Gyeongju Gyochon Traditional Village

Gyeongju Gyochon Traditional Village

Gyeongju Gyochon Traditional Village
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  • fire-tower
    3,123 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    This village should interest those who are into history and architecture
    We were in Gyeongju on a day trip and had earlier visited Woljeonggyo Bridge. Going across the bridge, you will come to Gyochon Village where the an old school and traditional houses are. You can still see the old well that was providing water in the past. Quite a few of these houses are residential properties but some have been converted for various purposes, including Choe’s family home, which was built circa 1779, which the public can visited. This village should interest those who are into history and architecture. Good to combine this with a visited to Woljeonggyo Bridge.
    Visited December 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 14 January 2024
  • macedonboy
    Glasgow, United Kingdom186,708 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nicely Preserved Traditional Korean Architecture
    This small village is a sublime slice of bygone days and ancient style of architecture. Some of the houses have been converted into tourist shops, but many have been retained as purely residential buildings to give the place a bit more authenticity. The vast majority of the buildings have retained their traditional Korean hanok style of architecture. It’s worth visiting if you’re already visiting Cheonmachong, the Gyeongju Historic Site or Woljeonggyo Bridge.
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 9 May 2024
  • ANParish
    Busan, South Korea1,019 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Interesting but little context
    This place is pretty nice, but it's far from the best that Gyeong-Ju has to offer. One of its good points is that it's centrally located, so if you're seeing Woljeong Bridge and the tumuli and Cheomseongdae, you can easily go here, too. There are good pictures to be taken, but there isn't much signage to explain any of the buildings. There's a nice little cafe or two on the grounds, as well as some restaurants.
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 8 September 2024
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Lim
7 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Family
The traditional village had interesting tiled roof houses but after a while, seeing as many as 150 houses became boring. Most of these houses were occupied.
Those that you could enter hardly had anything inside.
You are there mostly to view the exterior of these houses. Be prepared to walk up and down the small hill as you view these houses from the outside. We took public buses to this village. It was 15-20 mins walk from the main road. Walking a distance to see the exterior of these 150+ houses, that were widespread, under the hot sun was quite a stretch for my teens. Be mindful of the timings of the public bus for your return trip. Find out at the entrance of carpark area.
Written 14 March 2023
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fire-tower
3,123 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
We were in Gyeongju on a day trip and had earlier visited Woljeonggyo Bridge. Going across the bridge, you will come to Gyochon Village where the an old school and traditional houses are. You can still see the old well that was providing water in the past. Quite a few of these houses are residential properties but some have been converted for various purposes, including Choe’s family home, which was built circa 1779, which the public can visited. This village should interest those who are into history and architecture. Good to combine this with a visited to Woljeonggyo Bridge.
Written 15 January 2024
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Mark Verana
Gumi, South Korea251 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020 • Friends
This is one of the most fun and exciting trip I've been is the Gyeongju trip. Gyochon Traditional Village is a place that you will enjoy visiting the old villages, experience korean tradition, and a lot more activities. There are traditional restaurants and coffee shops when you want to chill after visiting the place. I strongly recommend to visit this wonderful place of Gyochon Village.
Written 28 October 2020
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ANParish
Busan, South Korea1,019 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 • Couples
This place is pretty nice, but it's far from the best that Gyeong-Ju has to offer. One of its good points is that it's centrally located, so if you're seeing Woljeong Bridge and the tumuli and Cheomseongdae, you can easily go here, too. There are good pictures to be taken, but there isn't much signage to explain any of the buildings. There's a nice little cafe or two on the grounds, as well as some restaurants.
Written 8 September 2024
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TheLeongOhana
United States7,516 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2019 • Family
After crossing the Wolgyeonggyo Bridge, we wandered throughout the village admiring the tradiitonal homes and not so traditional tourists, cars and coffee shops. The main street that allowed car traffic, encircled the village, but throughout the center were mainly pedestrian only walking roads. Alleys angled off in various directions allowing us to get away from some of the crowds and get closeups of the homes and gardens.

Maybe we missed the more traditional restaurants but all the cafes we looked into for lunch were serving pizza, fries and other non-Korean foods, We did find a gimbap store, which I wrote about separately, and that was decent.

A fermented food experience center was one of the larger buildings in the village along with a stage that was hosting some type of dance and music performances. If in the area then go ahead and visit but I would not go out of my way to see it.
Written 28 June 2019
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Diviva
Singapore, Singapore4,647 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019
This village is full of traditional Korean houses. Only 3 buildings are worth visiting, the rest of the buildings here are restaurants and places of business
Written 6 March 2020
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Jerometm
Seoul, South Korea170 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021
We enjoyed much walking in the street of the village, beautiful Hanok houses. Worth to spend a few hours, especially during weekdays or early morning during weekends.
Written 18 April 2021
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ngocanh_crystal
514 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020
This is a traditional village since Silla dynasty. There are some traditional restaurants in this area that worth to try. The scenery here is so calm and nice. Here, you also see Woljeonggyo bridge that across the Nam river. A should-try experience here is wearing hanbok and walking around. You will have so many beautiful and meaningful photos.
Written 20 October 2020
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Zolike78
New Westminster, Canada313 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2019 • Friends
Very charming hanok houses, lots of cafes and restaurants, unfortunately most were closed (we went on a Tuesday). But the stroll is nice and right beside you have the amazing bridge.
Written 21 May 2019
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donandkeo
Vientiane, Laos259 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2017 • Friends
We went as a group, hired traditional Korean clothing and enjoyed exploring the place. Several food outlets are available and one can buy quality glassware, pottery and souvenirs.
Well worth a visit.
Written 24 April 2017
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