Gaehwa Art Park
- +82-41-931-6789, +82-41-931-4613
- gaehwaartpark.com
Overview
Situated in Boryeong (Chungcheongnam-do), spacious Gaehwa Art Park (181,819m2) is a theme art park that houses a variety of parks and attractions: to name a few, Mosan Fine Arts Museum, Birim Park, Yukpilsi Park, Hwain Music Hall, and Herb Land.
Herb Land, in a large greenhouse, is home to a wide array of foliage plants, aquatic plants, freshwater fish, amphibians, and insects, an excellent learning center for children; Yukpilsi Park displays stone statues on which works of famous Korean poets are inscribed, making it an ideal place for couples and family visitors. The park boasts over 1,000 sculptures, statues, and monuments as well as seven ponds on which stone sculptures and lotus flowers float. It is a fascinating place to take pictures.
A walking trail enveloping park, stretching over 2.5km, is flanked by endless monuments displaying famous Chinese poems. The park, in addition, offers various programs through which to make herbal soap, wooden crafts, or ceramics, ride a banana boat, or go rowing.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Activities
- [Hands-on Experience]
Herb soup, insects, herb jelly soy candle, making ceramics with clay, door plate, wood burning, sand pictures
[Rides]
Scarab-car tour, pedal boat experience - Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-41-931-6789,
+82-41-931-4613 - Closed
- N/A (Open all year round)
- Hours
- 09:00-22:00
Updated 2017.04.04
Admission Fees
* Boryeong residents: Free (ID card holders)
* People with disabilities: Adults 1,000 won discount / Students 500won discount
Available Facilities
Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
Routes and travel time from your current location open in Google Maps. Naver Map is shown in Korean.
Take an intercity bus to Boryeong Intercity Bus Terminal.
From Boryeong Bus Terminal, walk 5min to Daecheon Station.
At the bus stop in front of Daecheon Station,
take a bus bound for Seongju, Dohwadam, Oesan.
Bus Schedule: 06:50-22:00, departs every 40min, travel time: 20-30min
673-24, Seongjusan-ro, Seongju-myeon, Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do
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