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1. Descreption of The Tour Package
This package, with the theme of health, efficiently combines six purposes : education, nutrition, healing, tour, recreation and shopping.
2. Category Characteristic
Education
Koryo acupuncture, traditional chi exercises and recipes for traditional health food.
Nutrition
Yellow-earth-cooked duck, ginseng and herbal vegetable rice, tasting of Kyongju traditional ssambap and bamboo rice
Healing
Application of Koryo acupuncture, hot spring baths, herbal medicine sauna, yellow-clay hot spring baths, herbal massage and traditional yellow-earth room fomentation.
Touring
Ich'on ceramic complex, Kyongju Folk Arts and Crafts Complex (ceramic making), visits to historic palaces in Seoul and Kyongju.
Recreation
Traditional chi, herbal massage, hot spring baths (yellow clay), use of various sports facilities and ceramics making, body cleansing andmassages.
Shopping
Kyongdong Herbal Medicine Market, Taegu Herbal Medicine Market, Kyongju Folk Arts and Crafts Village and shopping for amethysts and ceramics.
3. Tour Schedule(Two nights and Three days)
Pusan and Kyongsangnam-do Province
1st day
Pusan and Pugok : Arrival / Pugok hot spring / Dinner-herbal chicken
2nd day
Tegu and Kyongju : Taegu Yakryong-shi / Kyongju yellow clay room / Folk arts and crafts village / Lunch - either traditional ssambap or yongyang tolsot rice, Dinner - either yellow-earth duck or pulgogi
3rd day
yongju : Kyongju city tour / Lunch - bamboo rice
Cost : about US£¤172 (includes tour, lodging, meals, bus transportation and Koryo Hand Acupuncture lesson)
¡Ø Optional tour : herbal massage, body cleaning, Kyongju city tour, traditional chi exercises and amethyst shopping
Seoul and Kyonggi-do course
1st day
Seoul : Arrival / Kyongdong Herbal Medicine Market / Dinner - yongyang tolsotpap
2nd day
Ich'on : Haegang Ceramic Art Galllery and ceramic village / Ich'on Hot Spring / Lunch - herbal chicken, Dinner - either of yellow-earth duck or pulgogi
3rd day
Seoul : Palace tour / Departure
Cost : about US£¤153(includes tour, lodging, meals, bus transportation and Koryo hand Acupuncture lesson)
¡Ø Optional tour : Herbal massage, body cleaning, chi exercise and palace tour.
4. The Tour Areas
Pugok hot spring (Komun-ri, Pugok-myon, Ch'angnyong-gun, Kyongsangnam-do Province) :
Containing more than 20 different mineral and various medicinal properties, this hot spring is the biggest in Korea. There is a hot spring water swimming pool as well as other recreational facilities within the place.
Taegu Herbal Medicine Market (Namsong-ro, Chung-gu, Tegu-shi) :
This is a traditional herbal medicine market. The prices are quite cheap, and the herbal doctors there give free examinations and prescriptions to those who buy the herbal medicines
Kyongdong Herbal Medicine Market (Chegi-dong, Tongdemun-gu, Seoul) :
This is the most famous herbal medicine market in Seoul, and there is a huge variety of herbal medicines here. The herbal doctors there also give free body examinations and prescriptions to those who buy the herbal medicines.
Haegang Ceramic Art Gallery and Ceramic Village (Ich'on-shi, Kyonggi-do Province) :
This gallery exhibits more than 1,000 Korean ceramics (ch'ongja: blue ceramic, Paekcha: white ceramic and punch'ongsagi ceramic). Visitors can see the ceramics-making processes, and those who would like some hands-on experience in making ceramics will be given a chance to make them.
Ich'on Hot Spring (Ich'on-shi, Kyonggi-do Province) :
This natural hot spring has a high sodium content, which has a good effect on people who have nerve disorders and other diseases. Other facilities are the hot spring water swimming pool, an herbal medicine sauna and some fomentation rooms.
5. Other Explanations
Koryo palm acupunctu
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