2025 Gwangju Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in February)

Located in Munheung-dong, Gwangju, this forest path is a popular spot for locals to visit during the summer to see the flowers. It's not well-known, so it's more frequented by neighborhood residents for walks rather than tourists. In autumn, the trees turn red and yellow, creating a golden wave. If you visit Gwangju in the fall, be sure to check out Maengmundong Forest Path! 📍Maengmundong Forest Path ▫️Location: 1014-3 Munheung-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City ▫️Hours: Daily

🔸Herejoa Unmanned Hotel ✔️Location: 13 Bukmun-daero, Buk-gu, Gwangju Herejoa Unmanned Hotel is a budget-friendly accommodation option for your trip to Gwangju. It is especially recommended for those coming to watch games as it is close to the Gwangju Baseball Stadium. The hotel is also near the terminal and station, making it convenient for travelers without a car. Enjoy comfortable room conditions at a reasonable price.

I visited the charming Hanok cafe 'Hoyang Holim' in Yangnim-dong. This Hanok cafe in the city center has high ceilings and large windows, giving it a very open and beautiful atmosphere. The seating is available in both table and floor styles, and there are benches in the yard. They offer freshly roasted coffee every day and also sell coffee beans. The cafe offers a variety of fusion traditional desserts such as Gaeseong Juak, Hangari Bingsu, and Injeolmi Waffles. I highly recommend Hoyang Holim Hanok Cafe for its diverse fusion desserts and delicious drinks. Address: 4 Uwolsoon-gil, Nam-gu, Gwangju, 1st floor Open daily from 11:00 to 21:00 High chairs available, pets allowed

#IndoorDate #GwangjuRestaurant #VietnameseFood 🔆HanoiYi WolgokMainStore 📍Gwangju Gwangsan-gu Mokryeon-ro 94 1st floor 📍10:30 - 21:45 I fell in love with the interior and atmosphere that felt like I was in Vietnam and the taste of the food that tasted just like the local food I fell in love with it the first time. It's fresh, the portions are large, and the taste is great! It's a restaurant that has everything. It felt even more special because it's Hanoi local food. It's full of the unique Vietnamese atmosphere, so it felt like I was eating in Vietnam, so it was great because it felt like I was traveling!! There's only the main store for Banh Xeo, so if you want to eat Banh Xeo visit the Wolgok main store

It's a cafe at the Gwangju Sajik Park Observatory. There's no admission fee to the observatory, and it's really great that you can drink coffee while looking out over the wide open city of Gwangju. There's no separate parking lot, but there's a place to park, so you can drive there! 📍Photo Observatory Tower Cafe 📍49 Sajik-gil, Nam-gu, Gwangju 🕒 Cafe 10:00~21:00 🚗 There's no parking lot, but there's street parking at Sajik Park near the observatory tower entrance ​ #Cafe with a good view#Gwangju

A new seafood restaurant, Bada Super Seafood Heaven Grilled Shellfish, has opened in Gwangju Geumho District. The store is really spacious and the seafood in the aquarium outside is really fresh. The menu has various menus such as steamed shellfish, grilled shellfish, and lobster. I ordered the soup shellfish stew with beef shabu-shabu :) The basic side dishes are also neatly served, and the soup tteokbokki with tofu kimchi and cheese is also served! The cheese stretches out and it's really delicious!! The soup shellfish stew is served. It's filled with a variety of seafood such as shellfish, abalone, scallops, clams, octopus, squid, shrimp, octopus, crab, etc. And cheese is also served so you can dip it. After adding Bada Super's secret broth that has been boiled with 10 years of know-how and 24 ingredients, they prepare it so that it's easy to eat. The octopus was once boiled and then cleaned and eaten, and it was really chewy and delicious. As expected of steamed clams, there were a variety of seafood, so it was fun to choose. I didn't chew on any sand at all, so it was really, really good!! And the broth was really the best!! I think it would be perfect for those who drink alcohol. And they also gave me beef shabu-shabu, so I ate all the seafood and it had a different taste!! The beef in the seafood broth is also really delicious.💕 We finished off our dessert with a free Hwangdo :) Address: 1st floor, 2-13, Geumhwa-ro 73beon-gil, Seo-gu, Gwangju Business hours: Every day 15:00 - 24:00 / Last order 23:00 Phone: 0507-1447-2285 #GwangjuRestaurant #GwangjuGeumho-dongRestaurant #Geumho-dongRestaurant #GwangjuGeumhoDistrictRestaurant #GeumhoDistrictRestaurant #GwangjuGeumho-dongGrilledClams #GwangjuGeumho-dongStewedClams #GwangjuGrilledClams #GwangjuGeumhoJim #Geumho-dongGrilledClams

🙋🏻‍♂️ If you want to enjoy coffee and desserts as if you were in a foreign country, this is highly recommended! 🏷️ SLYFOX 📍 1st floor, 33 Mareuk-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju (Mareuk-dong) 💁🏻‍♂️ Ttukboki's [Cafe] Story When I saw it from the outside, I thought it was just an ordinary cafe, but when I went inside, it felt like I was in a foreign country! They said the interior was themed after a cafe on a British street. It's great for enjoying various drinks and special desserts. Maybe it's because of the atmosphere, but there were a lot of people taking pictures in the photo zone(?). #HotPlace #CafeRecommendation #Couples #GwangjuRestaurants #GwangjuTravel

#TravelMoon Gwangju Omakase Restaurant ✨️Oboeru✨️ is a place in Gwangju where you can enjoy a great omakase course for a reasonable price. The variety of alcohol is also great. Dinner reservations are always full, so I recommend making a reservation in advance. The portions are also very generous, so you'll be very full by the end of the course. The owner and his wife, who are a married couple, also recommend sake and other alcoholic beverages that go well with the food, making it an even better place. 🎯22-4, Dongmyeong-ro 20beon-gil, Dong-gu, Gwangju #GwangjuTravel #GwangjuRestaurant #Oboeru

Cafe Dopi located in Dong-gu, Gwangju is a hot spot in the city. It's so popular that there's no seat available on weekends, but there were still quite a few people during weekday afternoons. The interior design is vintage yet modern, making it a perfect spot for taking Instagram-worthy photos. Their special menu item is the donut, and although I wanted to try all the different flavors, I only picked two since I came after lunch. The taste was beyond my expectations, especially when paired with coffee. If you have a sweet tooth, you'll definitely be satisfied with their desserts. ⏰️11:00-22:00 🚗Parking on the narrow street is required. 🔍238 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju #ScenicCafe #CafeDopi

Jeju Island clean raw meat, the nostalgic pork cutlet Brown Pork Cutlet has opened in Gwangju Suwan!! There are a variety of menus including pork cutlet, hamburger steak, curry, udon, buckwheat, iced Hongshi and star candy that are good for dessert. When you order all menus, soup, bread, strawberry jam, soup, pickles, and radish kimchi are provided as standard. Soft Hongsu Cheese Pork Cutlet and chewy sirloin are served together, and the cheese is really rich and light and comes out like a flood, so it stretches out!! Since the pork cutlet is fried, it might be greasy, but it is not greasy at all! The sirloin was soft and had no porky smell at all, and it was delicious! The amount of one menu is so generous that it seems like 2 people can eat it. It is so generous!! The pork cutlet menu also comes with rice, green onions, salad, and corn as sides, and it was so delicious :) 📌110 Suwan-ro 10beongil, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, 1st floor ⏰ AM11:00~PM10:00 ☎️062-959-5236 #Suwan District Restaurant#Suwan District#Suwan District Hot Place#Suwan District Cost-effective Restaurant#Brown Donkatsu Suwan Branch#Donkatsu Restaurant#Donkatsu#Suwan District Donkatsu#Gwangju Donkatsu#Suwan District Donkatsu Restaurant#Brown Donkatsu#Gwangju Brown Donkatsu

Ilmi Hanwoo, a famous restaurant in Duam-dong, Gwangju, located near Munhwa Elementary School!! First, the basic side dishes are neatly presented, and they are delicious. The cooked bibimbap has a lot of vegetables and a lot of beef, so I put rice in it and mixed it with sesame oil and gochujang, and it was a lot for two people. It is the essence of abundance😀 The owner is kind, the meat is delicious, and the side dishes are all delicious!! 📌Gwangju Buk-gu Woldong-ro 20 Ilmi Hanwoo ⏰Mon-Sat 10:30 - 21:30 (15:00 - 16:30 break time) 21:00 Last order ☎️062-252-3785 🚗Group seating, parking, takeout, reservations, separate male/female restrooms #Ilmi Hanwoo#Gwangju Duam-dong meat#Gwangju Duam-dong meat restaurant#Gwangju Duam-dong pork belly#Gwangju Duam-dong Hanwoo#Duam-dong meat#Duam-dong famous restaurant#Duam-dong meat restaurant

I visited Seven Bricks Hotel near Gwangju Sangmu District. It was newly built, so the bedding and towels were really clean, and the interior was really neat and stylish, so it was really nice. And it was nice that they even provided a styler. The bed was so soft that I slept really well!! 📌21 Sangmujungang-ro 68beon-gil, Seo-gu, Gwangju 📌Check-in 17:00 Check-out 12:00 ☎️0507-1376-2727 📌Newly built, Wi-Fi, free movies, breakfast provided, parking #Ho-cation #Seven Bricks Hotel #Gwangju Hotel #Sangmu District Hotel #Gwangju

When I traveled to Vietnam before, I really missed Vietnamese food. I visited Emoi Chungjang, a famous Vietnamese rice noodle restaurant :) Bulgogi rice noodles had a lot of meat and were really soft, melting in your mouth. And you could taste the rich flavor of the broth, so it was light and delicious. I ate Banh Xeo, which I remember eating so deliciously in Vietnam. You just dip thin rice paper in lettuce soaked in sweat, and roll it up with Banh Xeo pancakes with meat and vegetables, and it made me remember Vietnam so vividly😆 Then Bun Cha came out, which came with rice noodles, grilled pork, salad, and Cha Giao together😀 Cha Giao is also called Vietnamese dumplings, and it has various vegetables, noodles, and meat inside. I dipped it in sour Nuoc Mam sauce, and although it was fried, it wasn't greasy at all and was delicious. The grilled pork didn't have any porky smell and was soft. When you go to Chungjang-ro and want to eat Vietnamese food, go straight to Emoi Chungjangjeom‼️ ​ 📌Gwangju Dong-gu Jungang-ro 180 ☎️062-222-7174 ⏰11:00 AM _ 9:40 PM Last order 9:30 PM #IndoorDate #Chungjang-roRestaurant #Emoi #Chungjang-roEmoi #GwangjuEmoi #GwangjuRestaurant

I visited On A Break, a large new cafe in Gwangju with a view of Hwangryong River:) 1st floor parking lot & staircase 2nd floor counter & cafe 3rd floor cafe 4th floor rooftop You can go up to the 2nd floor by elevator or stairs to order. The interior of the 1st floor is green and the view through the large windows is great. There is even a pretty photo zone on one side, so you can take pretty pictures. The 2nd floor is a restaurant with a view because the chairs are placed by the windows so that you can look out at the Hwangryong River. The cafe has a great atmosphere and it was healing to have coffee and dessert while looking at the river view❤️​ 📌Gwangju Gwangsan-gu Parkho-deung-im-ro 27 ON A BREAK ⏰Daily 10:10 ~ 21:00 ☎️Phone number: 0507-1345-9143 🚗Parking: Parking space available #Cafe with a good view #Gwangju new cafe #Gwangju on a break #Gwangju cafe #Gwangju cafe recommendation #Gwangju large cafe #Gwangju large cafe recommendation #Gwangju new cafe recommendation #On a break

#IndoorDate #Exhibition I went to an exhibition called Private Garden at the Gwangju National Asia Culture Center! I've been to many exhibitions, but this one was really, really great because of the spaces that used light and the traditional-style exhibitions! I recommend it for an indoor date on a cold day :)

#Foreign sensibility Won-gak-sa is a temple in downtown Gwangju. It is a temple with a relatively large scale for a temple in the city, and it is one of the temples that is always full of believers on weekends. It is a good temple to visit lightly when traveling to downtown Gwangju. #Won-gak-sa #Temple

Getting There - By car Attractions - Beautiful view Hotels - little far Food & Restaurants - there’s only have 1 coffee shop Shopping - very far

#IndoorDate #GwangjuBrunch #GwangjuBrunchRecommendation #TateModern 🔆TateModern 📍24, Sangmu-daero 673beon-gil, Seo-gu, Gwangju 📍11:00-23:00 (16:00-17:00 Break Time) (21:30 Last Order) (✔️Closed on the last Monday of every month) It's a brunch restaurant that everyone likes and dislikes, with a waiting line every time you visit Tate Modern offers a variety of dishes, from steak to salad, soup, pasta, and risotto, and there are signature menus that you can't find in regular Western restaurants In particular, the farmer's salad that I order every time I go is a popular menu at Tate Modern, and it has various ingredients such as apples, bacon, chicken breast, cheese, tomatoes, and corn, so you can eat until you're full, and the sauce is really delicious👍👍 🔖It's consistently popular with parents, children, and people of all ages, and it's satisfying in terms of interior design and food Brunch restaurant

Nice place and delicious coffee shop in Gwangju downtown it’s name Flukes coffee shop front in NC waves

Almost over the Autumn is over it’s all falling all leaves and this is goodbye Autumn in Korea beautiful colors and it’s good to took pictures before disappeared

The monorail in Gwangju if you go there just take taxi from the downtown it’s not far just tell the taxi mudeungpark hotel is very close just behind in the hotel

Beautiful leaves colorful at the Gwangju Pochung-ro park I couldn’t go inside with my dog is not allowed and also they close at 5pm

In park Gwangju it’s good for picnic and easy and near but you can’t bring your dog inside and they close until 5pm

The kimche festival in Gwangju the museum of kimche all kimche Went yesterday but lots of traffic the last day of festival

The falls flowers and the last flowers before the winter

The beautiful sunset in Jiseok-dong part in Gwangju city it’s beautiful park you have to go up stairs to go up in the mountain and you can see the nice view and sunset

The beautiful sunset in Pochungsa it’s part in Gwangju city but this is a country side , you can just walk from the park in pochungsa and there’s a small road by the lake

📍Kyushu: 47-3 Dongmyeong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju The store interior is so pretty in orange~! When I took pictures, I felt like I was in Jeju Islandㅎ Since Kyushu is limited to 100 people a day, it is unlimited refills, but the food quality is good, so I want to visit again next time I go to Gwangju! The last fried rice was also so deliciousㅠ I love shabu-shabu, so I inhaled it like crazy 🐷 #Let's go on a trip#Hot place#Couples#Date course#Restaurant tour#Safe travel#City travel#Vacation travel#Shabu shabu#Gwangju travel#Gwangju

The festival in Gwangju city for 3 days located in downtown city , lots of music, restaurants foods and the road is closed for festival