Santorini (산토리니)

5.9Km 12026 2024-02-29

1154-97 Sunhwan-daero, Dong-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Santorini is a café and an Italian restaurant located on Gubongsan Café Street. It overlooks downtown Chuncheon and offers beautiful sunset and night views. The Santorini house blend coffee is their signature drink. They also serve proper meals such as Rucola ham pizza and Gambas oil pasta.

Before Sunset (비포선셋)

5.9Km 0 2024-03-20

1F Chuncheon Puppet Museum, 3017 Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Before Sunset is a spacious terrace café located right in front of the Soyanggang river. It is particularly renowned for its sunsets, which are as picturesque as scenes from a movie. The café's signature offerings include a fragrant espresso and the sunset-inspired Sunset spänner (Einspänner with vanilla cheese cream). Below the terrace, a bicycle path runs along the Uiamho Lake, and with the Chuncheon Puppet Theater situated next to the café, visitors can enjoy an abundance of activities.

Chuncheon Puppet Theater & Puppet Museum (춘천인형극장&인형극박물관)

5.9Km 20458 2021-04-20

3017, Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-8450

Chuncheon Puppet Theater, which is Korea’s first puppet theater, and Chuncheon Puppet Museum, which exhibits various materials about puppet shows, are located side by side on the Uiamho lakeside. As the Puppet Festival Chuncheon gained its popularity since its first opening in 1989, Chuncheon Puppet Theater and Chuncheon Puppet Museum were also opened in 2001 and 2004, respectively. At present, Chuncheon Puppet Theater is the main stage of the Puppet Festival Chuncheon, which is held every year, and provides a puppet show aside from the festival period. The museum displays various types of puppets from Korea and other countries, including Korea’s puppets from kkokdugaksi nori (Korean puppet play), France’s Guignols, and China’s shadow puppets. It also offers experience programs related to the exhibition. Besides a cafe with a great view by the museum, there are a playground, a waterside bike path, and a trail nearby, as well as Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is about 500 m away.

Chuncheon Puppet Festival (춘천인형극제)

5.9Km 13679 2022-05-16

3017, Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-33-242-8452

Chuncheon Puppet Festival first began in September 1989 and has now developed into the largest puppet festival in Asia attracting performers and visitors from all over the world. Visitors can enjoy four seasons of the festival at various locations throughout the city.

Gubongsan Observatory Café Street (구봉산 전망대 카페거리)

6.0Km 42050 2024-02-28

139-137 Janghak-ri, Dong-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-250-4312

Gubongsan Observatory Café Street is situated along the national highway traversing Gubongsan Mountain in Chuncheon. It provides sweeping panoramic views of downtown Chuncheon, making it a renowned spot for sunsets and nightscapes. Visitors can indulge in the breathtaking scenery while enjoying offerings from bakery cafés and restaurants along the street. Additionally, the nearby Sonheungmin Sports Park is well worth a visit.

Dunggeun Dakgalbi Makguksu Dakbossam(둥근닭갈비 막국수 닭보쌈)

6.0Km 28453 2024-03-20

1F, 54 Chuncheonsunhwan-ro 72beon-gil, Dongnae-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Dunggeun Dakgalbi is a renowned chicken dish restaurant in Chuncheon, a city famous for dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken). Their signature dish, dakbossam (napa wraps with chicken), features dakgalbi marinated in a unique sauce, generously topped with bossam sauce and wrapped with assorted vegetables. Another delightful option is stir-fried rice prepared in the remaining sauce, or enjoying it alongside cold dongchimi makguksu (buckwheat noodles with radish water kimchi).

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum (강원도 산림박물관)

6.1Km 21571 2022-10-17

24, Hwamogwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum, located within the Gangwon Provincial Botanic Garden, was established to draw the public closer to forest parks as a cultural space to enjoy nature as well as develop forest-friendly infrastracture for vacationers. The museum has four exhibition rooms, 3D experience room, tree plaground, and more for visitors to enjoy.

* Opened October 31, 2002

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum (강원도립화목원)

6.2Km 26500 2021-04-28

24, Hwamokwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is operated by Gangwon-do Provincial Government, was opened in 1999 to provide a recreation forest for the community to relaxa and learn about nature in the middle of the city. It comprises about 30 themed gardens, such as the four-season botanical garden, subtropical plant garden, succulent plant garden, and topiary garden, and holds some 1,800 species of plants. Visitors can appreciate a variety of seasonal flowers, exotic scenery, and interesting attractions. Furthermore, visitors can also enjoy flower-viewing on the cherry blossom trail and at the royal azalea garden in spring; avoid heat at the fountain plaza and in the metasequoia forest in summer; enjoy the chrysanthemum exhibition in autumn; and escape the cold inside a glass greenhouse in winter. Within the arboretum is The Forest Museum, which comprises the permanent exhibition hall designed with the theme of Gangwon-do's forest, including animals, plants, and mountain village life, the special exhibition hall, the 4D theater, and others. Other charming places include the Botanic Garden, consisting of an aquatic botanical garden, which is in harmony with a pond, artificial falls, and a pavilion, as well as the Children's Garden that serves as a nature playground for children.

Tomb of Sin Sunggyeom (장절공신숭겸장군묘역)

6.2Km 20938 2021-05-08

272-21, Sinsunggyeom-ro, Seo-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-250-3076

Tomb of Sin Sung-gyeom (posthumous epithet: Jangjeolgong), a founding contributor of the Goryeo Dynasty Sin Sung-gyeom made a great contribution to the foundation of Goryeo by expelling Gung Ye and crowning Wang Geon (later, King Taejo) as a king in 918, together with Bae Hyeon-gyeong, Hong Yu, and Bok Ji-gyeom. When Taejo of Goryeo was surrounded by the army of Gyeon Hwon (founder of Later Baekje) at the Palgongsan Battle in Daegu, Sin exchanged armor with Taejo’s armor to disguise himself as the king and died. The enemy thought that he was Taejo and beheaded him, and Taejo made his head with gold in sorrow and held a funeral for him. The Tomb of Sin Sung-gyeom consists of three mounds, which are said to have been a measure that Taejo took lest the golden head should be stolen. The location of the tomb is regarded as one of the best propitious sites for a grave in Korea, based on geomancy. Surrounded by pine trees, this site overlooks downtown Chuncheon. The tombstone, shrine, and memorial stone were built around the tomb. This tomb was designated as Gangwon-do Monument No. 21 under the title “Sin jangjeolgong Myoyeok (Tomb of Sin Sung-gyeom),” while the memorial stone, bearing the story of the Palgongsan Battle and Sin Sung-gyeom’s performance, was designated as Gangwon-do’ Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 155.

Sigol Makguksu (시골막국수)

6.9Km 12566 2020-02-07

100, Yulmun-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-6833

Sigol Makguksu specializes in Chuncheon’s signature dish makguksu (spicy buckwheat noodles). Preserving a proud culinary tradition of over 30 years, Sigol Makguksu serves some of the area’s finest noodles as well as pyeonyuk (slices of boiled meat) and traditional tofu dishes. The restaurant is located in Sinbuk-eup past the Yeougogae Pass to the north of downtown Chuncheon.

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