Herb Island in Pocheon, South Korea (Part 2- My Review)

This tourist attraction was created in 1998 with the purpose of promoting and growing Mediterranean Herbs. You can see an herb museum, get a massage at the herbal center, see many attractions that are made out of herbal plants, visit the herb bakery, browse the herb-related souvenir shop, check out the greenhouse, and eat at the herb restaurant. It's a very unique experience in the middle of the countryside and surrounded by beautiful mountains in Pocheon.

My wife and I came on a rainy day, so it was quite the adventure to get here but we were pleasantly surprised once we got here. First, we noticed that very few people were there on that day. This was a major plus.

As soon as we walked in, we were greeted with restrooms that were painted by people that had a sense of humor. I immediately had to take a couple of pictures.

We loved the artsy feel to this place with the masks and pastel colors.

You can see how much it was raining in the next picture!

In the museum area, there were fairy tale themes such as Snow White....

Beauty in the center of the picture while Beast is taking the picture....

And my wife definitely had a field day with this next one! Mirror mirror on the door, who's the fairest on this floor? ;)

Cinderella in her Pumpkin Coach!

To confirm that she's Cinderella: If the shoe fits, wear it! And it fit indeed!

Then we found out that Herb Island takes pride in their herbal products. They even make all of their products on site. This area is on the second floor. Even the walls were made of plants:

Then we made our way outside the museum and we saw an area where you can take gondola rides in Venice Village. Today was not that day...

In the Venezia Shop, kids can get costumes of fairy tale characters and women can get cute little headbands or masks:

My wife would look great in that Snow White costume!

Very cute!

There's also fairy tale characters scattered everywhere and a waterfall!

You can get fresh baked bread with herbs in the bakery....

One cool area is a series of rooms that show the nostalgia of Korea in the past...

1980s Korea

And a lot more traditional Korea

A traditional Korean cafe ("dabang")

A traditional Korean classroom

Herb Island also has a cool greenhouse with a lot of beautiful flowers and plants. While we were there, we found a few friends welcoming us inside....

My wife thinks I look like Winnie the Pooh and she looks like Piglet. Haha!

One of my favorite aspects of this area is the area surrounding Herb Island. It's surrounded by lush, green mountains during the spring and fall...

Beautiful Pocheon

But what was unexpected was that this place also has an all-year round Christmas theme in one area of the park. There's a Christmas store with Santa Claus and Biblical themes combined. I don't think I've ever seen that before...

And at 7:00pm, the Christmas lights illuminate the whole park. I took a lot of pictures, but you'll just have to go yourself to see the rest of the park in all of its Christmas glory....

And in this area just outside the Christmas store you can hear Christmas music including the dreaded song "Last Christmas"by George Michael. ;)

You can also eat at a restaurant that has inexpensive and pretty good food before you go home or get some medicine or a massage at the herbal center. Herb Island has small shops where you can buy Christmas items, a big store where you can buy health products including a massage chair, heat packs, medicine, etc. Finally, there's a mini-dinosaur park for kids and Herb Island's version of Trevi Fountain in Rome. Overall, this place is fun and I would give it four stars out of five. Just be sure that you don't leave too late if you want to take the bus back to downtown Pocheon. But it would be easier if you drove here.

Have fun!

Scott Worden (The L.A./Seoul Guy)

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