2024 Paju-si Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in September)
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Popular Attractions
DMZ
🇰🇷 Let’s go hiking to Gamaksan Suspension Bridge
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This place at Gamaksan Suspension Bridge is always an optional activity for those who are going to DMZ for day tour. I will recommend you to select this as it is a super easy hike for low to moderate fitness level. The view here from the suspension bridge is awesome and you do not really have to cross the entire bridge. The bridge is suspended on both of the cliffs, with an high elevation from the mountains below. There are no signs on the maximum weight load in English but you definitely can feel the bridge is shaking especially when there are more people on the bridge. Bring your sunscreen and enjoy this easy hike to Gamaksan Suspension Bridge.
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🇰🇷 Gamaksan Entrance is a photo spot
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This is the most popular place to take photo at Gamaksan because all the tour buses and cars will have to drive through here. This area has been beautified so beautifully and you have many non-hikers coming here to enjoy the scenic views. There are also convenience stores and bistro too so you can enjoy a cup of coffee while resting here. On clear days, you can see Gamaksan clearly from below. There are also many cherry blossoms trees here when you come in spring. If you have a chance for a day trip, remember to include Gamaksan Suspension Bridge into your itinerary.
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A Lovely Flower Cafe.
A flower cafe with beautiful flowers adorning the ceiling😍😍. Not only flowers, but the cafe space where you can drink coffee is also well-decorated with green interiors. It's very suitable for spending a healing time. We recommend buying a colorful flower bouquet and enjoying your coffee time😊😊.
🔹️Cafe Bosco
260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
시간탐험대^^
A place where you can fully enjoy unique artworks.
I often visit art exhibitions with my children. My kids are particularly interested in exhibitions that showcase the world of Yayoi Kusama's works. I found the works of domestic artists on the third floor to be fascinating. The exhibitions change seasonally, featuring a wide range of artists, allowing us to discover many different creators. I highly recommend indoor dates at exhibitions.
🔹️Mimesis Art Museum
🚩253 Munbal-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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A theme park with everything from gardens, botanical gardens, to amusement parks.
First Garden in Paju is a family outing spot that has everything from gardens and indoor botanical gardens to children's amusement parks, challenge courses, and even a zoo on a vast land of 30,000 pyeong. There were many family visitors, perhaps because there are various activities for children. It seems to be a place full of things to see and enjoy in any season.
🔹️First Garden
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Recommended Drive Date Spot Near Seoul
Taking the Jayu-ro, which has almost no traffic congestion, you will arrive at First Garden, a famous date spot near Seoul. It has a magnificent garden and a huge cafe, making it perfect for a drive. It's an ideal place for couples to go on a date.
● First Garden
➡️ 260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
➡️ Perfect for a drive date spot near Seoul!
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Enjoying a Western-style Garden
If you were to pick the most beautiful park in Paju, I would recommend First Garden, which is beautifully decorated in a Western-style garden. Spanning a massive 20,000 pyeong, every corner is adorned with picturesque photo spots, giving you the feeling of being abroad. When the lights are turned on in the evening, it shows a different charm, making it attractive both day and night.
🔹️First Garden
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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For those who want to reflect
Introducing a wonderful book cafe with a great atmosphere for those who want to spend time reading alone and reflecting. It's the Mimesis Cafe located in the Paju Publishing Complex. Situated on the first floor of a building that showcases the beauty of curves, you can enjoy the green scenery outside and read the provided books to your heart's content. Highly recommended for those who want to read alone in a cafe^^
🔹️Mimesis Cafe
🚩1st Floor, 253 Munbal-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Recommended Family Outing Spot for Hot Summer
If I had to pick the coolest place in Paju, I would definitely recommend the Mimesis Art Museum. You can enjoy amazing artworks in a space designed by a famous architect. We visited the Mimesis Art Museum as an indoor date spot during the hot summer vacation with the kids. A new exhibition starts in August, making it even more worth a visit. Take your family to the Mimesis Art Museum for a great outing!^^
🔹️Mimesis Art Museum
🚩253 Munbal-ro, Paju, Gyeonggi-do
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The architectural work of Álvaro Siza in Paju!
The Mimesis Art Museum, a masterpiece by Álvaro Siza, a renowned Portuguese architect. The harmony of straight and curved lines in its exterior is truly captivating. The interior is uniquely designed to maximize natural light, allowing the artworks to stand out with minimal artificial lighting. Enjoy and appreciate this magnificent space to your heart's content!
🔹️Mimesis Art Museum
🚩253 Munbal-ro, Paju, Gyeonggi-do
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This is such a cool gallery book cafe.
You can freely read a variety of books from the famous publisher Open Books at the Mimesis Art Museum's first-floor cafe. The spacious area allows you to enjoy a more comfortable and pleasant reading environment than most libraries. Spend some healing time with a book while gazing at the beautiful lawn through the large windows.
🔹️Mimesis Art Museum Cafe
🚩253 Munbal-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Modern Architecture Continually Appearing in Paju Book City
Introducing a unique driving spot filled with modern and contemporary buildings. It's the Paju Book City in Paju. As companies related to the publishing industry have moved in, many spaces with literary and artistic sensibilities have emerged. If you want to see a lot of modern architecture in contemporary society, visit Paju Book City.
🔹️Paju Book City
🚩Munbal-dong, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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If you want to enjoy a cafe time while admiring a beautiful view alone!
Introducing a garden cafe where you won't feel lonely even if you're alone because you can enjoy a wonderful view. This cafe has huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, allowing you to fully appreciate the garden outside. It was remodeled from an existing restaurant into a fantastic cafe. If you want to enjoy this time alone in a cafe, visit Cafe Bosco.
🔹️Bosco
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Children under 36 months are free! Mega Media Art Exhibition.
A perfect outing spot for families on a hot summer day, the newly opened media art museum in Paju, Museum Hey, satisfies the tastes of both adults and children. The museum features a variety of media art exhibits, from magnificent and grand displays to cute and lovely animal-shaped media art. It is highly recommended as an indoor date spot to visit with children.
🔹️Museum Hey
🚩885-43 Pyeonghwa-ro, Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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A New Café with a 20,000-Pyeong Garden View Near Seoul
Introducing a new, massive café near Seoul that's perfect for couples. Café Bosco offers a stunning view of a 20,000-pyeong garden. You can enjoy a wonderful café date while gazing at a beautiful Western-style garden that makes you feel like you're in Europe. It's the perfect spot for couples to take memorable photos 🙂🙂
🔹️Café Bosco
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
✔️Located right in front of First Garden
✔️Most tables offer a garden view
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A cafe with an amazing garden view! You must visit here!
Under the arched windows, there is a huge Western-style garden at Bosco, a massive cafe in Paju. The garden view is so stunning that it alone will make your visit worthwhile. Additionally, there's First Garden next to the cafe, which is perfect for family outings. Take some memorable photos at this beautiful garden-view cafe.
🔹️Cafe Bosco
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju, Gyeonggi-do
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This charming gardening shop has a photo zone.
If the gardening shop is this beautiful, I would tend to flowers and pots every day😊😊 Located in Paju First Garden, Floralia sells beautiful flowers and clay pots in an interior that feels like Europe, creating scenes straight out of a movie. In the center, there's a table photo zone among the flowers, perfect for taking lovely life photos. Flower lovers should definitely visit this place.
🔹️Floralia
🚩260 Tapsakgol-gil, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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The Ultimate Media Art Destination: Paju 'Museum Hey'
Paju Museum Hey, which opened in July, is the largest media art dedicated venue in the Seoul and Gyeonggi area. It is a hot exhibition where you can enjoy various types of dazzling media art displays.
With a spacious area of 1,200 pyeong, there are plenty of things to see and enjoy.
It features 3D anamorphic media art, interactive art, and more.
📍Address: 885-43, Pyeonghwa-ro, Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
🕰Business Hours: 10:00 AM ~ 8:00 PM
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Gamaksan suspension bridge
🚌 2/3 hours from seoul by subway and bus.
⛰️ Hiking day-trip from seoul where you can reach after a few hundreds steps, a suspension bridge. you will get to see Ungye waterfall and a temple after a little more hiking.
💡 highlight of the day was the temple. the view from there was amazing and the statues all around it were so beautiful that we actually stopped there way longer than initially planned. we loved the 12 tall Chinese zodiac signs statues set on top of a cliff that allowed us to enjoy the view on the statues and on the suspension bridge.
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DMZ, trapped between north & south 🇰🇷🇰🇵
The demilitarized zone is a must see if you’re doing a few days in Seoul, it’s a fascinating glimpse at the line that separates two nations still at war. The war ended in in 1953 with an armistice, so the nations are still technically at war.
The guided tours are amazing given the fact you are approaching such a sensitive area, they give you access to some fascinating sites while still keeping you safe and informed. On the tours you can visit various monuments and memorials to the fallen, the separated and the disappeared - each with their own fascinating stories. You can see the various bridges in their different states of repair that once linked the two nations.
You visit the observatory which enables you to look at North Korea through binoculars and see the difference in their buildings, farming and transport. On a clear day you can see as far as North Korea’s third biggest city. You can also see people on the other side of their border going about their day, walking around or farming and you can see how basic their equipment and provisions are.
Finally you enter the tunnels that North Korea built after the armistice to try and prepare for an invasion of Seoul, the tunnels were found and stopped by the South but still a fascinating piece of the story. You go deep underground and see the dynamite holes left from construction and the coal dust the North Koreans used to try and disguise their true intent.
Overall a fascinating experience and it’s worth the price, and being a 40 minute drive out of Seoul this 3/4 hour trip is doable in a half day if well planned!
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Desire for reuniting
Easy access by subway or bus. Bus 2200 or 7300 from Hapjeong station will get you there. After you get off you can walk about 40 minutes to the entrance of the area, then you’ll have to walk up the mountain to get to the building entrance. Or take a city bus then walk or take a shuttle bus next to Tongildongsan bus stop. The shuttle runs from noon to 1540 according to the brochure at 30 minutes increments.
This place shared with the visitors the ideals of reuniting the two Koreas. There are 4 floors. B1 is a children interactive learning center. The first floor shares different statistics and facts, virtual views, and an exhibit. The second floor is the permanent exhibit with pictures of people wanting to reunite with families and letters to there hometown. There’s a cafe on the fourth floor. On the third and fourth floor there are binoculars to observe and look at the border across.
I think you could feel the people’s desire to reconnect with their families. The sadness this division has caused and yet curious about how it looks across the water way.
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Mailbox @ Imjingak DMZ South Korea
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When on my DMZ tour in Seoul, I came across these mailboxes at Imjingak Park.
Interestingly, there were free postcards affixed with South Korean stamps, and there was also a table with DMZ ink chops for visitors to stamp their postcards as well.
Apparently, if anyone mails these postcards in the red mailbox, they will be delivered to your receiver in a year from date sent.. includes even international delivery. It really makes for an interesting souvenir.
Do give this a try if you are visiting Imjingak!
My rating: 4 ⭐️ out of 5!
Reus
“I wanna run” Train @ Imjingak DMZ
#seoul
During my DMZ tour at Imjingak Park, I got to see the Steam Locomotive at Jungdan Station, which is famously known as “I wanna run” train.
This battle-scarred steam engine was a sombre looking exhibit in the park, a tragic reminder of the Korean War, and separation between South Korea and North Korea. This engine was a part of a train that was used to transport military supplies during the Korean War. Allies forces blew up this train when it was under threat of being used by the other side.
My rating of this attraction: 4 ⭐️ out of 5!
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The Freedom Bridge @ Imjingak South Korea
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At Imjingak, as part of my DMZ tour, I got to visit the Freedom Bridge which was just fully restored. The Freedom Bridge was originally a temporary wooden bridge built across the Imjingang River to bring home thousands of South Korean POWs. The bridge was later removed and placed in its current location in Imjingak, where it now stands today.
This is definitely one of the historical spots not to be missed when visiting the DMZ.
My rating of this attraction: 4 ⭐️ out of 5!
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Imjingak DMZ South Korea
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As the first stop of my DMZ tour in South Korea, I visited Imjingak which is a prominent area not to be missed about just 7km from the actual DMZ.
Imjingak is famous as the place where Koreans separated from their families in North Korea visit to perform ancestral rites by bowing toward their hometowns every New Year’s Day and Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving). Hence shrine monuments have also been built here for this very purpose at Imjingak.
My rating of this attraction: 4 ⭐️ out of 5!
Reus
Daisy flower🌼 is a representative attraction in the suburbs of Seoul, and Paju Cafe Philmood is a must-visit spot.
♦️Paju Cafe, Philmood
🎈129 Gisan-ro, Gwangtan-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
❗️Visit Paju Cafe, Philmood, to see fields of egg fried flower blossoms. 🌼
❗️Even on rainy days, the daisy flowers at this cafe are stunning! 🥺
❗️As of May 28th, the daisy flowers are in full bloom. 🤍
❗️The cafe is spacious with plenty of seating indoors and renowned for their delectable bakery items. 🫶
❗️Though popular on Instagram, the bread here made us totally satisfied.
❗️There's also ample parking and it's a great spot for a scenic drive.
❗️It can be crowded, but we recommend visiting during the weekdays when it opens at 10:30 AM.
❗️Don't forget to check out nearby Majang Lake for more stunning views! ❤️
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Byukchoji Gardens ❤️
it was worth the trip, had a good time with my fiancé She was so happy to get there because one of her favorite Korean drama had a shooting in this gardens. I personally love the lake and the forest. It was a refreshing experience and great stress reliever from the day to day grind. I love the cafe inside. After exploring its great to take a sit, relax and have some coffee.
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The Peace Bell
Pyeonghwauijong which is more known to us as The Peace Bell in Imjingak Peace Park, located in Majeong-ri, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
The Peace Bell was built in 2000 to pray for peace of the human race and national unification in celebration of the new millennium. Symbolizing the 21st century, it was built with 21 stairs and in the weight of 21 tons.
Imjingak is the northernmost place where south korean residents and tourists can visit freely without any permission, located about 7km to the south from the Military Demarcation Line of two Koreas. Imjingak hall and park were built in 1972 for the commemoration of Korean War and the hope of unification, and became one of the main tourist attractions around DMZ.
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Destination
Dora Observatory
Dora observatory is an observation post overlooking North Korea located in 310 Je3(sam) ttanggul-ro, Jangdan-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Dora Observatory is on the South Korean side of the 38th parallel. Situated on top of Dorasan (Mount Dora) in Paju, the observatory provides scenic views across the Demilitarized Zone. Visitors can see the North Korea territory through binoculars from the 304 square feet, 500-person capacity observatory. They are able to see the North Korean propaganda village situated in the DMZ, and can also see the city of Kaesong. The observatory is very close to the Third North Korean Infiltration Tunnel dug by North Koreans into the South. The Dorasan Station, also nearby, is designed to be the station that connects the railroads of the South and North one day in the future.
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Destination
The 3rd Tunnel Walkway at DMZ
The 3rd Tunnel Walkway at Demilitarized Zone located in 산167-1 Jeomwon-ri, Gunnae-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is one of the four known tunnels under the border of North Korea and South Korea, and was discovered in 1978. Taking photos inside the tunnel is restricted, only hard hat and locker key are allowed to bring inside. Just took these photos instead.
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