Autumn is the best season to visit Korea: the climate is mild, the breathtaking landscapes are tinged with red, yellow and orange and the air pollution is lower than in other seasons
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Koreans use a saying to describe this season: "High skies and fat horses". With this proverb they want to emphasize the beauty of nature and the goodness of food this time of year, often underestimated by many.
👉🏼 To admire the beauty of the natural landscapes, both tourists and Koreans themselves, they usually go to the mountains to enjoy the foliage, which they call danpung 단풍).
In this context, Mount Seorak, located in the homonymous national park, is a very popular destination as it offers many routes, both for experienced walkers, and for beginners.ti.
Another very suggestive destination in this season is the Nami island that is also dressed in copper colors. The large redwoods, perfectly aligned and affectionately called "the living fossils of the island", create a postcard-like landscape.
For those who do not like to walk, the period also offers other entertainment, such as festivals and events:
👉🏼 World Culture Expo: an event dedicated to culture, held in the town of Gyeongju. There will be shows, art exhibitions and many cultural-themed entertainment.
Andong Mask Dance Festival: one of the most interested festivals in the country held in the cities of Andong and Hahoe. On this occasion the best Korean dance groups perform in traditional dance and theater shows.
Kimchi festival: a festival dedicated to this traditional Korean dish based on cabbage.Kimchi lovers can go to Gwangju, where they will have the opportunity to taste it in many versions made by different chefs. To accompany the whole there are shows and concerts.
👉🏼 If you are more attracted to Korean cuisine, this season you can not miss crab soup or kkotgetang (꽃게탕). It is a spicy seafood soup in which comes
added a whole crab and vegetables.
Good alternative to restaurants is the street food that allows you to taste many dishes at reasonable prices. Among the specialties to taste we find:
Bungeoppang (붕어빵): a batter shaped like a goldfish (붕어, bungeo), filled with red bean jam or other fillings.
Hotteok (호떡): a kind of Korean pancake, soft and delicate, which contains a filling of cane sugar, honey, peanuts and yeast, fragrant cinnamon.
Gun-goguma (군고구마): a roasted sweet potato. For Koreans it is an ancient tradition to steam or roast some foods such as walnuts, chestnuts, sweet potatoes and corn, which the territory has in abundance.
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