Sea trip along the Blue Road, Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk - Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, Korea
Whale sculptures named after Whale Buddha Beach
Sea trip along the Blue Road, Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk
Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, Korea
On the East Coast Blue Sea Road, along the Blue Road, head for Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk.
The road along Yeongdeok coastline. Blue Road and Whale Buddha Beach
Blue Road consists of four courses along the coastline of the east coast, from Daege Park in Namjeong-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, to Whale Buddha Beach in Byeonggok-myeon. Whale Buddha Beach is located at the end of the Blue Road 'Third Way of Contemplation (C Course)'. It is said that the Goryeo horse neck was named 'Whale Fire' after seeing a large whale swim in the sea after an unusual teacher climbed to the observatory.
Whale Buddha Beach Deck Walkway (about 100m)
There is a lush pine forest on the right side of the Whale Buddha Beach. The deck walkway between Songlim and the beach is wheelchair accessible. It is also ideal to stop the wheelchair for a while with Songlim behind and admire the blue sea of Yeongdeok.
Blue Road Course C is only 2.2km from the Whale Buddha Beach to the Gyeongbuk Fisheries Research Institute in wheelchairs.
Whale Buddha Beach included in Yeongdeok Blue Road
A house that retains the beauty of hanok
Goesiri Traditional Village and Inyangri Traditional Village are the representative traditional villages of Yeongdeok. It is common for both villages to have concentrated residences in the Joseon Dynasty. The traditional village of Goesiri traditional village is mostly of the Mieum (ㅁ) shape, but the traditional village of Innyangni is characterized by the remains of the Mieum (ㅁ) and the unique D-shaped houses in Yeongdeok.
Gosiri Traditional Village, with houses from the Joseon Dynasty
The gates of some of the two traditional village houses are always open. After receiving permission from the owner, one or two of the old houses can enter the courtyard by wheelchair, so you can observe the beauty of the old hanok with your eyes. The neck near the traditional village of Goshiri is located on a mountain where wheelchairs are difficult to reach, so you have to watch it from a distant foot, but you can walk through the alleys of the traditional village and feel the old beauty.
Gopopi Traditional Village, white flowers like rice
Gosiri Traditional Village is eight Jongga with 5 different surnames, while Inyangni Traditional Village is a village in Yeongseong, Yeongyang Nam.
The Goshiri Traditional Village has a large complex, and has facilities such as a parking lot and a toilet for the disabled.
Travelers who listen to the characteristics of the Joseon Dynasty
A place to celebrate the first year of the day. Yeongdeok Sunrise Park
When you go to Yeongdeok Sunrise Park, a large snow crab claw that wraps around the lighthouse catches your eye. It is the symbol of sunrise park 'Changpomal Lighthouse'. However, everyone who visits this place is called 'Snow crab lighthouse'. It is a common nickname.
Sunrise Park with beautiful lighthouse and sea
A 20cm jaw blocks the access of the wheelchair to the lighthouse ramp, but it is easy to access the wheelchair from the top of the step to the window.
Coastal view of Changpomal Lighthouse from Deck Road
Below the lighthouse and coastal cliffs is a sunrise park full of spring flowers. The park's 1500 steps are famous, but wheelchair access is not available.
Gap of Changpomal Lighthouse Parking Lot (chin)
The 200-meter deck trail that runs along the coastal cliffs to the Sunrise Park parking lot is a small obstacle in between, but it can be moved with assistance, making it a suitable place for the first year of the day.
For manual wheelchairs, access to the observatory deck is possible with assistance
Nature-friendly renewable energy technology complex. Yeongdeok Wind Power Complex and Renewable Energy Center
There is a wind farm that produces eco-friendly energy in Yeongdeok, where there are many winds in all seasons. On the promenade of the wind farm, you can see the sea and inland of Yeongdeok at a glance.
Deck road where you can go around the wind farm in a wheelchair
The wind power generator and blue sky, reminiscent of a huge pinwheel, created a stunning view only seen in wind farms.
A ramp connecting the parking lot and the entrance to the renewable energy exhibition hall
The wind power complex, which has established itself as a landmark of Yeongdeok after its completion, includes a new and renewable energy exhibition hall, Haegei Art Museum, and a forest ecological culture experience park.
Renewable Energy Exhibition Hall
At Yeongdeok Renewable Energy Hall, you can enjoy the principles of alternative energy resources such as the sun, wind, and water on a stamp tour.
Forest Ecological Experience Park in the wind farm
You can experience the use of eco-friendly energy resources indirectly by touching the temperature difference between the solar sunflower moving along the sun and the inner core, mantle, and outer core of the earth.
Forest Ecological Experience Park in Wind Power Complex
When it is Yeongdeok, it is snow crab, and when it is snowy, it is Yeongdeok. Ganggu Port Snow Street
Ganggu Port is usually the largest producer.
Gang-gu Port
Snow crab auctions are in full swing. Auctions are held in the morning on the second Sunday of every month and in bad weather. Auctions can be found by contacting Kang-gu Suhyup.
Ganggu Port Fish Market with Snow Auction
Yeongdeok Snow crab is called Bakdal Snow crab because it is full like a birch tree. Because of its large size and excellent product value, it is an expensive body with a separate certification mark.
Red crabs lined up on the bottom of the fish market
In March and April, it is the best time to taste it. For this reason, many people visit Ganggu Port to taste the snow crab that is plump.
A traveler who captures a red crab like a flower in a cell phone camera
To go to the Suhyup Market in Ganggu Port where the auction is held, park in the public parking lot and you can access by wheelchair.
Travelers overlooking the sea from the other side of the cart
Around 3km around Ganggu Port, there are more than 100 snow crab restaurants, forming a snow crab street.
Dongguang Fish Market located at the base of Ganggu Port
Do you know Yeongdeok's accessible delicacy, Yeongdeok Bakdaldae taste?
You can't say that you have completed Yeongdeok's trip without taste. Yeongdeok's delicacy is by far the best.
Yeongdeok's delicacy is definitely full of flesh
"Four Seasons Snow Crab Market" is the only restaurant with well-equipped facilities for people with disabilities in Daegu Street, Ganggu Port.
The only restaurant with handicapped facilities
Efforts to equip wheelchairs with access to wheelchairs from the entrance slope to the first floor are most impressive.
Travelers who weigh the snow crab
In the surrounding `` Crab Village '', the entrance seats are easy to access because there are no steps, and `` Crab Valley '' and `` Jukdosan Mountain '' always welcome visitors from the disabled who want to taste snow crab, even though they have a 20cm entrance chin.
The end of 'Mukbang Tour' is usually crab fried rice
Let's embrace the sea of Yeongdeok at a glance. Samsa Maritime Park and Samsa Maritime Trail
Samsa Marine Park overlooks the southern part of Ganggu Port and the East Sea.
Samsa Marine Park where cherry blossoms bloom in spring
In addition to having a good view of the sea, there is a Mangyang pagoda to relieve the inclination of the five North Koreans, the Gyeongbuk Daejong, which weighs 29 tons, and the Yeongdeok Fishing Village Folk Museum that shows the life of Yeongdeok.
Deck Road under Gyeongbuk Daejong ramp and cherry blossoms
At the Yeongdeok Fishing Village Folk Museum, you can see the history of the past and present of Yeongdeok fishing village life.
Fishing Village Folk Museum where you can see the fishing environment on the Gyeongbuk East Coast
On the first floor of the exhibition hall, a large snow crab boat is displayed. It reproduces the appearance of a fisherman pulling up a net with a snow crab, but when you look up at the boat, the viewers look as if they were caught in a net.
Access environment facilities that consider tourism activities for the disabled
Samsa Marine Park is so wide and has a lot of slopes, so it is better to move by car rather than wheelchair even inside the park.
A traveler looking at the exhibits as a novelty
The Samsa Maritime Trail is about 2.7 km away by car from Samsa Maritime Park.
Wheelchair can walk across the middle of the sea
If you walk on the seawalk across the middle of the sea, you feel like you are walking on the sea.
Travelers having a good time on the sea
A fan-shaped marine walkway has a window so you can look down at your feet. There is a ramp at the entrance, so even a wheelchair can go round the Samsa Marine Trail.
Travelers looking down / Cafe opposite the entrance (installed on a slope)
Travel information
Recommended travel course (same day course)
Whale Buddha Beach-Goesiri Traditional Village-Yeongdeok Wind Power Complex-Samsa Marine Trail-Ganggu Port
Recommended travel course (2 days and 1 night course)
first day :
Whale Buddha Beach-Goesiri Traditional Village-Inyangri Traditional Village-Ganggu Port
Second day :
Haegei Park-Yeongdeok Wind Power Complex-Samsa Marine Park-Samsa Marine Trail
Barrier-free information
-Whale Buddha Beach
* Parking: Yes. Handicapped parking area available.
* Toilets: Toilets for the handicapped are in the bathroom (male and female respectively) and in the shower (male and female respectively).
* Others: Beach white sand beach wheelchair accessible. Access to Songrim wheelchair on the right side of the beach.
-Goesiri Traditional Village
* Parking: Yes. Handicapped parking area available.
* Restrooms: Toilets for the disabled are available in the restrooms at the entrance of the village (for both men and women)
* Others: Wheelchair access to traditional villages. However, the old house is private and only partially open to visitors. The neck is difficult to access since the ruins of the teacher are located at the foot of the mountain.
-Innyang-ri Traditional Village
* Parking lot: None.
* Toilet: None.
* Others: The 'Yeongdeok Galam Jongtaek' in the traditional village does not have a step in the gate, so you can enter the wheelchair to the yard. The village has mostly flat terrain, so wheelchair movement is relatively easy.
-Yeongdeok Sunrise Park
* Parking: Yes. No parking area for the disabled.
* Toilet: Yes. No handicapped toilet.
* Others: There is no ramp to enter Changpomal Lighthouse (about 20cm stepped).
There are many arched obstacles in the middle of the deck walkway from the Changpomal Lighthouse to the Sunrise Park parking lot.
-Yeongdeok Renewable Energy Hall
* Admission fee: Yes. Complimentary admission fee for 1 to 3 people.
* Parking: Yes. Handicapped parking area available.
* Restroom: 1st floor of the new and renewable energy hall (male and female respectively), near the parking lot of the new and renewable energy hall (male and female respectively).
* Others: Wheelchair rental available. Admission ends at 5pm.
-Samsa Marine Park
* Parking: Yes. No parking area for the disabled.
* Restrooms: Inside the outside public restrooms (male and female respectively)
* Others: It is recommended to move the vehicle to nearby sights due to the mountainous terrain.
-Yeongdeok Fishing Village Folk Museum
* Admission fee: Yes. Complimentary admission fee for 1 to 3 people
* Parking: Yes. Handicapped parking area available.
* Toilet: In the exhibition hall (for both men and women)
* Others: Wheelchair rental available.
-Samsa Marine Trail
* Parking lot: None.
* Toilet: None.
* Others: There is a ramp entrance on the right side of the walkway.
Move information
Travel Information / Public Transportation Information
-Yeongdeok-gun Transportation Support Center: 054-734-3006 (currently available only to Yeongdeok-gun residents)
Food and lodging information
Rooms
-Chilbosan Natural Recreation Forest: 587 Chilbosan-gil, Byeonggok-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do / 054-732-1607. (2 rooms for the handicapped)
* Main menu: steamed snow crab, snow crab course dishes
* Accessibility: Parking available. No parking area for the disabled. Three seating tables. Assistance and support for restaurant staff with a 30 cm entrance step
* Main menu: steamed snow crab, snow crab course dishes
* Accessibility: Parking available. No parking area for the disabled. One seating table. Assists and supports restaurant staff with a 20cm entrance step
* Main menu: steamed crab, snow crab, assorted sashimi
* Accessibility: Parking available. 30 cm entrance gap. Access to the inside of the building on the right is possible through the side door. 6 seating tables.
* Accessibility: No parking. There is an entrance ramp, but assistance and support are required. 2nd floor elevator access (requires advance request).
※ The above information was created in April 2017, and may change later, so be sure to check it before you travel.
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