Travel and food in Gangwon

Places, cafés and restaurants we visited in Gangwon.

Crowds of ice anglers filling the frozen Hwacheoncheon, with snow-covered mountains behind and an English 'Sancheoneo Ice Fishing' sign

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Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival: The Foreigners' Fishing Area and How to Get There (2026)

A winter festival where you drill a hole in the frozen Hwacheoncheon and fish for trout. The foreigners-only fishing area and its Muslim prayer room, the passport discount, how to get there from Seoul without a car, and why the 2027 dates are still not out.

September 17, 2026

Wide snowfields and slopes running down the mountainside at Yongpyong Resort under a clear sky, with resort buildings on the right

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Skiing in Korea: Getting There Without a Car, and Where English Lessons Actually Exist (2026)

A guide for first-time skiers in Korea: Elysian Gangchon, the only resort with a train station inside it, the two foreigner-only shuttles from Seoul, which resorts genuinely teach in English, and why this season's prices are not out yet.

September 17, 2026