Gyeongpo Beach

Gangneung’s wide beach and coffee scene.

Why go

Gyeongpo is Gangneung’s long, wide East Sea beach, backed by pine groves, a scenic lake and one of Korea’s best-known coffee cultures.

It is the summer favourite of the east coast, an easy fast-train ride from Seoul.

Gyeongpo pairs a long East Sea beach with Gyeongpo Lake and the historic Gyeongpodae pavilion — a Joseon-era spot famed in legend for seeing five moons at once. Nearby, Anmok's 'coffee street' helped spark Korea's specialty-coffee boom.

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Good to know

• The cafe strip along Anmok beach is famous for coffee.
• Gyeongpo Lake beside the beach is lovely for a cherry-blossom walk.
• Summer weekends are busy — arrive early.
• Walk or cycle the lake loop, loveliest under spring cherry blossoms. The beach is the east coast's summer favourite and an easy fast-train ride from Seoul, so arrive early on weekends.

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