A European-Style, Unusual Experience Trip in Gapyeong

If you dream of traveling abroad but cannot due to time or circumstances, how about going to a European-themed travel destination that you can find in Korea?
In Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, there is Petite France, where you can experience French culture, and Edelweiss Swiss Theme Park, themed around a small Swiss village festival.
Let’s go on a trip to a European-themed travel destination in Gapyeong!

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The Garden of Morning Calm

The Garden of Morning Calm is a horticultural arboretum designed by horticulturally harmonizing gardens full of Korean beauty with the outstanding natural scenery of Mt. Chukryeong as the background. It has a variety of unique gardens, and you can enjoy forest bathing under a dense pine tree forest, providing a resting place for city residents. It was named by the designer (Han Sang-kyung, professor of horticulture at Sahmyook University) and opened in May 1996.

Meal (root garden)

Root Garden, located near the Garden of Morning Calm, is a tofu restaurant using pine nuts, a specialty of Gapyeong. The interior of the restaurant, built with wood, is clean and quiet, giving a comfortable feeling. Chicken, pork, rice, and cabbage kimchi are made domestically, and Puriga's representative menu items include pine nut tofu set meal, tofu bossam, and tofu mushroom hot pot. It is best to make a reservation in advance for native chicken stew and native chicken stir-fry, which take a long time to make upon order.

Cheongpyeong Lakeside

Cheongpyeong Lake, about a 10-minute drive from Cheongpyeong, is an artificial lake created by the Cheongpyeong Dam, which dammed the Bukhangang River. Not only is the scenery created by the surrounding mountains and the clear water of the lakeside very beautiful, but it is also only 50km away from Seoul, so it has started to develop into a day course tourist destination. There are old lakeside amusement parks and villas located around Cheongpyeong Lake, and the waterway up the Bukhangang River by taking a cruise from the Cheongpyeong Ferry Pier located on the north of the lake adds to the charm. You can enjoy various activities, including water skiing, on the lakeside, and it is famous as a resort for all seasons as it is fully equipped with lodging facilities. \n

Petite France

Petite France is a French cultural village that also serves as a youth training facility (Goseong Youth Training Center), and was created in the area of ​​Goseong-ri, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun. Petite France is made up of French-style buildings, and visitors can experience French food, clothing, and shelter culture while staying there. In addition, you can experience unique French culture at the Saint-Exupéry Memorial Hall, which explains Saint-Exupéry's life and the world of his works such as The Little Prince, the Music Box House, where you can hear sweet melodies coming from a 200-year-old music box, the French Traditional House Exhibition Hall, which was built as an original French house, and the Antiques Exhibition Hall, where you can see sculptures and paintings of the French symbol 'chicken', porcelain, and other antiques collected in France and Europe.

Cheongpyeong Recreational Forest

Cheongpyeong Natural Recreation Forest, located in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, is a space where you can breathe with nature and drink clean mineral water and take a leisurely walk. It is a great place to spend a leisurely time in quiet nature, avoiding the noisy city center and complex amusement parks. The clear blue Cheongpyeong Lakeside seen between pine trees, pine trees, and oak trees, the dense greenery of summer, autumn leaves, and winter snowscapes are spectacular depending on the season, and the sound of water flowing through the land and the sounds of birds make you feel the purity of Mother Nature.

Edelweiss Swiss Theme Park

Edelweiss Swiss Theme Park is located in Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, and is a place created with the theme of a small village festival in Switzerland. In addition, at Edelweiss, you can feel as if you are in a very small beautiful Switzerland, with beautiful Swiss architecture and scenery, as well as various museums, galleries, theme halls, photo zones, and trick art.