Gwanchon 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.
📞 Market contact 063-644-0369
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 1977.
- Type
- A 5-day market held on dates ending in 5·10.
- Shops
- About 26 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Processed foods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🗺️ 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.
- 🧺Gwanchon MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 950m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Saseondae Tourist Site
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 2004.
- 👀 HighlightsThe beautiful scenery makes it a great place for a walk.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 251 cars, with restrooms and a management office.
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경관이 수려하고 편의시설이 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2004
- Parking for 251 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 063-640-2921
- 🚗 9.7km straight-line · about 20 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Sanggwan Gonggi Village Cypress Forest
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsA forest densely packed with 100,000 Japanese cypress trees.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a public parking lot (100 cars), public restrooms and a tourist information center.
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10만그루의 빽빽한 편백나무가 우거진 숲
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Public parking, Public restrooms, Tourist information center, Condo, Resort
- Contact 063-290-2624
- 🚗 6.1km straight-line · about 10 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Korea Sool (Liquor) Theme Museum
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore the story of Korean traditional liquor through some 50,000 artifacts.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 40 cars can park, and there are five restroom buildings.
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5만여 점의 유물을 통해 태곳적부터 현대까지 우리 술에 담긴 다양한 이야기를 오롯이 담고 있는 테마박물관
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 40 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 063-290-3854
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 a tourist site in 2004.
- 👀 HighlightsThe beautiful scenery makes it a great place for a walk.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 251 cars, with restrooms and a management office.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
경관이 수려하고 편의시설이 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2004
- Parking for 251 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 063-640-2921
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsA forest densely packed with 100,000 Japanese cypress trees.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a public parking lot (100 cars), public restrooms and a tourist information center.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
10만그루의 빽빽한 편백나무가 우거진 숲
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Public parking, Public restrooms, Tourist information center, Condo, Resort
- Contact 063-290-2624
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore the story of Korean traditional liquor through some 50,000 artifacts.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 40 cars can park, and there are five restroom buildings.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
5만여 점의 유물을 통해 태곳적부터 현대까지 우리 술에 담긴 다양한 이야기를 오롯이 담고 있는 테마박물관
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 40 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 063-290-3854
- 📜 HistoryCalled Seodasan in Silla, Yongchulsan in Goryeo and Sokgeumsan in early Joseon, it is now Maisan and became a provincial park in 1979.
- 👀 HighlightsThe highlight is its two peaks, Ammaibong (686 m) and Sumaibong (680 m), shaped like a horse's ears.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 862 cars, with restrooms, a history museum, a scissors museum, a red ginseng spa and more.
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마이산은 암마이봉(686m)과 수마이봉(680m)으로 진안읍 단양리와 마령면 동촌리 경계면에 걸쳐있다. 신라시대 서다산(西多山), 고려시대 용출산(聳出山), 조선 초 속금산(束金山)에서 현재는 말의 귀를 닮았다는 의미의 마이산(馬耳山)으로 불리고 있다. 1979년 전라북도 도립공원으로 지정되었고 2003년 10월 31일에는 마이산 권역 160여 ㎢가 명승 제12호 국가지정문화재로 승격되어 진안군수가 위탁 관리한다.
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 862 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, NFC
- Contact 063-430-8752
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.
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