Hadong itineraries

A day on the Hwagae tea road

Start at the market, walk up through the cherry-tree tunnel to the temple, then wind down in a cafe among the tea fields. First time in Hadong? This one valley is enough.

Akyang fields to the southern sea

Day one is the pine forest on the Seomjin and the Pyeongsa-ri plain; day two rides a cable car out to the sea. Proof that Hadong is big even without the Hwagae valley.

Around the Jirisan valleys

Sleep in the Hwagae valley, cross the mountain to the stone towers of Samseonggung and Hadong Lake, and end at the sea. It covers nearly every stop on the county's own three-day route.

Festivals & seasons

• 3 — Cheonghak Water Dropwort Sale
• 3 — Hwagae Market Cherry Blossom Festival
• 4 — First tea picking around Gogu
• 5 — Hadong Wild Tea Culture Festival
• 5 — Bukcheon Poppy Festival
• 6 — Seomjin River Clam Festival
• 8 — Summer in the Hwagae and Uisin valleys
• 9 — Spider lilies at Songnim Park
• 10 — Toji Literary Festival
• 10 — Bukcheon Cosmos and Buckwheat Festival
• 11 — Daebong persimmon harvest in Akyang
• 11 — Hadong Mullet Festival

Souvenirs

• Hadong ujeon and sejak green tea
• Jaeksal, Hadong's fermented tea
• Maeam Tea Garden leaf tea
• Daebong persimmons and dried persimmons
• Plum syrup and pickled plums
• Seomjin River clams (frozen soup or shelled)
• Jirisan dried ferns and mountain greens