Jeju Insider

Sogil-ri is the village next to mine. For two seasons of Hyori's Homestay (효리네 민박, JTBC, 2017–18) the whole country watched Lee Hyori and Lee Sang-soon make breakfast for strangers in a wooden house up a lane here, and people have been driving up that lane ever since. This is the local version of the Hyori trail: what the house is now, how to actually get in, and the Aewol and Hallim places from the show that are worth your time. Last checked October 2026. Quick answer: Hyori's house from the show is now Sogil Byeolha (소길별하) , a Jeju local-brand shop and small café in the couple's former home. Open 12:00–17:00, closed Wednesdays (occasionally other days), entry by Naver reservation in timed slots — walk-ins only if a slot has space. Address: 34-37 Sogil-nam-gil, Aewol-eup. Hyori and Sang-soon no longer live there. The rest of the trail — Geum Oreum, Saebyeol Oreum, Gwakji beach, the Handam coast walk — is all within 20 minutes. The house from Hyori's Homestay ...

If you cried through When Life Gives You Tangerines and now want to stand where Ae-sun and Gwan-sik stood, this is the honest guide: which places are really on Jeju, which ones were a film set on the mainland, and how to see the real ones in two days. I live on the west side of the island, ten minutes from the Hallim harbour that appears in the later episodes. Last checked October 2026. Quick answer: The 1950s–60s fishing village of Dodong-ri, where most of the drama happens, was a purpose-built set in Andong on the mainland — and it has been dismantled. You can't visit it. What you can visit are the real Jeju locations used for the coast, the oreum hills, the harbours and the city scenes: Gimnyeong beach, Seongsan Ilchulbong, Seopjikoji, Hallim Port and fish market, Hyeopjae, the Haemaji coast road at Hado, Jejumok Gwana, Gunsan Oreum, Songaksan and a handful of others. They cluster in three areas — north-east, Jeju City, and west — which makes a two-day loop easy. Seon...