Seongeup Folk Village

I came here with a guide tour. A long drive, but I am falling asleep on the bus more often. I am coming to this village and welcomed by a kind lady. I guess it is a great tour. The environment was really chill and peaceful. I am taking some pictures and walking around with a peaceful heart wondering what this place looks like during war. I feel sad during the explanation from the lady. I can guarantee they still have that type of shadow inside their heart even though it is already many years later. I hope they will recover soon. May God bless them all. This place is also a filming spot for Korean dramas. It is called Jewel in the Palace if I am not mistaken. This village is really peaceful and beautiful. That day is also a rainy day ❤️. I love this village.

Greeted by a guide who was very nice and friendly initially, spoke to us in Mandarin, then turned rude after we didn't want to buy some products (horse oil, tea, etc) she was hard selling, and walked away abruptly. Worst experience after a wonderful vacation. Don't visit!! Houses were quite interesting, saw a big well, mini cabbage garden, but still not worth visiting!

Is a complete and utter waste of time, don’t go. TLDR: there’s nothing much to see and it’s all set up as an elaborate sales pitch to hard sell you their products like horse cream and berry honey from Hallasan. We walked in completely unaware of what was about to unfold and this seemingly kindly lady came up to us and started a tour without us requesting one. It was already kind of strange since we just wanted a quick 5 min look before lunch but got dragged into this vortex that we can’t escape from. She started by sharing with us random information about the village like how the pillars indicate time of day etc then showed the kitchen and the room etc. Then there was this big sad LIVING black pig in a small sty. We were told that people used to feed their poop to the pig. Then it started with gradual pitch. We were brought to some hallasan honey outdoors and the lady dip two plastic spoons into the honey for us to try. I was a bit skeptical and uncomfortable but also afraid to be rude to refuse so we tried it. We thought it might be part of the cultural experience, and I was thinking we might probably need to pay a touring fee at the end for this service, despite not asking for one. After this we were brought into a room full of products like the honey and horse cream and some kind of drink and the sales pitch was STRONG. Despite refusing the items politely because we really don’t need any of it, the lady was INSISTENT. She even translated on her device that because they don’t collect admission fees they rely on products sales to keep the attraction running. Frankly that feels like ethical and emotional blackmailing because it makes it feel like MY responsibility to buy things I don’t want to keep their attraction alive, when the honest and transparent way to do that would be to charge a reasonable entrance fee rather than hard sell products at high prices. The horse cream was 50000won (~$50) and the drink was 60000. Then when we refused she says she can give discount. Which is even more suspicious because that seems like rubber pricing based on the gullibility of the customer. Anyway after refusing for really long and being in an utter stalemate since she won’t let us leave and we don’t want to buy, we offer to give her a tip for the tour and she agreed. So we pay 10,000won ($10) and just left. Really awful experience to be tricked like this. Also a few things to note: - not sure if the spoons they used are clean as we see a bowl of water with the plastic (single use) spoons soaking in it. Hopefully they wash the spoons carefully la, which I think they do to not contaminate the honey right, but the ick feeling was a bit strong. - really nothing interesting to see just don’t waste your time. - my review pretty much gives you the gist of the tour already so just save yourself some time and ick and go someplace else.

There are tons of beautiful photo u can get here. Hanbok rental available at starting 20000krw for no limit time. No entrance fee. And the villagers are friendly.

Don’t go. U will see similar houses outside. And u will be approached by their tour guide at the village to hardsell their products which cost 50USD each. U can’t leave without buying anything.

Beautiful historic village. Got to witness the annual festival today as well (Oct 19).

Beatiful korean traditional village. It’s not crowded and you can slowly enjoying the landscape They have cafes not far from the entrance. We try the bingsoo and korean traditional cake. It was delicious and refreshing during summer. The owner was friendly and very polite. I recommend you to try the bingsoo if you come here

Lovely little traditional village. We visited in the winter so there wasn’t much going on, it looked like there would be more shops open in the warmer months. It looks like it’s also set up for tour groups on buses. There are a few cafes and restaurants. We can highly recommend the pork noodle shop, especially if you need a break from the spicy food. There are some explanations dotted around, I think we would have gotten more out of it if we had a guide. There are a couple of hawkers trying to get you into their shop near the big gate! All in all it was a lovely,quiet few hours. And it’s free!