Andong itineraries

Hahoe by day, Wolyeonggyo by night

Take the morning train from Cheongnyangni and you get Hahoe by lunch, the jjimdak alley at dinner and the lit-up Wolyeonggyo bridge before the ride home. The tightest one-day loop Andong has.

Old houses and Toegye’s valley

Skip crowded Hahoe and head for the quiet side: Korea’s oldest wooden hall, a house that raised eleven independence fighters and Toegye’s academy on the lake. Night one is beef ribs and an Andong soju cocktail.

Three days, two old houses

Night one in a hanok resort by Wolyeonggyo, night two inside Hahoe at Bukchondaek. Walking the village after the tourists leave and again in the morning mist is the whole point. Day three heads past the lake to Toegye’s valley.

Festivals & seasons

• 1 — Amsan Ice Festival
• 4 — Cherry blossoms below Andong Dam
• 4 — Hahoe Mask Dance regular show
• 5 — Lantern season at Bongjeongsa
• 6 — Wolyeonggyo lights and fountain
• 8 — Crape myrtle at Byeongsan Seowon
• 9 — Buckwheat bloom at Maenggae
• 9 — Andong Mask Dance Festival
• 10 — Hahoe Seonyu Julbul fire play
• 11 — Autumn colour at Dosan and Bongjeongsa

Souvenirs

• Andong soju
• Mammoth Bakery cream cheese bun and yuzu pound cake
• Andong salted mackerel
• Carved Hahoe masks
• Andongpo hemp cloth goods
• Andong yam (ma)
• Jjimdak sauce and meal kits