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Gangwon Province's famous mountain is in the Taebaek Mountains. It spans Sokcho-si, Yangyang-gun, Goseong-gun, and Inje-gun. It is 1,708 m high, the third highest mountain in South Korea after Hallasan Mountain and Jirisan Mountain. Rock rock and Ulsan rock are famous. If you look at the East Sea from Ulsan Rock, you can see the view of Sokcho City and the East Sea.
Seoraksan (Korean: 설악산), or Mount Sorak, is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea. It is located in the Seoraksan National Park, near Sokcho. After the Hallasan volcano on Jeju Island and Jirisan in the south, Seoraksan is the third highest mountain in South Korea. The peak Daechongbong (대청봉) of Seoraksan reaches 1,708 meters. The mountain is sometimes considered the backbone of South Korea.
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아바이 마을
A small village of North Korean expats. Located just off the main street, a hand drawn (called Gaetbae and only ₩200) ferry will take you across the river to this charming village. You can even pull the boat across as a kind of "exercise." There isn't much to see in the village itself, but it served as scenery for the TV drama "Autumn in My Heart" and serves excellent Abai Sundae, a local speciality and probably the best sundae (not the eponymous dessert) in Korea. Instead of pork casings and blood, this variety uses squid for both the casing and filling. Rice, squid, seasonings and vegetables are cooked and then stuffed inside the cavity of the squid, which is then cooked whole. Then the squid 'sausage' is sliced. It's different in size and has a unique flavor from other sundae in Korea.
속초 해변
The length of the white sand beach is 2 km long, including Cheongho-dong, Joyang-dong, and Daepo-dong, and the opening is 1 km and 75 m wide, reaching 29,752 m (about 9,000 pyeong), and the quality of the sand is good as well as clean water and pine forests, making parks, flower roads, and trails popular among Sokcho citizens. In addition, along with Seoraksan Mountain, Cheoksan Hot Spring, Cheongcho Lake, and Yeongrang Lake, which are major tourist resources in the vicinity, it plays a large role in emerging Sokcho as a comprehensive tourist destination, and its importance and necessity are even more prominent. Instagram-worthy decorations dot the beach, and there's a Ferris wheel too.
속초 엑스포 타워
You can get to the 15th floor and have an amazing view of the city.
설악 워터피아
Korea's largest hot springs theme park with huge hot springs facilities such as modern facilities using natural spring water that comes out of the ground at 49 °C, outdoor leisure spa facilities, pulp wood baths and warm water baths at 8 °C. Visitors can enjoy various types of spas against the background of the ulsan stones that stand out like folding screens - the landmark of Gangwon-do.