A drive course encompassing the best sunset and night views of the West Sea

The course runs from Baengnyeong Island to Ganghwa-gun and Gimpo-si, driving along the West Sea coastal road with wide mudflats and enchanting sunsets, and entering the golden waterway landscape with sparkling colorful lights.

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Gimpo Jangneung (Queen Inheon) [UNESCO World Cultural Heritage]

Jangneung is a historic site and the royal tomb of Prince Sohyeon, posthumously honored as King Wonjong, the biological father of Injo, the 16th king of Joseon (1623-1649), and his wife, Queen Inheon of the Gu clan. The size and specifications of the tomb seem to represent the archetype of the mid-Joseon period, and below the tomb is a jaesil (ritual house) where ancestral rites are held; it is also the building where Yeongjo, the 21st king of Joseon, and Jeongjo, the 22nd king, visited annually to perform ancestral rites.

Joyang Bangjik

Joyang Textile, Ganghwa's first rayon factory established in 1933 with domestic capital, fell into ruin as Ganghwa's textile industry declined over the years. The building, which had been collapsing unsightly, was reborn as a huge café. The crumbling walls became a wonderful art gallery and cinema, the long workbenches turned into coffee tables, and the space left by both machines and people was filled with antiques found in China, Europe, and elsewhere. An English door with a broken glass window, a round mirror from an old Czech train, and a fish-shaped bread machine that struggled to flip itself every winter are placed so naturally as if they had always been there, preserving the factory site and building frame of over 990㎡ (about 300 pyeong) and leaving the story of time throughout the café. Currently, various beverages and cakes are sold.

Laveniche Plaza

Hangang Central Park, which was created with the development of Gimpo Hangang New Town, leads to a wonderful walking path from the golden waterway of the waterside promenade to the Lavenice shopping center. La Venice, a golden waterway leading to a walking path with a total length of 2.68km, offers diverse scenery from the southern and northern ends. La Venice, which is said to have been created with the motif of Venice, the city of water, is lined with various shops along the 1.7km round-trip waterside. Centered around Central Plaza's central plaza, there are daily necessities, restaurants, and beer houses on both sides of the waterfront, making it the perfect place to enjoy some healing time with shopping after a light walk.