Gongju and Buyeo in Chungcheongnam-do Province, which were the capital cities of Baekje (18BCE-660CE), and Iksan in Jeollanam-do Province are referred to as the “Baekje Historic Areas”. The Jeongnimsa Temple Site in Buyeo, where Baekje’s only remaining stone pagoda can

In 2018, Korea’s Buddhist Mountain Monasteries were registered as the 13th UNESCO World Heritage in Korea. The recognition includes 7 mountain temples that have stood in harmony with nature continuing the Korean Buddhist culture for more than a thousand years.

Bearing the pains and sorrows of a divided nation, the world’s only Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) cuts through the middle of the Korean peninsula. Although a highly guarded region for more than 65 years, because it was a restricted area it

The Sulwhasoo Flagship Store has a luxury spa that promotes both physical and emotional relaxation using traditional oriental treatment methods. In addition to the spa, there are showrooms and a boutique where Sulwhasoo products are sold. The spa offers various

Wellness tourism contributes to the improvement of health and quality of life. There are many places to travel in Korea, where different programmes of wellness tourism such as local tourist attractions are offered, e.g. meditation, relaxation, healing food, healing forest,

Sancheong Donguibogam Village Donguibogam Village offers a wide range of unconventional oriental medicine programmes such as navel moxibustion, medicinal herbal spa, gongjindan (herbal medicine) and herbal foot baths. There are also Hanok (traditional Korean home) and body relaxation programmes with

(navel) (30 minutes, 25,000 won), medical spa (2 hours, 50,000 won), Gongjindan manufacturing experience (30 minutes, 30,000 won for 3), footbath (30 minutes; 5,000 won) 055-970-7216 @donguibogam-village.sancheong.go.kr Chungcheongbuk-do Province Beauty & Spa Resom Forest At Resom Spa, Resom Forest’s outdoor spa, located

WE Hotel is a so-called spa hotel, where medical tourism is combined with health services. It offers many health improvement programmes including skin treatments, immunity strengthening, joint and pain care, chi and endurance strengthening, brain function strengthening and programmes for

Spa Land Centum City has 18 thermal baths and 13 jjimjilbangs (traditional Korean sauna) with different themes. They all use natural and hot spring water, which is pumped up from the 1 kilometre deep underground and is rich in sodium

This is a place where visitors can learn healthy eating, physical exercise, soul-saving or environmentally friendly habits and later apply them in their real life. Overnight guests at Healience Seonmaeul can enjoy comprehensive relaxation programmes in the beautiful natural surroundings,