On a day when autumn was gradually becoming more beautiful,
With good weather and good mood, after a long time,
A clear day without fine dust.
My heart moved to Pocheon.
🌈 Operating hours of Pocheon Herb Island
10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Closed every Wednesday
During the Pink Muhly Festival, there is a moderate amount of traffic in the late afternoons on weekends.
It’s better to come early.
I hurriedly went in the morning,
Because of the news about the Pink Muhly Festival at Pocheon Herb Island,
There were quite a few people.
Tickets can be purchased through a kiosk.
Don’t wait in line at the ticket counter. Hehe.
As it is a place worth visiting near Seoul,
There weren’t many people.
And there were small playgrounds, dinosaurs, and
Various rides, so it seemed popular as a place to visit with children.
🌈 Admission fee for Pocheon Herb Island
Adults: Weekends 12,000, Weekdays 10,000
(From high school students)
37 months old ~ Middle school students
Weekends 10,000, Weekdays 8,000
(Including seniors and people with disabilities)
Pocheon Shinbuk-myeon residents are free.
(Maybe I should move to Shinbuk-myeon? Hehe)
🌈 Pink Muhly Package
(Admission fee is separate)
They operated a package where you could ride a pink sand sled, swing, and taste pink ice cream.
Anytime is a good time for Pocheon
Come to think of it, Pocheon has many popular tourist attractions as a place worth visiting near Seoul.
Climbing a slightly quiet hill from the ticket office,
The beautiful scenery seen for the first time.
It feels like coming to a village in a fairy tale.
🌈 Tractor carriage
Large tractors carried many people
To the place where the pink muhly grass is at Herb Island.
From the tractor platform to the wide field of pink muhly,
It’s a height reminiscent of a hiking trail.
(It takes about 10 minutes to walk, a slight hiking course)
It may feel a bit burdensome to push a stroller for the elderly.
(I saw some people pushing strollers up.)
🌈 Ticket office
You can buy tickets for mini trains, dinosaur riders, and tractor carriages.
Near the ticket office are small playgrounds for children
And dinosaur models, which attract children’s attention without lacking.
🌈 Entrance to Santa Village
It’s a bit regrettable because it’s not evening.
In the evening, it’s a pretty place with various colored lights illuminating it.
From 6:30 PM, they light up,
So if you have time, it’s nice to wait until this time and go sightseeing.
Santa Village’s another scenery.
At night, it’s clearly another cool place.
At the highest point of Santa Village
There was a French Saint-Tropez doll exhibition.
The pretty dolls were so full that you would want to bring them home.
It seemed good for creating a feeling closest to reality and an antique atmosphere.
French Saint-Tropez dolls
Among various themes, the most impressive was the birth of baby Jesus.
The owl that brings luck
Personally, I like owl dolls and sculptures.
In the middle of Pocheon Herb Island was
A herb botanical garden.
Since it’s a greenhouse structure, even in winter, it’s not cold,
You can view herbs and plants growing in a warm place,
And there are chairs placed everywhere,
So you can take a break and heal in a space filled with herb fragrance for a while.
It takes about 30 minutes to see the whole area sufficiently.
They also made a tunnel with beautiful lights,
And if you lightly touch the herbs with your hands,
You can feel the herb fragrance subtly from your hands.
“A must-visit place at Herb Island”
A small garden you encounter while heading towards Venice from the herb botanical garden.
At Venice Garden, a small dock where you can ride a boat
Appears with the surroundings beautifully decorated.
Entirely filled with pink festival atmosphere.
🌈 Fragrance shop
From herb air fresheners to herb tea
And various souvenirs can be purchased.
In the past, this place was closer to the entrance and was thriving…
But now it seems like not many people come here.
The interior seemed to have changed a bit since the last time I visited.
There used to be a clothing store in the center of the first floor,
It used to be full of various herb products.
Still, the sentiment of the first time I came remains somewhat,
The fragrance of that time lingered as it was.
Just by the fragrance, it’s a place worth visiting once.
There are many souvenirs, and it’s a place where
Fans and impulse buyers coexist.
The store was located at the innermost part from the entrance.
Although there are newly opened shops at the entrance,
It’s a bit crowded, and here, you can enjoy and explore with a bit more ease.
There’s a door leading to the alley on the second floor of the bakery.
More people than expected don’t know much,
So you have to look around carefully.
Entering from the entrance towards the inside, there’s a bakery next to the fragrance shop.
It was a place where you could have a cup of tea while healing for a moment.
A street of memories that still retains the sentiment of the past.
There were fewer people than expected.
Probably many people didn’t know that there was such a place inside.
There used to be a place selling rice soup, but unfortunately, the rice soup restaurant is gone now,
Only its form and memories remain.
A place where you can play the nostalgic caramel lottery.
The price is a bit disappointing at 3,000 won,
But it seemed to be a space that created another memory for children.
From the entrance, you can move from the place where you ride the tractor carriage to the area where the Pocheon Herb Island Pink Muhly Festival is held.
It’s about a 15-20 minute walk.
(If you walk fast, you can do it in 10 minutes)
However, there’s a slight slope,
So elderly people may find it more comfortable to use the tractor carriage.
You can climb this uphill about six times, corner by corner,
And there are spaces where you can take pictures beautifully decorated along the way.
🌈 Pink Muhly Grass
A plant of the Poaceae family originating from the United States
And distributed widely worldwide.
It grows well in areas with a lot of sand or gravel,
Good drainage, and somewhat dry areas.
There are many people queuing to ride the pink swing,
And there are many people taking pictures in the fields dyed with pink muhly.
There are many people in the place where you can ride the pink sled.
For those who purchased the package,
The pink sled area creates another memory.
For those who are looking for places to visit near Seoul with children,
It seems to be another place to spend a fun time with family.
The space between the fields dyed with pink muhly
Can be comfortably explored at will.
Currently, Pocheon Herb Island is entirely a pink