Korea Flower Park is located at Kkotji Beach, Taean, which embraces the beautiful sunset of Taean. It is a flower-themed park where you can always see flowers, exhibiting tulips, summer flowers, and autumn flowers, operating seasonally except for winter. The park is designed so that you can see flowers from around the world, each with different colors, shapes, and names, all at a glance. Based on the know-how of flower festival technology and services accumulated since 2006, it provides visitors with comfort and a pleasant experience as well as beautiful memories. (Source: Korea Flower Park homepage)
Korea Flower Park is located in Taean near Kkotji Beach, a famous sunset location. The park is beautiful with different flowers in bloom from spring to fall. The garden also hosts various flower festivals throughout the year to highlight the flowers in bloom.
Kkotji Beach, located on Gwangji-gil in Anmyeon-eup, Taean-gun, Chungnam, offers a picturesque landscape blending a 5 km white sand beach with Halbae Rock and Halmae Rock. The sunset dyed red beyond these two rocks is considered the most beautiful view symbolizing Taean. The beach's charming name 'Kkotji' comes from the abundance of crape myrtle flowers blooming along the white sand. Couples and families enjoy walking along the long sandy beach or watching the waves, becoming part of the beach's scenery. A sad legend is associated with the two iconic rocks: during the Silla Dynasty, naval king Jang Bogo stationed a base on Anmyeon Island. The base commander Seungeon and his wife Mido had a loving relationship, but Seungeon never returned from a voyage. Mido waited by the sea, and after her death, became Halmae Rock. The larger rock closer to the sea naturally became Halbae Rock. The two rocks facing each other seem to welcome the husband returning from the sea, evoking deep emotion. At low tide, the rocks appear connected by a sandbar, as if one. Not only in midsummer but throughout the year, visitors are drawn by the sunset harmonizing with the rocks. Many gather at dusk to capture the beautiful sunset beyond Halmae and Halbae Rocks, creating a spectacular scene.
Kkotji Beach, located in beautiful Anmyeon, features a 5 kilometer stretch of white sand, and attractions like Halbaebawi and Halmaebawi Rocks (Grandpa & Grandma Rocks). Halmaebawi Rock is said to have once been a real woman, Mido, who lived during the Silla period. Her husband was sent on business and never returned. Mido sat by the ocean every day waiting for his return, eventually turning into a stone. Further out to sea, there is a large rock, which naturally earned the nickname of Halbaebawi. Many visitors come to Kkotji Beach all year round to enjoy the beautiful view, and take walks along the beach. The sunset scenery has also become a favorite for photographers.
The Anmyeondo Mogamjunamu community is located on the beach of Bangpo Beach, a bit away from Anmyeon-eup. The forest floor is covered with pebbles, and about 400 to 500 trees roughly 2 meters tall grow here, serving as a windbreak forest protecting against the sea breeze. In addition to the Mogamjunamu, various plants such as Sosana-mu, Jolcham-namu, and Sinnamu also grow together. There are two stories regarding the origin of this Mogamjunamu community: Mogamjunamu's distribution center is China, and it is speculated that seeds from trees growing inland in China drifted by ocean currents to form this community; alternatively, since Mogamjunamu is found not only on the west coast but also around Yeongil Bay on the east coast, it is believed to have originally grown in Korea. The Anmyeondo Mogamjunamu community is a rare naturally formed community in Korea and because Mogamjunamu trees are uncommon, it has high academic research value and is designated as a natural monument for protection.
Bangpo Beach has good sand quality and is ideal for camping, making it a perfect quiet family resort. On each side of the beach are legendary rocks called Halmi Rock and Halabi Rock, and the area includes a colony of Mogamjunamu trees designated as Natural Monument No. 138. To the southwest, there are natural breakwaters called Naepasudo and Oepasudo. At Bangpopogu Port, many fish such as ray, Conger eel, rockfish, and mackerel are caught, making it famous for fresh sashimi. Nearby are several other beaches including Ggotji and Sambong. The vicinity also includes Anmyeondo Natural Recreation Forest and an arboretum housing 208 species of native plants from the central coastal region, making it suitable for family recreation and physical and mental training.
