Enjoying Samcheok's Clear, Clean Sea

Samcheok's sea is known for its especially clean water and beautiful scenery. Jangho Fishing Village is a place to enjoy a variety of fishing experiences in its transparent waters, and interesting stories unfold alongside the sea at Malgukjae, which looks down on the pristine Yonghwa Beach to the north, Chogok Port, hometown of marathoner Hwang Young-cho, and the Royal Tomb of King Gongyang of Goryeo.

Along the way

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   Ocean Rail Bike

   해양레일바이크

   Set amid black pine trees and oddly shaped rocks, Korea's only ocean rail bike runs along a 5.4km double track following the beautiful coastline of the East Sea. The fantastical tunnel, lit up with illuminated decorations and laser shows, gives riders a brief but magical sense of traveling through an undersea tunnel.MoreLess

   

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   Hwang Young-cho Memorial Park

   황영조기념공원

   This park was built to commemorate the human triumph and victory of Hwang Young-cho, a Samcheok native who won the marathon at the 25th Barcelona Olympics, and to inspire courage and dreams in young people growing up today.MoreLess

   

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   Yonghwa Beach

   용화해변

   Located about 24km from downtown Samcheok toward Uljin, the Yonghwa Stream flows alongside it and a dense pine forest lies behind it. Its beautiful half-moon-shaped coastline also forms a spectacular scene together with the oddly shaped rocks spread out on either side.MoreLess

   

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   Jangho Port and Jangho Village Fishing Experience

   장호항, 장호마을 어촌체험

   25km from downtown Samcheok. There is a place known as 'Korea's Naples' for its beautiful, round, snow-white coastline. Brilliant white sand and oddly shaped rocks beckon, while in the clear seawater abalone, sea cucumbers, and kelp and sea mustard sway gently with the current, and rockfish and flounder bite the moment a fishing line is cast — a truly fairy-tale-like village.MoreLess

   

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