Healthy healing trip with pottery, rice and hot springs | Travel Course | K-Travel Mate

Located in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, the birthplace of Korea’s brilliant ceramic cultural heritage, this workshop offers both pottery-making experiences and accommodation. Nearby tourist attractions include Seolbong Park, Icheon Hot Springs, and Sansuyu Village. The pottery-making experience is guided by a teacher who majored in ceramics at university and graduate school and has many years of experience, providing systematic instruction that blends traditional Korean ceramics with modern crafts. Customized education is offered according to the participant's level, from young kindergarten children to young couples, office workers, foreigners, groups, clubs, and seniors. The facility has a spacious garden, green lawn, a modern gallery workshop building, and also operates an exhibition hall.

This is a representative Korean set menu restaurant in Icheon where a master Korean cuisine chef personally cooks. Only high-quality Icheon rice, known for its excellent taste, is used. The main side dishes include soy sauce marinated crab, barley dried yellow corvina, grilled short rib patties, and bulgogi, along with various carefully prepared side dishes, making the flavors exquisite. Additionally, the restaurant uses only domestically produced chili powder that is dried in-house to provide guests with a healthy dining experience.

Seolbong Park, a representative park of Icheon, hosts the World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon Ceramic Festival, and Icheon Rice Culture Festival. Within the park, there are cultural facilities such as the Icheon Municipal Museum, Icheon Municipal Woljeon Art Museum, and Icheon Intangible Heritage Transmission Education Center, making it a good place to explore. Additionally, sports facilities like an artificial rock climbing wall and a sledding ground are available. In spring, the fully bloomed cherry blossoms and in autumn, the colorful foliage are beautiful, making it ideal for a walk. The Icheon Comprehensive Tourist Information Center is located near the first parking lot for obtaining tourism information if needed.

이천 지역 최대의 랜드마크로 알려진 이천 미란다호텔은 지하 1층, 지상 10층의 본관, 지상 3층의 별관 등 총 8천여 평의 규모의 호텔과 총 1만 평 규모의 스파플러스로 이루어져 있다. 자연 속 계곡에서 천연 온천수로 즐기는 종합 온천테마파크인 스파플러스는 자연 친화적 온천 정원으로 실외공간인 ‘테마 스파존’과 실내공간인 ‘온천 사우나존’으로 구성되어 온 가족이 다 함께 다양한 물놀이를 즐길 수 있다.