Gongju Hanok Village / 공주한옥마을

Gongju Traditional Korean Village is located between the Tomb of King Muryeong and the Gongju National Museum in Gongju, which is often referred to as ‘a roofless museum’ due to the preponderance of historic sites. Opened as a hanok stay on a 30,000m2 site in 2010, the Village, which is entirely composed of tiled-roof hanok houses and thatched-roof houses, offers attractive hanok accommodation that combines traditional and modern styles, and has rooms equipped with a Korean floor heating system (gudeul), as well as a pavilion. It also runs diverse experience programs relating to the history of the Baekje Kingdom. It comprises six group accommodation buildings and ten individual accommodation buildings. The group accommodation buildings, which are recommended for group workshops and school trips, have individual locker rooms and shower rooms, while the individual accommodation building, which is recommended for families and small groups, has four economy-type rooms which share a communal space, and five general-type rooms and two high-class rooms that are equipped with a Hinoki cypress bathtub. The rooms can be opened and locked using a card-key system for guests’ convenience and security. The Village also runs a number of popular experience programs including Storytelling of Baekje Tea, a tea ceremony program coupled with a story about Baekje royal tea, and a Gongju chestnut cookie making experience that offers guests an opportunity to make tea confectionery by mixing chestnut powder and mixed-grain powder with honey. It also runs various programs relating to the history and culture of Baekje, including programs in which participants can wear a Baekje royal costume, learn how to bind books in the Baekje style, and make Baekje relics.