East coast · Sokcho, Gangwon
Sokcho Beach
속초해수욕장
The town beach for Seoraksan — sand in the morning, mountains in the afternoon.
Sokcho's own beach runs along the edge of the town, which makes it the easiest to combine with something else: it is twenty minutes from the Seoraksan park gate.
The fish market and the little hand-pulled ferry across the harbour channel at Abai village are both a short walk away.
Photograph by Mobius6, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for this page.
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