Autumn is the best season for traveling. Many people enjoy the autumn colors and fresh air. Colorful mountains seem to attract many tourists. For such people, many cities and provinces provide many festivals to enjoy.

▲ Pohang Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival on November 10-11

One example is Pohang Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival. You can enjoy the best gwamegi at this festival. Gwamegi is the half-dried herring or billfish. This year marked the 21st festival. It will be held on November 10-11 at Guryongpo Gwamegi Cultural Street, Ara Square. This year, you can enjoy many events such as folk games of South Korea, Korean traditional music performance, food tasting, and a cooking contest.

▲ Enjoy Jeju Island by walking around the Olle road

The second example is Jeju Olle Walking Festival. Jeju Olle Walking Festival is held every fall. In this festival, you can enjoy Jeju Island by walking around the Olle road. The participants walk three courses for about 21.8 km. It is a movable festival, and about then thousand people from Taiwan, US, UK, Japan, and Canada come to join it.

▲ Seoul Lantern Festival

The third festival to enjoy is the Seoul Lantern Festival. Every November, many lanterns light the Cheonggye Creek. With about 1.2 km long, many lanterns will light until November 18th. This year, the theme is the history of Seoul. So, you can enjoy making a traditional lamp and an electrical floor lamp.

▲ 2018 Seoul Cafe Show

The Seoul Cafe Show 2018 is also one of the spectacular festivals. From November 8th to 11th, the Seoul Cafe Show will be held at Seoul Coex. About 600 teams from 40 countries will take part in making coffee. In this event, you can enjoy many kinds of tea, and coffee tour bus.

Another known festival is Masan Gagopa Chrysanthemum Festival. It was first held in 2000. It is the biggest chrysanthemum festival. There are many foods to eat while walking around. Moreover, there are many beautiful sculptures made by chrysanthemum, so many tourists take pictures there. It is more beautiful at night than in the morning.

▲ Masan Gagopa Chrysanthemum Festival

Above this, there are many festivals in November. For example, Seoul International Music Festival, Boryeong Laver Festival, Beolgyo Cockles Festival, and Suncheon Bay Reed Festival are very famous events in South Korea. Come and enjoy the best season, fall.

November 10, 2018
by 장유진