Haeundae beach, South Korea

There are a lot of beaches in South Korea. The most popular beach in this country is Haeundae Beach. It is named by Choi Chi Won from the Silla Dinasty around 57 BC – 935 AD. The history started when he walked to Dongbaekdo Island and then being attracted by the view of the beach. That is why he left a carved stone “Hae Un Dae” in the stonewall of the island. Haeundae has a length for around 1, 5 km, width 30 – 50, and the area reached 58.400 m2. You can feel the white sand in this beach, but it is not as soft as you think because the sand itself is from Chuncheon Streamin and the Shellfish that has been eroded by wind days by days.

Haeundae beach, South Korea is also known well as the place for cultural and festival event that has been held yearly. In this location, you can enjoy traditional game such as neoldduigi or seesaw jumping, Tuho or arrow throwing, wrestling, yutnori and tug of war. In addition, you can also get cultural beach center and library beach. There are a lot of visitors visited every year from June to August. However, about the opening date, it depends on the weather so you have to find out more weather information first before visiting the beach. No worries for visiting the beach because the operating hours is 24 hours available. While, there is a limitation about the occupancy that is 120.000 people maximum. You can get parking facilities for about more than 4000 spaces. For handicapped, they can enjoy toilet and parking lot. To visit the beach, you should take KTX to Busan station if you are from Seoul Station. The trip will take 2 hours and 30 minutes. Later, walk straight to 172m and get bus #1003. It is availabe at 04:20 to 22:20 and the bus will be coming for every 9 minute. Then, stop to Haeundae Beach and walk to 169m to the beach.

Another place that recommended for visit if you go around Haeundae Beach is Busan Aquarium that has more than 35,000 fish species, algae, amphibians and also reptiles. Or, you can try Haeundae Grand Hotel if you need a place to stay. There, you can enjoy spas, bath houses, hot springs as the extremely popular destination for tourists. It is a five – star hotel that give more great impression for your trip.

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