Looking for the best things to do near Pyeongtaek? South of Seoul volunteers looked through posts in the Pyeongtaek Food & Fun group and the Pyeongtaek Travelers group, then cross-referenced the information with Naver to compile the following lists. Jump straight to the List of Things do Do Near Pyeongtaek, or keep reading for additional information if you are new to Korea.
Areas Near Pyeongtaek
Each of the included administrative districts shares a border with Pyeongtaek. The list below includes activities in:
Travel time to these locations may be between 10 minutes – 1.5 hours driving in a personal vehicle depending on where you reside in Pyeongtaekm, the destination, and road conditions.
Things to Do Near Humphreys and Osan Base
This also works as a Best Things to do Near Camp Humphreys or Osan Air Force Base List since both US Military bases are in Pyeongtaek.
Issues with Top Things Near Pyeongtaek Lists
The South of Seoul volunteers created these comprehensive lists of activities by region near Pyeongtaek for a reason. After years of Googling, our volunteers continue to find terrible lists of Best things to do near Pyeongtaek by major corporations.
The large travel organizations have very little information regarding the Korean countryside and simply refer folks to activities in Seoul or other areas of Korea that are NOT ‘near’ Pyeongtaek. It creates a very frustrating experience for Pyeongtaek residents.
Tips for Rural Travel
Keep in mind that rural South Korean tourism and culture planning may not assume international foreigners will visit. This means there may be limited English in some more rural locations. Consider the small towns in your country. Generally, small communities don’t have the financial resources to create information in multiple languages and they focus on the needs of the immediate community. This remains true in rural South Korea.
However, rural areas in South Korea do welcome international visitors. You don’t need to feel uncomfortable visiting. The following tools may help you feel more comfortable and engaged in rural areas when English language information and speakers may not be available.
1330 For Additional Information
If you find a place you want to visit and have questions about ticketing, access for kids, parking, or other visitor information you can contact 1330. The tourist information line offers free English language support via phone or message.
Papago Translate App
Papago is the Naver translation app and it provides superior Korean to English to Korean translation. You can use it to read images, signs, menus, and much more. It even has a voice-to-text option.
Naver Maps for Navigation
Naver Maps provides superior routing in rural areas. Therefore, I do not recommend using WAZE, Google Maps, or Apple Maps. However, each person has their own preference for navigation apps based on their past experiences. Naver has an English language interface.
This is a List of Lists
Formatting blogs for Google and for speed can be tricky. In order to keep the technology gods happy, we blogged about the top things to do by location and then embedded the posts within this master blog. Such a structure might be annoying because you have to click out to other blogs, but it allows us to create an extensive list that will still load. Basically, we had to choose between an annoying load speed or annoying click-through – we went with click-through.
List of Things to Do Near Pyeongtaek-si, Korea
Each list linked below includes at least 10 things to do! Together they total over 90+ different ideas. This means you can find something to do every week of the year!
Founded in 2015, the South of Seoul team consists of volunteers on three continents working together to support English-speaking people traveling or living in South Korea. South of Seoul volunteers work with organizations and individuals across South Korea to improve equitable access to information across South Korea. Much of South of Seoul’s information focuses on Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Blogs published under the authorship of “South of Seoul” include blogs compiled by multiple volunteers to improve access to standardized information unrelated to individualized personal experiences.
