Sancheong itineraries

Herb village and stone-wall lanes

Sancheong's two most-visited spots, Donguibogam Village and Namsa Yedamchon, in one day: a herb park in the morning, medicinal chicken soup for lunch, then slow laps of the stone-walled lanes.

Two days under Jirisan

Stays in the Deoksan valley at Jirisan's foot in Sancheong's southwest: the scholar Nammyeong's study and shrine, a nunnery reached along a stream, and a night of glamping at Jungsan-ri. The closest you get to Jirisan without a hike.

Three days: Hwangmaesan to Haeinsa

Loops Sancheong's north and east and crosses into neighbouring Hapcheon: market and herb village on day one, the Hwangmaesan plateau and Haeinsa on day two, Namsa's stone lanes to finish. Best in May for azaleas or October for silver grass.

Festivals & seasons

• 1 — Jirisan Sancheong Dried Persimmon Festival
• 3 — Nammyeong's plum tree at Sancheonjae
• 4 — Saengcho Sculpture Park Moss Phlox Festival
• 5 — Hwangmaesan Royal Azalea Festival
• 7 — ON Sancheong Summer Night Festival
• 8 — Valley swimming season
• 9 — Sancheong Herbal Medicine Festival
• 9 — Gisan Gugak Festival
• 10 — Silver grass on Hwangmaesan
• 10 — Jirisan Peace Festival
• 11 — Persimmon colour at Namsa Yedamchon

Souvenirs

• Sancheong dried persimmons
• Sancheong strawberries
• Dried herbs and tea ingredients
• Jirisan wild greens and bracken
• Sancheong black pork