Bongdong Market
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Getting there · Parking
On market days, lots near the market fill up quickly. Fees are the registered base rates and may have changed. Parking data: Public Data Portal, National Parking Lot Standard Data.
Upcoming market days
Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 1964.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 5·10.
- Shops
- About 25 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Processed foods, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🍶 Local makgeolli from Wanju-gun
3 breweries
These drinks are brewed in this area. It doesn't mean this market sells them. Sources: Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation traditional liquor data, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs brewery tour program (Public Data Portal), checked by the site operator (picks).
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🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Bongdong MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 7.2km straight-line · about 15 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Oseong Hanok Village
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsSee old hanok houses amid natural scenery surrounded by Jongnamsan and Wibongsan mountains.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a parking lot (100 cars) and a café, and hanok experiences and stays are available.
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종남산과 위봉산이 병품처럼 둘러쌓고 있는 천혜의 자연경관에 한옥고택 등 전통한옥이 자리잡고 있는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Lodging, Café
- Contact 063-243-1022
- 🚗 1.9km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Wibongsa Temple, Wibong Falls and Wibongsanseong Fortress
- 📜 HistoryLegend says the temple was built and named on a spot where three phoenixes flew.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a parking lot for up to 20 cars.
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위봉사는 세마리 봉황이 날고 있는 자리에 절을 짓고 이름붙였다는 이야기가 전해져 오는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 20 cars
- Facilities: Parking
- Contact 063-243-7657
- 🚗 3.1km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Songgwangsa Temple and Cherry Blossom Road
- 📜 HistoryA temple said to have been founded by Seon Master Doui in the Silla period.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 40 cars, and temple stays are available.
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송광사는 종남산 아래에 자리한 사찰로 신라시대에 도의선사가 창건한 것으로 전해진다
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 40 cars
- Facilities: Parking
- Contact 063-243-8091
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsA four-season family retreat where you can enjoy forest bathing.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 200 cars, with a water play area, campground and forest cabins.
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숲에서 산림욕을 즐길 수 있는 사계절 가족휴양지
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 200 cars
- Facilities: Water play area, Campground, Forest recreation facilities
- Contact 063-290-2766
- 📜 HistoryA public campground built as a National Leisure Campground by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
- 👀 HighlightsA campground with 52 sites, caravans and other facilities.
- 💡 Good to knowIt has a 100-car parking lot, restrooms and auto camping sites.
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문화체육관광부 국민여가캠핑장으로 조성된 공공야영장으로 52개 사이트와 캐러반 등 부대시설이 갖추어져 있는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms
- Contact 063-290-2762
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsSee old hanok houses amid natural scenery surrounded by Jongnamsan and Wibongsan mountains.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a parking lot (100 cars) and a café, and hanok experiences and stays are available.
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종남산과 위봉산이 병품처럼 둘러쌓고 있는 천혜의 자연경관에 한옥고택 등 전통한옥이 자리잡고 있는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Lodging, Café
- Contact 063-243-1022
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 2001.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore the Jewelry Museum, a fossil exhibition hall and a dinosaur theme park.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 236 cars, with a picnic area, restaurants and a playground.
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익산 보석박물관
- Designated a tourist site in 2001
- Parking for 236 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Plaza, Playground, Restaurant
- Contact 063-859-5797
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
🛏️ Nearby stays
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