Ulgi Park (Daewongam Park)
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| Address |
| San, 907, Ilsan-dong, Dong-gu, Ulsan |
| Description |
Ulgi Park is a seaside park located on the east coast, and has a walk, and
Daewongam’s refreshing scenery. Ulgi Park has a pine forest trail path, about
1km long, going from the parking lot right up to the seashore. The forest is
considered one of the great Haesong forests, and during the walk you can see
cherry blossoms, magnolias, camellias, apricots, and forsythias, which make the
road very beautiful in the spring. Once you are out on the beach, you can see
many interesting shapes of the seaside rocks. So very interesting are some of
their shapes that compliments get uttered without thought. When you go to the
seaside rocks, there is a whale bone’s jaw bone standing up, and you can tell
that Wolsan used to be famous for whale hunting. Go past the whale jaw bone and
walk for a bit, and you will come across Daewongam. Daewongam is a large rock
island, but because it has been connected to the mainland with an iron bridge,
you can easily cross it. Once you have crossed over to Daewongam, on the eastern
end is an observation tower, where you can enjoy a clear unobstructed view of
the scenery. Come out of Daewongam, and go in the opposite direction of the pine
forest trail, and you will come across Ulgi Park’s stroll path. When you have
walked about half of the distance, you can see the Ulgi Lighthouse, which acts
as a guide to ships in the East sea. Daeam is named so because Silla’s King
Munmu (30th king, reign 661~681), who unified the entire Korean peninsula, was
buried at this place. Some people say that the real Daewongam, tomb of King
Munmu, is at the seashore of Gameunsaji in Gyeongju. Daewongam has the shape of
a dragon rising up to the sky, and because it fell trying to rise up, it is also
called Yongchuam. It is a very beautiful place, where the blue sea and the dark
red rocks blend in perfectly.
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| Directions |
- From Ulsan Airport, take Bus [No. 33] and get off at the entrance of
Ulgideungdae,
walk 10 min more. Taxi takes 15 min.
- From Ulsan Station, take
bus [No. 1-2, No. 102,No 60 and No 100] and get off
at the entrance of
Ulgideungdae, walk 10 min more. Taxi takes 25 min.
- From Ulsan Intercity Bus
Terminal, take Bus (No. 1-2, No. 102, No. 60, No.100 and
get off at the entrance
of Ulgideungdae, walk 10 min more). Taxi takes 30 min.
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| Information |
- Inquiries: Ulsan Multi Tour Administration Office
Tel :+82-52-277-0101 (Kor,
Jap, Eng, Chn)
- Homepage: www.metro.ulsan.kr (Kor, Eng, Jap,
Chi)
- Admission Fee: free
- Open 24 hours a day.
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| Travel TIPS |
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Bangudaeamgakwha, Jeongja Beach. |
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