The Naeilcheon Service Area on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway”
It’s a rest area that I visited when the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway was first opened. Since then, I’ve occasionally stopped by. The unique aspect of this rest area is that it shares the same building for both Seoul-bound and Yangyang-bound directions.
Parking on the Seoul-bound side feels like a rarity this time. I think most of the time, I’ve parked on the Yangyang-bound side. The Seoul-bound side is situated at a higher location compared to the Yangyang-bound side, spanning four floors in height.
From here, you can take the escalator down to the first floor to access the parking lot for the Yangyang-bound direction.
It was a trip to Gangwon Province with a lot of fine dust in the air. I can’t remember the last time I traveled to Gangwon Province.
The Naeilcheon Service Area nestled in nature in Inje.
Naeilcheon Service Area (Seoul-bound) 117 Seoul-Yangyang Expressway, Sangnam-myeon, Inje-gun, Gangwon Province
Naeilcheon Service Area (Yangyang-bound) 117-2 Seoul-Yangyang Expressway, Sangnam-myeon, Inje-gun, Gangwon Province
The Naeilcheon Service Area on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway is a unique structure where the rest area building is shared, with only the parking lot locations differing between Seoul-bound and Yangyang-bound directions.
Inje Local Food Happy Market
There are Tom N Toms coffee shops on both the first and fourth floors. However, the food court is on the fourth floor.
There’s also a Dunkin’ Donuts store, located separately on the right side outside of the first floor.
Park Miseon Rice Cake
It’s the first time I’ve heard of it… They offer various rice cakes like nut-filled glutinous rice cake, cheese pumpkin rice cake, and butter sweet potato rice cake.
Budget Snack Corner
The convenience store also sells emergency supplies.
Next to the fourth-floor observatory, there’s Monster Bread, where you can find ice cream and Yeager Chef coffee.
33 Tteokbokki & Mini Gimbap
The Naeilcheon Service Area on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway offered more diverse options than I expected, both for Seoul-bound and Yangyang-bound directions.
Convenience stores are located on both the first and fourth floors.
Snack Corner, Walnut Cookies, Busan Fish Cakes
What was particularly unique about the Naeilcheon Service Area on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway, both for Yangyang-bound and Seoul-bound directions, was that most of the stores were indoors rather than outside.
There were cash ATMs located on both the first and fourth floors.
Doll Grabber machines that kids love. Nowadays, it seems like adults enjoy them more than kids do.
Bag and Handbag stores
They seem to operate as popup stores.
Notable Places
3-4F Baekdusum Path Pavilion
Make sure to visit here at least once when you have the time.
Ordering through kiosks
The spacious fourth-floor food court
It had a long, spacious layout, and there seemed to be plenty of seating.
Convenience store inside the fourth floor
There’s also one on the first floor.
There was a nursing room on the fourth floor.
Being located near the Baekdu Daegan, the Naeilcheon Service Area provides detailed information not only about the Baekdu Daegan but also about the history and current status of the expressway.
“The Road Shared by People and Animals”
Baekdu Daegan
They provide detailed introductions, starting from related videos to the ecology and even explanations about the country’s longest tunnel.
Animations for children
Messages for the future of coexistence.
During travels, spending about an hour in an unplanned exhibition hall isn’t always easy, but visiting once could broaden one’s knowledge and serve as a valuable educational experience for children.
The exhibition hall not only covers aspects related to the Baekdu Daegan but also provides detailed information about the history and current status of the expressway.
✔ Among the rest areas along the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway, the Naeilcheon Service Area stands out as the only one where both the Yangyang-bound and Seoul-bound directions share the same building for the rest area. (However, parking spaces are naturally separate.)
✔ The food court is located on the fourth floor, and most of the Naeilcheon Service Area’s popular restaurant menus are also on the fourth floor, so keep that in mind.
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