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Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Mar 29, 2025 – Apr 1, 2025
- 📍 Location
- 74 Sinbiuibadat-gil, Jindo-gun, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-21:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Area of Hoedong-ri, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Jindo-gun · Jindo-gun Festival Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-61-540-3408
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
Jindo Island holds the Miracle Sea Road Festival in time for the path’s emergence from the sea. During the hour in which the path remains above sea level, visitors can walk across the middle of the sea and collect seafood such as abalone and octopus using their bare hands. The festival also showcases intangible cultural heritage performances and activities, including Jindo Arirang, Ganggangsullae (Circle Dance), Namdo Deullorae (Farmers’ Song of Jeollanam-do), and Jindo Ssitgimgut (Purification Ritual of Jindo). People from all over the world gather in the global zone for a global music trip,
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 진도군, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
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🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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Nearby Attractions
Places within 12 km of the festival venue (straight-line distance), described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Travel time depends on roads and traffic, so only distance is shown.
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Jindo Mysterious Sea Route진도 신비의 바닷길 Attractionapprox. 0.7 km
Jindo Island is the third largest island in Korea, next to Jeju Island and Geoje Island. It is made up of 250 smaller islands, and it is famous for a strip of dry road…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 고군면 신비의바닷길 148 -
Modo Island모도 Attractionapprox. 2.9 km
In 1929, Modo Island was spotted by Kim Hae-gim on his way to Jeju Island. He called the island Ttiseom because of the multitude of ttipul grass, a grass native to…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 의신면 모도길 12-3 -
Ullimsanbang House진도 운림산방 Attractionapprox. 5.5 km
On the foot of Cheomchalsan Mountain (485 m), bordering Ssangyesa Temple to the North, sits Ullimsanbang House. The building was once a home to the famous artist, Heo Yu…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 의신면 운림산방로 315 -
Jindo Yongjangseong Fortress진도 용장성 Attractionapprox. 9.3 km
Yongjangseong Fortress, built by Sambyeolcho as an anti-Mognolian facility in Jindo, is located on the mountain ridge of the northern coast of Jindo. Although most of…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 군내면 용장산성길 92 -
Jindo Island진도 Attractionapprox. 10.1 km
Jindo Island is the principal island among the cluster of 230 islets in the southwestern part of the Korean peninsula. The island is blessed with abundant fertile land,…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 진도읍
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