a close companion of Korean children. Visitors’ pulses will quicken just upon seeing the grand movie theater

dome (18m in diameter) called ‘Planet Earth,’ which is the landmark of Seoul Land.

There is no doubt that a variety of thrilling rides such as the King Viking, Black Hole 2000, Doggaebi Wind and Sky X are fabulously popular with guests.

Seoul Land also features a Botanical Garden, IT WORLD, a zoo, an Art Center and a Rose Garden, at which a Rose Festival is held annually. Come and adventure to the world of fantasy and the future– SEOUL LAND !

LOCATION Makgye-dong, Gwacheon

Hours 09:30~21:00 / 22:00 (closing times may vary as necessary due to festival schedules, etc.)

Tel 82-2-504-0011

URL http://www.seoulland.co.kr

Seoul Race Course • Under the motto of ‘A Fun and Exciting Racecourse and A Happy Family,’ the Seoul Race Course is a family park where visitors enjoy a good time with their families while watching horse racing. In the 16th century, horse racing was a sport for the higher classes such as the royal family and at the Seoul Race Course, guest might feel like they, too, are a member of a royal family. Upon entering the park with the payment of the admission fee (KRW 800), there are two buildings (Lucky Vill and Happy Vill) in which to buy betting tickets. Lucky Vill has a room exclusively for foreigners on the 4th floor. The Seoul Race Course features a variety of facilities such as a Family Park, an Equine Museum and a Traditional Korean Wedding Hall. Try to get a ride on the free

Flower Wagon or borrow a Dotjari (Korean mat).

LOCATION #685, Juam-dong, Gwacheon

Hours 11:20~15:50 (Saturdays), 11:20~18:10 (Sundays)

Tel 82-1566-3333

URL http://www.kra.co.kr

 

• Namyang Club

LOCATION #2-5, Jangdeok-dong, Namyang-myeon,Hwaseong

Hours 08:00~18:00 (Nov. – Feb.: until 17:00) *Closed Mondays and the day after national holidays

(open on Mondays that are national holidays, closed the following day)

Tel 82-31-356-8421

URL http://www.namyangclub.com

 

• Wondang Stallion Stock Farm

LOCATION Wondang-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang

Hours 09:00~17:00 (Nov. – Feb.: until 16:00, closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and national holidays)

Tel 82-31-966-2998

Seoul Grand Park • Seoul Grand Park features a zoo in which a variety of fun and exciting events such as a Flamingo Show, Dolphin Show and Animal Show are held throughout the year. The botanical garden is home to 1,263 kinds of plants, a 40,000m² rose garden, a theme garden where special exhibitions are held throughout all seasons and a forest exhibition center where visitors can encounter native Korean trees, grasses, mushrooms, insects and birds. A beautiful recreation forest,

campground, marathon course and hiking trails add to the attraction of Seoul Grand Park.

LOCATION #42, Gwangmyeong-gil, Gwacheon

Hours 09:00~19:00 (Nov. – Feb.: until 18:00, all year)

Tel 82-2-500-7114

URL http://grandpark.seoul.go.kr






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Seonbawi Museum of Art Gwacheon-si gyeonggi-do korea

 LOCATION | 445, Gwacheon-dong, Gwacheon-si 
 TEL | 82-2-507-8588
 URL | www.seonbawi.com
 
This is an art museum built inside a pleasant environment at Gwacheon, which was established by the genre painter Lee Seo-Ji to revitalize the disappearing traditional customs and preserve records
 

Driving, using public transportation

Transportation

Public Transportation

80m from Subway line No.4 Seonbawi Station

By Car

When using Gyeongbu Expressway, get off at Yangje I.C. and head in the direction of Gwacheon, 80m from Seonbawi Station


Detail information

Service hour : 10:00~18:00(Mar.~Oct.),

                      10:00~17:00(Nov.~Feb.)

There are over 1000 works of artist Lee Seo-Ji who takes the lives and customs of our ancestors, and nature as his theme. It also owns and

displays traditional dolls and miniature village models of doll artists Kim Si-on. Moreover, the art museum holds exhibitions, lectures, and hands-on education to enable visitors and local residents to see, feel, and experience traditional culture and arts.

SPECIAL PROGRAM

Five Friends of Traditional Culture It is a social education program sponsored and participated by Seonbawi Art Museum and 4 local children's center in the Gwacheon area. This is a program for experiencing our culture in a total of 5 areas. Cultural Lecture This is a cultural lecture held in a season when it is convenient for you to take cultural studies course during winter vacation and the spring semester. It holds lectures on various topics such as animation, book art,

western art history, photo academy, and silk dyeing. 

NOTE

Genre Painting This refers to paintings with the theme of lives and customs our ancestors in the past. Genre painting warmly depicts the scene of traditional customs and living, and sights of all the cultures from the Joseon Dynasty to modern times. It is a genre with a realistic sense and a characteristic of a record, which gives the older generation thoughts of home and sentiments of the past, and also serves as a good material for helping the younger generation understand how our ancestors used to live.
 


 
  Last modified : 2009. 08. 17

  Source : Seonbawi Museum of Art

  Please contact website to get more information.

  Reference : 02-507-8588
 
 


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Jebiwool Museum modern art Gwacheon-si gyeonggi-do korea

 LOCATION | Mt. 38-1, Galhyeon-dong, Gwacheon-si 
 TEL | 82-2-3679-6000
 URL | www.jebiwool.org
 
Jebiwool Museum was founded by Sinchang Construction CEO Kim Yeong-Su, who has been living in Gwacheon for 14 generations, as a part of an education project for children and youth.
 

Driving, using public transportation

Transportation

Public Transportation

Take intracity bus in front of Gwacheon city hall
and use Galhyeon Oktapgol line(Check for times in homepage, and you must say you'll to the bus driver that you will get off Jebiwool Art Museum when boarding the bus), Take bus headed for Gwacheon or Sadang at Subway Line No.4 Indeogwon station and get off at military unit. Then, walk 25 minutes towards Gwacheon recycling center, Get off at Subway Line No.4 Government Complex Gwacheon.

 By Car
Head straight towards Indeogwon from Government Complex Gwacheon,  and at the intersection in front of the military unit, make a left in the direction of Gwacheon recycling center.



Detail information

Service hour : 10:30~18:00(Mar.~Oct.),                    
                  10:30~17:00(Nov.~Feb.)

The art museum at Jebiwool village located on the outskirts of Mt. Cheonggae is working hard to make sure children and the youth have a healthy human nature by providing planned exhibitions and education programs with educational value. Furthermore, another goal of the art

museum is to have a smooth communication and an easy explanation about modern arts from the perspective of the audience who is being alienated day after day in the diverse flow of modern arts. To do this, the art museum is expanding meaningful planned exhibitions centered around Korean modern arts. In addition to this, it is planning a program for supporting young artists and an international exhibition reflecting the overseas art trend.

SPECIAL PROGRAM

Hands-on Learning Program It is running programs focusing on hands-on learning such as making ecology plant diary with ecology researchers.

Art Museum Club Activities There are diverse activities like summer art school, art club, and drawing club. 

NOTE

'Double Click' Exhibition This is an exhibition about technology art. As you can see from the 25 works exhibited as a new art genre of the 20th Century, technology art refers to a real-time in-progress work that is not ultimately complete if it does not breathe with the audience with the expansion of the Internet, interaction, and promptness. There are many works that is easy to see and understand in the 'Beautiful Software' created by technology artists participating in this exhibition. The artists used technology as a material or tool for artistic creation, and want their aesthetic values to draw near to the audience like a fun game they can enjoy when they turn on the computer. Jebiwool Art Museum looks forward to
 
 
  Last modified : 2009. 08. 17

  Source : Jebiwool Museum

  Please contact website to get more information.

  Reference : 02-3679-6000
 
 

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535-65,66, Gwacheon-dong, Gwacheon-si

Soft and smooth taste

INTRODUCTION

Salt and sugar are mixed to season Galbi(rib). Then Galbi is aged for 48 hours with
Korean garlic, pear juice and pepper. Mixed with vegetable broth and meat broth,
Naengmyeon(cold noodle) delivers a pleasant taste. Gablitang(broiled rib) is served
only during lunch time. If you want to taste it, you have to hurry.


THE ROAD TO

View of Restaurants

Place to visit in the are

-Cheonggyesan

-Seoul Grand Park

-Gwanaksan






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1-15, Byeoryang-dong, Gwacheon-si

Nature fresh mushroom shabshab loved by health-conscious people


INTRODUCTION

Carefully chosen beef loin is dipped for s short time into boiled meat stock of
nature fresh mushroom, after beef loin is sliced, and taken out of it, and eaten
with a mixed sauce of butter and lemon. Nature fresh mushroom shabshab
(meaning dipping something into boiled meat stock or gravy for a short time,
and then taking it out) tastes better with some kinds of Kimchi including leaf
mustard Kimchi, a kind of watery Kimchi called Nabak Kimchi, and so on.

THE ROAD TO

View of Restaurants

Place to visit in the are

-Seoul Raoe Course Park

-Baekun Lake

-Gwanaksan Valley






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1-15, Byeoryang-dong, Gwacheon-si

Light-tasting swellfish soup good for diet


INTRODUCTION

A globefish soup simmered using the fish's bones, and head, is added with sea
tangle, sea mussel, short-necked clam, dropwort, bean sprouts, globefish to be
boiled. This food tastes plain and refreshing, so everybody enjoy the cuisine.


THE ROAD TO

View of Restaurants

Place to visit in the are

-Gwanaksan

-Seoul Grand Park

-Cheonggyesan






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33, Makgye-dong, Gwacheon-si

Differentiated beef


INTRODUCTION

Korean beef is seasoned with bamboo salt and aged with French wine. Beef is
smoked and then frozen. When it is served, it is thawed a bit and sliced. You can
have a special taste with sesame leaves, onions, green peppers and garlic. You
should also taste Dubu Kimchi made of homemade Dubu(bean curd) and Hanwoo-
Galbitang(broiled rib) that only is served only 100 dished a day.



THE ROAD TO

View of Restaurants

Place to visit in the are

-Seoul Land

-Gwanaksan

-Cheonggyesan






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647-2,Gwacheon-dong, Gwacheon-si

The reservation is requested for this specialty health
restaurant for duck


INTRODUCTION

This restaurant specializes in grilled duck in clay, smoked duck, boiled chicken
stuffed with rice and ginseng, and beef and noodle casserole and all menus and
side dishes are delicious. The various kimchis in fresh and cool taste along with
other condiments are best suited to add in the taste of duck meat. The restaurant
has the rooms for small meetings of family, housewives and others while it has
the large scale rooms to accommodate over 50 people.


THE ROAD TO

View of Restaurants

Place to visit in the are

-Gwanaksan Yeonjudae High Ground

-Seoul Land

-Seoul Race Course Park




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