26 Around Korea
One-Day Trip to Buyeo By Emmanuela Sabatini
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ave you heard about Buyeo? Buyeo is a rural area in South Chungcheong Province, the home of the Baekje Kingdom in the Korea of two millennia ago. My friend and I visited Buyeo in the middle of April this year. So, through this article, I would like to share my one-day-trip story. Please enjoy! Trip Course: Gungnam-ji Pond → Lunch → Baekje Cultural Land & Museum → Café. If you have time, you also can go to Jeongrim Temple, a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site. And if you travel by car, I recommend you also go to Seongheung-san Sarang-namu (성흥산 사랑나무) to see the famous “Love Tree.”
LUNCH While walking around the area, we found a restaurant called Mirak-won (미락원), near Gungnam-ji Pond (but you need to cross the field to get there). Anyway, they say this restaurant is famous for its steamed rice wrapped in a lotus
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GUNGNAM-JI POND After we arrived at Buyeo Intercity Bus Terminal at around 10:30 a.m., we went directly to Gungnam-ji Pond by taxi. It
is not far from the terminal, but you need to walk about 30 minutes. I thought the pond was a touristy place or part of a palace and that it required an entrance fee, but it was not so! The pond is part of Seodong Park, so it is surrounded by the park and a field. During our visit, we saw that many people had come to have a walk around the area with their families. We made a good choice to come before lunch, because we were able to take as many photos as we wanted. I came to know of this place because of the Korean drama Mr. Queen (2020–2021), the biggest inducement for me to visit Buyeo.
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