Enjoy last-minute cherry blossoms with less crowding With the arrival of spring in earnest in the last week or so, popular cherry blossom destinations in Seoul like Yeouido and Seokchon Lake have been packed with people day and night. If you wish to enjoy last-minute cherry blossoms this weekend with fewer people around, try the Seongnae Stream section of the Songpa Trail widely known as Seongnaecheonduk-gil bef.
Songpa Trail fully opened after 51 years
Posted : 2021-07-07 09:21
Updated : 2021-07-07 16:12
Residents take a walk along a Songpa Trail course in Songpa District, southeastern Seoul. Courtesy of Yim Hong-soon
By Bahk Eun-ji
When thinking of Songpa District in Seoul, images of large apartment complexes and skyscrapers may come to mind. But the district s network of walking trails, named Songpa Trail or Songpa Dullegil in Korean, is a hidden treasure of the area, created along four streams flowing through its landscape.
Songpa has had three walking courses along Seongnae and Jangji streams as well as the Han River, and the district office opened another one recently along Tan Stream, which had been off-limits for the last 51 years.