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This year’s first snow came 20 days earlier compared to last year and accordingly, various ski resorts have begun to welcome guests earlier than usual. Many ski / board fanatics can have the most exciting experience than ever before this winter.
There are 8 resorts in Gangwon-do’s province, which gets much snow since early December. Along with them, there are also attractive and excellent ski resorts in Chungcheong and Jeolla-do provinces, awaiting guests. Let’s find out more information about Jisan Resort and Yangji Pine Resort, which can be reached by taking a complimentary shuttle bus and Muju Resort.
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Jisan Forest Resort Close to the Incheon International Airport |
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Since Jisan Forest Resort, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is close to Seoul, many people come to the resort to enjoy a day on the slopes. All slopes are available for snow-boarders, and moving staircases will help children and beginners move more conveniently. In addition, the 6-seat chair lift is equipped with a heating system. Although the size of the slope is not that big, this resort is loved by many people because there are many convenient facilities across the resort, and skiers need not wait long to get on the lift since there are fewer guests in Jisan Resort compared to the other resorts.
Jisan Resort operates a shuttle bus departing from Seoul. With moderate prices, resort guests can use a shuttle bus. Jisan Resort also provides moderately priced services and condos priced around 85,000won~195,000won. But the condo prices differ by the weekend, the weekday and the season. Along with the lodging facilities, restaurants and supermarkets are available.
→ Link to Jisan Forest Resort
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* Icheon World Ceramic Center |
 Icheon World Ceramic Center, the host venue of the ‘World Ceramic Expo’ and ‘World Ceramic Biennale’, can be visited even during the off-season. The four exhibition centers display the work of arts of world-class potters. Outside the centers, ceramic sculptures, a Toya Sandplay Park and a traditional firewood furnace have been built. Taking a walk across the beautiful Seolbong Park after looking around the Icheon World Ceramic Center will be an awesome experience for many visitors.
Business Hours: Open every day from 9:00am to 9:00pm between July 2005 and February 2007 (Except on the 1st of January and every Monday)
Admission Fee: 20,000won
How to Get There: Take a taxi at Icheon Bus Terminal.
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* Icheon Ceramic Art Village |
 In Icheon, which is famous for ceramics, there are about 40 ceramic businesses that compose the Icheon Ceramic Art Village. Visitors can get to know more about ceramic items like teacups, celadon porcelain and white porcelain in ceramic exhibitions and about the ceramic making process where ceramics are manufactured. In addition, visitors can have a unique and unforgettable experience of making ceramics firsthand at the Ceramic Making Corner.
How to Get There: Get on a bus No.14 for Shindun-myeon at Icheon Bus Terminal (runs every 10 minutes/travel time: 5min.)
→ Link to Icheon Ceramics Village |
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* Miranda Hotel Spa Plus |
 Natrium-rich Icheon thermal water relieves dermatosis such as chronic eczema, neuralgia, women´s diseases and eye diseases. Spa Plus of Miranda Hotel is equipped with an outdoor spa and an indoor spa swimming pool.
How to Get There: Get off at Icheon Bus Terminal and take a taxi to Miranda Hotel.
For more information: +82-31-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese)
Tel: +82-31-633-2001
Homepage: www.mirandahotel.com/ (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
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① Incheon International Airport → Jisan resort: Get on a bus bound for Icheon at 9D Station of Incheon International Airport (Operating Time: 07:20~21:20, at every 60 mins. / Travel time: 2 hrs. 40 mins. / Fee: 16,900won) → Taking a bus (No.12) bound for Cheonggangdae at Icheon Inter-city Bus Terminal (Operating Time: 06:45~21:30, 38 services a day / Travel time: 40 mins. / Fee: 1,500won) → Get off at Gyounghui Mart Station → Go straight and walk about 10 mins.
② Seoul ↔ Jisan Resort: By regular free shuttle bus
③ Seoul → Jisan Resort: Get on a bus headed for Icheon at Dong Seoul Terminal (Gangbyeon Station, Subway Line 2) (Operating Time: 06:10~22:40, 54 services a day / Travel time: 1 hour / Fee: 3,800won) → Taking a bus (No.12) for Cheonggangdae at Icheon Inter-city Bus Terminal (Operating Time: 06:45~21:30, 38 services a day / Travel time: 40 mins./ Fee: 1,500won) → Get off at Gyounghui Mart Station → Then go straight (Walk 10 mins.).
* Seoul ↔ Jisan Resort Shuttle bus is available for a one-day rental only by making reservations through their homepage (www.jisanresort.co.kr). Since only the Korean homepage provides the reservation service, foreign visitors can use the telephone service. Tel. +82-31-644-1241~4 |
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Yangji Pine Resort is equipped with fine slops that can be enjoyed by both beginner and expert skiers. Here, the 150m–long snow sled hill will be a good place for families with little children. In Snow park, various facilities allow all kinds of people who enjoy skiing or snowboarding to have an exciting time. Within the Resort are diverse amenities like a bowling alley, a billiard room, an Internet café and a singing room as well as many restaurants that serve various menus including Korean, Chinese and Japanese food.
Yangji Pine Resort has 55 suite rooms, 305 condo rooms and 460 guest rooms. Inside each room is a cooking facility. In addition, Yangji Pine Resort provides 60 rooms inside the Youth Hostel that has an outstanding view. But the Youth Hostel rooms are not equipped with a cooking facility. For more information, visit their homepage (www.pineresort.com).
For Condo Reservation: +82-2-516-7161 (English Service is available)
* Reservations are available if you make them a week in advance. Price of rooms is from 200,000won to 240,000won (for four persons)
→ Link to Yangji Pine Resort
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* Korean Folk Village |
 Korean Folk Village, where the customs and lifestyles of past generations are faithfully maintained, is a favorite location for film or TV dramas. This village has various facilities including a Sculpture Park, a Traditional Folk Exhibition, a World Folk Center and a Historical Movie Playing Center, which shows movies taken at the Korean Folk Village.
How To Get There: Get on a complementary shuttle bus bound for Yongin Bus Terminal at the Resort → Transfer to a bus (NO.10-5) at Yongin Terminal and get off at the Korean Folk Village
→ Link to Korean Folk Village |
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* Everland |
 Everland, which proudly features diverse entertainment facilities like Safari Tour and Zoo-Topia, is the most loved amusement park in Korea. Various parade shows and events are prepared even in winter and make all people regardless of age enjoy themselves. Visitors can also splash around in water even in winter at the Water Theme Park and Caribbean Bay.
How to Get There: Take a free shuttle bus to Yongin Bus Terminal at the Resort → Take a bus for Everland at Yongin Bus Terminal.
→ Link to Everland |
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① Incheon International Airport → Pine Resort Ski Balley: Take a bus bound for Yongin at 7A of Incheon International Airport (Operating Hours: 5:30am~21:30pm / Runs every 40 to 50 mins.)→ Get off at Yongin Inter-city Bus Terminal
② Seoul → Yangji Pine Resort:
- Take a bus bound for Yongin at Seoul Express Bus Terminal (Subway Line 3 and 7) (Operating Hours: 6:30am~20:10pm / Runs every 20 to 30 mins./ Travel time: 50 mins. / Fee: 2,000 won for general class, 3,100 won for premium class)
- Take a bus for Yongin at Dong Seoul Bus Terminal of Gangbyeon Station (Subway Line 2) (Operating Hours: 6:20am~21:45pm / Runs every 20 to 30 mins. / Travel time: 60 mins. / Fee: 2,500 won) → Get on a free shuttle bus that will take you to the Resort at Yonging Bus Terminal (Travel time: 20 mins.)
* For more information on the resort’s free shuttle bus, please visit their website (www.pineresort.com). |
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As a film location for the drama “Summer Scent”, Muju Resort attracts many visitors from home and abroad during winter. The whole area surrounding this resort looks like a theme park because of the various group facilities.
Muju Resort is composed of Seolcheon and Manseon Bases that are reached by lifts. There are 11 slopes in Manseon Base and 6 slopes including Silkroad in Seolcheon. The Silkroad slope that comes down from the Seolcheon Peak of Deogyusan Mountain is the longest one (6.2km) in Korea. This slope is open to all skiers including beginner skiers as well as expert skiers. Many skiers can also take a rest in restaurants inside both the Bases.
Within the resort are diverse amenities like restaurants, supermarkets, Karaoke, arcades, Internet café and a shopping center. In particular, the shopping street provides a good place to take a walk and the famous Falla Coffee Shop where the proposal scene of “Summer Scent” was shot is located along this street. Meanwhile, visitors who enjoy spas can satisfy themselves in the open-air Spa Bath next to the slope. Enjoying a nice spa bath while looking at the white and shiny slopes is surely one of the merits of Muju Resort.
Accommodations
Within Muju Resort are Hotel Tirol, Kookmin Hotel and Family Hotel, so guests can choose their own hotels. Kookmin Hotel and Family Hotel will be available after checking in at the Welcome Center, 500m away from the main gate. In general, it will cost 124,000won ~ 454,000won to stay at the Family Hotel, but the prices vary depending on the day and season. All rooms are equipped with a cooking facility and some rooms are directly connected to slopes. Meanwhile, Kookmin Hotel provides a public cooking facility with studio-style rooms. Room fees of Kookmin Hotel range from 49,000won to 176,000won varying on the day and season.
There are shuttle buses in front of the ski slope to bring guests back to Kookmin Hotel and Family Hotel. Hotel Tirol, designed in an Alpine style, is a five-star luxury hotel, which has cozy accommodations like Hungarian Goose Beds for their guests. Its room fees vary from 200.000won to 1,000,000won. For more information, please call (+82-63-320-7200). More detailed information on Kookmin and Family Hotel is available at (www.mujuresort.com/).
* On-line reservation is available at their homepage
→ Link to Muju Resort
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* Deogyusan Mountain National Park |
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 Deogyusan Mountain (1,614m) is famous for its distinct features in each of the 4 seasons, especially for its breathtaking snow-scapes. Not surprisingly, this mountain is one of the most favorite locations for photo taking or for filming. If you get off from a Gondola at a height of 1,522m from Seolcheon Peak and walk 20 minutes, then you will reach Hyangjeokbong peak.
Nearby famous mountains including Mt. Gaya, Jiri and Gyerong can be seen at a glance from the top of Deogyusan Mountain. The widespread trees covered with snow add more attraction to this mountain. A climbing course from the top to Gucheon-dong Valley is highly recommended for climbers. Free shuttle buses are operated for the convenience of climbers who opt to take this course, too.
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How To Get There: Take a Gondola to Muju Resort → Get off at Seolcheon Peak and climb to the top → Go down toward Gucheon-dong Valley → Take a shuttle bus for Yongpyeong at the parking lot within Gucheon-dong Valley.
→ Link to Deogyusan Mountain |
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Festival - Fun Ski & Snow Festival |
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Fun Ski & Snow Festival, hosted by the Korean Tourism Organization, is a popular winter ski camp that provides ski/snowboard lessons and various recreational programs. Participants of this camp can use the snow sleds and get on Gondolas as well as stay warm in the gorgeous Hotel Tirol.
→ Link to Fun Ski & Snow Festival at Muju
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Transportation |
① Incheon International Airport → Muju Resort: Take a bus bound for Daejeon at 9D station of Incheon International Airport (Travel time: 3hrs. 20mins. / Fee: General class 14,500won, Premium class 21,800won) → Take a bus bound for Muju at Daejeon Dongbu Intercity Bus Terminal (Operating Hours: 7:10am~21:00pm / Travel time: 50 mins. / Fee: 12,100won) → Get off at Daejeon Dongbu Intercity Bus Terminal
② Seoul → Muju Resort / By Train: Take a train bound for Yeongdong at Seoul Station (Operating Hours: 5:30am~23:00pm / Travel Time: 2 hrs. 40 mins. / Take the KTX at Yongsan Station in Seoul) → Walk 5 mins. toward the Bus Terminal at Yeongdong Train Station → Take a bus bound for Muju at Yeongdong Bus Terminal (Operating Hours: 8:25am~21:05pm, 13 services a day / Travel time: 40 mins. / Fee: 2,400won) → Get off at Muju Inter-city Bus Terminal
③ Seoul → Muju Resort: Take a bus bound for Muju at Nambu Bus Terminal (Subway Line 3) (Operating Hours: 8:20am~14:30pm / 5 services a day / Fee: 12,100won / Travel Time: 2 hrs. 30mins.) → Get off at Muju Bus Terminal
Muju Bus Terminal → Muju Resort Free Shuttle Bus
Walk on the right side of the road against the Terminal and turn right at the intersection towards the downtown → Take the free shuttle bus at a station across Muju Mart (Travel time: 20 mins.)
*Seoul ↔ Muju Resort Regular Shuttle Bus, Muju Bus Terminal, ↔ Muju Resort
For more information on free shuttle buses, please visit www.mujuresort.com.
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