To Feel a Mountain's Spirit, Walk Slowly

It goes without saying that a walk through a valley and dense forest puts the mind at ease. The mountains of Daejeon are no exception. Walk barefoot along a red-clay path and take in the natural sensation beneath your feet for a fresh experience. Source: Chungcheong, More Charming the Longer You Stay

Along the way

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   Nami Recreation Forest

   남이자연휴양림

   The Free Market is a new, grassroots arts market and festival held in open spaces around Ilsan, such as streets and parks, where various creators and citizens meet to communicate and exchange within a new culture of creation and consumption. With no divide between everyday life and art, or between artists and citizens, participants bring their own creative works to display, freely communicating and exchanging with citizens and other artists. Anyone can bring a piece carrying their own feeling and individuality and take part in the Free Market as an artist, experiencing a diverse world of creation. MoreLess

   

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   Neutigol Forest Bathing Area

   느티골산림욕장

   Located within the Geumsan Forest Culture Town, Neutigol Forest Bathing Area was created in a V-shaped valley where the ridges of Baegamsan (elevation 650m) and Seonyabong (elevation 758m) face one another. The name Neutigol comes from the many zelkova (neutinamu) trees in the area. It's a good spot for a light walk while taking in the phytoncides released by the trees.MoreLess

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   Geumsan Ecological Forest

   금산생태숲

   Located within the Geumsan Forest Culture Town, Geumsan Ecological Forest is a space to encounter the diverse plant life found in a forest, including wildflowers, medicinal plants, and trees. It's a hands-on learning site where visitors can study, all in one place, plants they may have only read about as well as rare plants that are hard to encounter elsewhere. The forest is home to as many as 545 species across 325 genera and 103 families of plants. That may sound like a lot to take in, but once you pass the entrance and head into the forest, following the path reveals a series of themed gardens one after another — an ecological forest learning hall, a forest experience learning ground, a "healing forest" of medicinal plants, an ecological pond, a shrub garden, and the Paldo (Eight Provinces) Forest. It's a place for a light stroll where you can naturally get to know the grasses and trees around you.MoreLess

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   Gyejoksan Red Clay Path

   계족산 황톳길

   Gyejoksan Red Clay Path is a health-focused walking trail that pioneered the theme of barefoot walking in the forest, the first of its kind in the country. In 2008, travel journalists selected it as one of the "33 Destinations Worth Visiting Again," and in 2009 the Korea Tourism Organization named it one of the "Must-Visit Spots in May." It is also a place where some 500 foreign children from 100 countries attending the UN Children's Conference on the Environment, along with President Michel of Seychelles, once walked barefoot together. MoreLess

   

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