Since a lot of countries began to open the border for visitors, people are beginning to ponder where to visit. Various countries have a lot of places and attractions for us to visit and all of us are overwhelmed with a lot of choices.
South Korea has one that looks like a magical land. Introducing Banwol-do or also known as the half-moon island. This beautiful purple island is located in Sinan County in the South Jeolla Province.
This island has 40,000 lavender plants are being planted on the islands planted over to make the island turns into such a periwinkle beauty. Moreover, there are also white cedar, empress trees, and other purple flowers and trees also planted on this island.
Furthermore, the rooftop of the houses, hotels, and restaurants on this island is painted with all the same shade of purple.
Look at this! It is so eye-catching!
Not only that, one of the main attractions on this island is a phone booth. It is such a hit with the tourists. What makes it unique? Instead of the usual alarming red colour, it is purple.
To enjoy the beautiful scenery, you can walk around as you take your time appreciating the beauty of this place. But If you are tired of walking, you can rent a bicycle to travel around at ₩5,000/hour, which is around 17.78 MYR.
Besides that, you can cycle along the roads and admired those cute purple pinwheels as you look at the watery scenery.
Not to forget, you should not miss out to take a picture at this half-moon monument that has two cute characters on it.
You will not believe it but the roads also painted purple. The light pole also was painted in purple which makes the colour of the bench contrast more.
Interested to come her? Here some guide for you.To get to this wonderful island, it will take almost 10 hours from Seoul. First, you have to take a train from Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport.
After that, you’re going to take Korea Train Express or famously known as KTX. As you ride the KTX, you will stop Mokpo Station for the bus to Anjwa-Myeon.
In Anja-Myeon, you will have to ride another bus to your destination, which is the purple bridge. Oh my! It looks very elegant at night.
Such a pretty place! Don’t forget to put it on your list!
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