Daebudo

Daebudo is known as 'the Hawaii of Ansan'. The northern tip of the island is connected to the Ansan mainland by the Sihwa seawall, which has a road running along it. However, Daebudo still has the romance and lyricism of an island in various places.

Built for the Sihwa Lake reclamation project, the Sihwa Seawall (north), ballistic Seawall (south), and two seawalls are connected to the land, so the entry itself is convenient. Even if you don't have a car, you can go to Ansan Station and Oido Station by train and transfer to the bus bound for Daebudo Island, and the integrated fare in the Seoul metropolitan area is applied, so you can get there cheaply. The largest of the two seawalls, the Northern Embankment, was a one-lane round-trip road in the late 1990s, and the speed limit was low, making it very inconvenient compared to now. It was formal, but until the 90s, there were military checkpoints, so every time they passed, they had to be checked by soldiers. In 2002, the expansion work was carried out, and now the road has been greatly expanded, and the speed limit has been considerably eased, but the traffic of the southern seawall is still inconvenient. You can go to Seonjae-do and Yeongheung-do under the jurisdiction of Ongjin-gun through Seonjae Bridge. The Bangamori Dockyard, which is located as soon as it enters Daebudo Island by taking the Sihwa Seawall Road, also operates passenger ships to the island area under Ongjin-gun, which in fact serves as an assistant to the coastal pier.

In the 2010s, a rest area, a park, and an observatory were built in the middle of the Northern Embankment road, and it became a tourist attraction.

There is no direct subway route from Seoul or the suburbs of Seoul to Daebudo. Therefore, you are recommended to use both of the subway and bus. If you want to go to Daebudo with transportation, you could get off at 4 line subways and take on the buses that connect downtown of Ansan to Daebudo. In addition, if you are from the Ansan City Hall or region of

Gojan new town, you should get on the bus number 123. If you are from the Suwon or Hwaseong, you should get on the bus number 1004-1 and 727–1. Additionally, if you are from the Incheon, you should get on the bus number 790.

There is no subway line through Daebudo. There are a few buses, but service is not very frequent. Furthermore, Daebudo is very big and much of the area is separated by the sea. So the easiest method for getting around town is driving.

If you'd prefer to use a bicycle, Ansan's public bicycles are called 'Pedalro', but there are only 2 bicycle stops in the whole area. The first stop is located near the Daebudo tourist office (Green Number 1) and the other one is at Daebu Bada Hyanggi Theme Park (Blue Number 4).

• 🌍 Ansan Fishing Village Folk Museum, 7, Daebuhwanggeum-ro, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-886-0126. 09:00–18:00. Holiday on M. You can see the history of west coast foreshore and fishing village at Daebudo. You can directly experience the fishing industry culture and traditional folk in the fishing village of Ansan. Adult: ₩2,000, Soldiers and teenager: ₩1,500, Children (7~13 years old): ₩1,000. 
• 🌍 Ansan Sihwaho Tidal Power Plant, Choji-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-885-7530, fax: +82 32-890-6599. A tidal power plant that is located in Ansan, and the largest tidal power plant in the world. 
• 🌍 Chungmunkyu Museum, 153-9, Daebuhwanggeum-ro, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-881-2753, fax: +82 32-881-2754. 11:00–19:00. The representative museum in Daebudo. You can enjoy exhibition and concert together. Adult: ₩3,000, Children and teenager: ₩2,000. 
• 🌍 Daebudo Bada Hyanggi Theme Park, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 31-481-3409. You can take a walk in Daebudo Bada Hynaggi Theme Park. The park is full of beauty of nature. The walk is about 4.3km and water way and pond are nicely laid out. The five windmills, the landmark of Daebudo, are displayed in the park. 
• 🌍 Daebudo Bangameori Food Culture Street, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu. This is the food culture street that is located at the north Daebudo. The most famous food is 'Bajilack noodle soup'. It is a noodle soup with clams. The Daebudo Bangameori Food Culture Street also known as 'Bajilack Noodle Soup Street'. You can enjoy sliced raw fish, a shellfish baked, Soy Sauce Marinated Crab, Soybean paste stew with clams and more. 
• 🌍 Grande de Haute Perche, Coteaux Winery, 107, Ppeokkuksan-gil, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-886-9873, fax: +82 32-886-6243. A winery that makes the wine with Daebudo grapes. 

• 🌍 Gubongdo Island, San 25, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu. There are nine mountaintops ('Gubongdo' in Korean) at the end of the seaside in the northern part of Daebu. There are also two towering rocks; the small one is called 'Grandmother' and the bigger one is called 'Grandfather'. At sunset, the view of the rocks is amazing. There are also many enjoyable attractions, such as places to enjoy camping and fishing. 
• 🌍 Gubongdo Sunset Observatory, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu. Many visitors visit Gubongdo Sunset Observatory for enjoy sunset. It is located in Gubongdo. You can go through the Haesolgil. 
• 🌍 Nueseom Lighthouse Observatory, S17-156, Daebuhwanggeum-ro, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-886-0126. March to October: 09:00–18:00, November to February: 09:00–17:00, Holiday on M. Only 4 hr with two times, it is possible to enter to the Nue island. Nue means silkworm in Korean. The shape of the island looks like a silkworm, so the name is island has made. free. 
• 🌍 Pungdo Island, Pungdo-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 31-481-2000. Pungdo is different with other island that its depth of water is deep. So, it does not have the mud flat and beach. According to this conditions, it is on very rich fishing grounds like rock fish, rock trout, blue crab and more. The boat service is only one time a day. 
• 🌍 Sihwaho Tidal Power Plant, 2098, Daebudong-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-890-6520. Built in 2011, the world's biggest tidal power plant which can produce energy available for half a million a year. If you'd like to watch the view of this plant, you are recommended to go 'T-Light' park. There is Moon Observatory in this park, so you can enjoy sunset of the west coast. Admission free. The easiest way to get here is take bus 123 and get off at Sihwaho Tidal Power Plant. 
• 🌍 Ssanggyesa Temple, 1171, Daebuhwanggeum-ro, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-886-2110. Daebudo's only Buddhist temple 
• 🌍 Tando Island, Seongam-dong, Danwon-gu. Tando is the fourth biggest island following the Daebudo, Sungam island, and Booldo. It is famous for the observatory at Nue island. There are many visitors who are fishing with family. It is not appropriate for playing or swimming in the sea. However, it is great place for enjoying the quiet sea. 
• 🌍 Yukdo Island, Poongdo-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-886-3090, +82 1544-1114. Yukdo is the island that 6 small-sized island together. About 30 citizens live in Yukdo and most of them work in the fishing. You can visit Yukdo by boat. There is 2 way for boat way, Daebudo to Yukdo and Incheon to Yukdo. It isn't that famous for travellers, so if you want quite and relax travel, you can enjoy the quiet sea of Yukdo. 
• 🌍 Metasequoire Road, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu. 1,200 metasequoires are planted on both sides of the trail on a 3.5km section of the outer road of Daebu Sea Hyanggi Theme Park. You can take a walk or rent a bicycle, scooter, or electric cart. (updated Sep 2023)

There are many special products you can buy from Daebudo.

• Daebu grape Daebodo is suitable place for growing grapes. Because of wind from sea, it offers good quality of temperature, and humidity, so grapes from Daebudo has much higher sugar and plenty of juice. people are trying to make good quality of grapes, cooperating with government. There are many street grapes shops along the  thoroughfare when is in season. If you'd like to buy these grapes, just pull over and try it.
• Daebu seaweed Daebu's seaweed has very good quality, affected by western sea of Korea. Daebu seaweed is not only full of nutrition but taste and smell.
• Salt kkaempari (salt from Dongju Salt Field), floored pottery pieces (called ‘kkaempari’), not general pan on the bottom of salt pond, Daebudo makes the best quality of sun-dried salt. Using pottery makes the salt purer and amplifies other nutritive components. However, because it is made by people and not machines, it is produced in very small batches every time and they do sell out quickly. You can buy salt kkaempari in Dongju Salt Field (Grey number 1). 

• 🌍 Daebudo Bangameori Food Culture Street (just off the Sihwa seawall, at the entrance to Daebudo). There are more than 60 restaurants on this street. They specialize in seafood and are famous for sashimi, snails and kalguksu (a kind of noodle). There are so many restaurants in a row, it is hard to choose just one. Watch out for the touts who stand in front of their restaurants trying to lure you in. (updated Nov 2015)
• 🌍 Daebudo Bangameori seafood direct outlet. Daebudo has great quality of seafood. You can have fresh raw fishes and roasted clam caught that day. There are many restaurants in the outlet so you can buy some fishes and eat right away at the same time. (updated Nov 2015)
• Kalguksu. Daebudo has good quality of restaurants which have their own food, among them kalguksu (noodle soup) with clams is famous. People also order haemul pa jeon (seafood and green onion pancake) together which is a perfect with a kalguksu. There are many kalguksu restaurants located on the street in a row. You can choose any among them, but be aware there will be many touts trying to get you into their restaurants.

• 🌍 American muffin, 920-11, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-889-8700. Newly opened, nice place if you'd like to eat muffin and cake as dessert. All baked goods are hand-made. Reasonably priced and tasty. Muffin ₩2,500, Coffee ₩2,500. 
• 🌍 Hagenna, 1848-111, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-891-3455. This cafe is located in along the seaside. You can enjoy beautiful scenery. Parking lot is available in front of cafe. Americcano ₩5,000, Latte ₩6,000. 
• 🌍 Ruedecafe, 341, Daeseon-ro, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32-883-2662. Fancy cafe, pleasantly decorated in European style, serving many kinds of hand-drip coffee of high nice quality. Americano ₩4,000, Latte ₩5,000, Pan Cake ₩10,000. 

There are many beautiful boarding houses (locally called "pensions"), similar to those in Europe. Many of these are grouped in "pension villages". Most have their own swimming pool, so they are good to enjoy in summer. Alongside the sea, you can enjoy their walkways.

• 🌍 Daebudo Pension Town, 12, Chamsari 2-gil, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32 1588-1934. A boarding house, offering 3 meals a day as part of the room price. 
• 🌍 Daebudo Pension Park, 4, Chamsarijungang-gil, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32 1588 5224, fax: +82 32 889 8824. 40 accommodations from ₩70,000-500,000. 
• 🌍 Daebu Tourist Hotel, 5, Sageunnyeo-gil, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32 886-9935. ₩50,000 in weekday and ₩60,000 in weekend.. 
• 🌍 Inyeon Guest House, 846, Daebubuk-dong, Danwon-gu, ☏ +82 32 887-2299. No breakfast, There is a Supermarket next to Guest House ₩25,000 for 1 person.. 

Most cafes in Daebudo have Wi-Fi access, but it is hard to use internet in restaurants. In the Tourist Office in Daebudo (Green number 1), you can access free Wi-Fi. Internet cafes known as PC bang (PC 방) (pr: pee-shee-bang) are ubiquitous in Korea, and usually cost anywhere from ₩800-2,000/hr.

• 🌍 Nolewa PC, Galmaji-gil, Danwon-gu. 

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