Gwangju International Center’s GIC Tour for August visits Yeonggwang on the west coast on Saturday.
The first stop will be a museum and shrine that honors the introduction of Buddhism to the Baekje Kingdom. In A.D. 384, a monk called Marananta from present-day Pakistan came to Korea bringing Buddhist texts and founded Korea’s first temple, Bulgap-sa.
The museum has a collection of Gandharan sculptures and artifacts from the period.
Beopseong Port is a quiet fishing village well known for its signature catch of “gulbi,” and the tour will stop to enjoy “gulbi jeongshik.”
After lunch, the tour will drive along the Baeksu Coastal Road to a scenic viewpoint with a pavilion overlooking the sea, before visiting a salt farm for a hands-on experience of the traditional way of making sea salt.
The last stop will be White Quartz Beach.
The tour runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and costs 30,000 won for GIC members and 40,000 won for non-members.
To join the tour, sign up via the GIC website by Wednesday.
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