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Hwansang Gotjawal Forest (환상숲곶자왈공원)

Hwansang Gotjawal Forest (환상숲곶자왈공원)

11.7Km    2024-12-13

594-1 Nokchabunjae-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
+82-64-772-2488

Hwansang Gotjawal Forest is the filming site of the BTS Young Forever Part 2 album preview video and the f(x) 4 Walls music video. A variety of flora and fauna reside on the lava terrain here, rather than soil. The forest showcases Jeju's unique primeval ecosystem. As you enter the landscape, created by the intertwined ferns and massive tree roots, you will feel as if you were in a different space and time. Guided forest tours are provided every hour. Reservations are required to join the tour.

Bomnal Café (봄날카페)

11.9Km    2024-02-20

25 Aewol-ro 1-gil, Aewol-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Bomnal café, the first to open on Handam Beach in Aewol, is celebrated for its Jeju hallabong ade. Known for its beautiful sea views, visitors can enjoy their drinks surrounded by colorful murals and charming gift items, all against the backdrop of the sea. The café also features a gift shop filled with Jeju souvenirs.

Bomnal (봄날)

11.9Km    2021-03-24

25, Aewol-ro 1-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
+82-64-799-4999

It is a place where you can drink coffee while looking at the wonderful sea view. This cafe is located in Jeju-si, Jeju-do. The representative menu is coffee.

Chunshim (춘심이네)

Chunshim (춘심이네)

11.9Km    2024-03-12

16 Changcheonjungang-ro 24beon-gil, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do
+82-64-794-4010

Chunshim, located next to Changcheon Elementary School in Jeju, is a specialized restaurant known for its cutlassfish dishes. The signature dish is the tong galchi gui (grilled whole cutlassfish), where a whole cutlassfish is grilled and served. Additionally, they offer dishes like eungalchi jorim (braised cutlassfish) and a limited quantity of large-sized wang galchi gui (grilled jumbo cutlassfish). The first floor features a spacious dining area with an elegant atmosphere, while the second floor serves as a waiting area and sells Jeju specialties, including beverages like coffee.

Noeully (노을리)

Noeully (노을리)

12.0Km    2024-01-31

656 Aewolhaean-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Noeully is a dessert café located in Gueom-ri, Aewol-eup, Jeju-si. The entrance and interior are decorated like a bus stop and a glass greenhouse, respectively, allowing visitors to enjoy tropical plants and the ocean view. It consists of a rooftop café on the second floor and a sky garden on the third floor, as a no-kids zone except on the first floor. Chairs and tables face the sea for an open view of the Jeju sea and sunset, making this café a popular spot to visit for taking photos to post on social media. One of the charms of Noeully is that visitors can enjoy flowers here all year round, such as mustard flowers, hydrangeas, sunflowers, cosmos, and buckwheat flowers. The representative menu item is Briquette bread, a briquette-shaped glutinous rice bread filled with strawberry jam. In addition, the menu includes a variety of drinks, coffee, scones, and cookies.

Eondeokjip Guksu (언덕집국수)

12.1Km    2025-01-22

494 Aewolhaean-ro, Aewol-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

The restaurant carefully prepares gogiguksu using Jeju’s traditional cooking methods. It uses a rich broth simmered for 52 hours from Jeju pork bones. The tender meat, topped as a garnish, is Jeju heukdwaeji sous-vide-cooked for 7 hours. 

Jeoji Oreum (Dakmol Oreum, Sae Oreum) (저지오름(닥몰오름,새오름))

Jeoji Oreum (Dakmol Oreum, Sae Oreum) (저지오름(닥몰오름,새오름))

12.1Km    2020-02-26

Jungsanganseo-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Jeoji Oreum is situated in Jeoji-ri, Hangyeong-myeon in Jeju-si. This parasitic cone rises 239 meters above sea level, is 100 meters high, and has a crater with a circumference of 800 meters and 62 meters deep. The crater is round and in the shape of a funnel.

It is said that Jeoji Oreum is as old as Jeoji Village. It is also called Dakmoru or Sae Oreum. Nearby, there are Gamaechang Oreum and Heoritdang, showing just how long the history of Jeoji Village is. In the past, people harvested wild weeds from Jeoji Oreum to cover their thatched-roof houses. Over time, trees were planted and today, Jeoji Oreum is covered with a dense forest. The area has been designated a "Forest of Life" since June 2005.

Spirited Garden (생각하는정원)

Spirited Garden (생각하는정원)

12.2Km    2024-04-19

675, Nokchabunjae-ro, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

The Spirited Garden, spanning a 36,000㎡ land, is divided into various thematic areas: fantasy, soul, inspiration, philosophers, junipers, tangerine, peace, and secret. This garden showcases a unique interpretation of traditional Korean garden art, with meticulous landscaping, bonsai collections, and distinctive rock formations set among lawns and volcanic features known as parasitic cones (Oreum). Additionally, the garden is enhanced by artificial elements, such as massive volcanic stone fences and gates, all handcrafted, as well as waterfalls and ponds that complement the stone structures. 

Spirited Garden (생각하는 정원)

Spirited Garden (생각하는 정원)

12.2Km    2021-03-26

675, Nokchabunjae-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
+82-64-772-3701

Spirited Garden is home to hundreds of bonsai plants in a natural garden with the theme of oreum (volcanic cone) and water. The name changed from Bunjae Arpia in 2007 to commemorate the 15th anniversary after opening and to renew the garden as an international garden. The history of the garden started in 1963 when Seong Beom-yeong, the founder of the garden, came to Jeju and cultivated the wasteland full of rocks. The garden came into the international spotlight as the beautiful space was created from the wastelands by a single farmer. The garden has been visited by many honored public figures such as Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao from China, Nakasone from Japan, Kim Yongsun from North Korea and others. Currently, about 400 planted trees are on display. Also, visitors can see various facilities including stone walls and stone towers stacked with Jeju volcanic stones, the largest artificial waterfall in Jeju, and a pond filled with large carp at the base of the the waterfall.

Nohyung Supermarket (노형수퍼마켙)

Nohyung Supermarket (노형수퍼마켙)

12.4Km    2025-03-26

89 Nohyeong-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
+82-64-713-1888

Nohyung Supermarket is a media art theme park of a grand, overwhelming scale with a maximum x_height of 20 meters (equivalent to a six-story building) over a total floor space of approx. 4,000 square meters.

The venue consists of five exhibits centered on media art video spaces under the concept of "a journey of discovering one's own identity in a space where the natural and unnatural coexist."  Inside the gallery are shops dedicated to black-and-white theme such as Nohyung Dabang cafe, where one can enjoy a variety of beverages and desserts; and a souvenir shop called Nohyung General Store which sells special souvenirs of unique designs that match Nohyung Supermarket's overall theme.