Woljeongsa Temple & Fir Tree Forest — Local services in Jinbu-myeon

Unfortunately, I cannot say anything good about this templestay. On the official website we booked a FOREIGNER ONLY stay but when we arrived the staff spoke 5 words of English combined. The entire programme was in Korean and we did not understand anything nor could participate in any of the activities. We did not learn anything about Buddhism, the temple or monk life as was advertised to us. When we refused to pay full price for this, the staff didn't admit any fault on their side (even though they openly lied about their services). I would NOT recommend this stay to any tourists visiting Korea. We spent €250 coming here for 2 days of wasted time with nothing to show for it. These people just see you as walking wallets and don't care about your experience at all, which is a very sad thing to see. If you are not Korean, save yourself some time and money and DO NOT come here. It's...

I came here as a volunteer. Stayed in the recently built modern-style accommodations located at the corner of the temple in a building designed for temple-stay programs.

Sharing here a few photos of the room assigned to me.

Unlike the traditional Korean style temple-stay quarters upstairs, all the rooms in the corridor where this room is located have cool gray floors and bright white walls with no wood features or natural light. The only window in this room points to the back of two very large AC units powering the entire building. The single occupancy rooms have even smaller windows or no windows at all. The air was damp, heavy, and hazardous. Mold was found in the room and my roommate got sick. There is a bathroom attached with no windows and limited air...

Costs about 10,000won from train station to the entrance here. There is an entrance fee to enter if coming with your car. Nice open wide walking trail. No bugs on you because the trail was well made and maintained. Lots of people walking there especially if your buddests. You can walk barefooted which is a trend here. A place to wash your feet is there as well. I would come back again if it weren't 3 hours by car from where I love or 2 1/2 hours by train. The trail is not longer than 1 hour so it would be minus if you think about the money you spend to get there from seoul and other locations. If you keep on going to the last stop on the itx train you get to the beach on the east coast which has more...