Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival

Period 
 
03.08.2012 ~ 03.12.2012  
 
Address 
 
Gyeongsangbuk-do Yeongdeok-gun Ganggu-myeon  
 
 
 
Location
 
Yeongdeok-gun area (Samsa Marine Park) 
 
 
 
Telephone 
 
• 1330 tt call center: +82-54-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-54-730-6114,
+82-54-730-6561

Sponsors / Management
 
Yeongdeok-gun / Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival Promotion Committee 
 
 
Introduction
 
This festival usually runs from February to March, the best season for Yeongdeok snow crabs. Long ago, these snow crabs were regarded as such delicacies that they would be specially presented to the king. King crabs in Yeongdeok are reared in the sand and therefore have a particularly clean and pure taste.

There are many snow crab related events on offer at the festival. The ‘Snow Crab Public Auction’ is especially popular. Here over 100,000 snow crabs are sold, and this is the perfect opportunity for visitors to purchase snow crabs at low prices and enjoy the marketplace atmosphere. Visitors to the festival can ride on a snow crab fishing boat, take part in a snow crab cooking competition, and even sample various snow crab dishes for free, such as daegetang (snow crab soup) and snow crab noodles. 
 
 
 
Transportation
 
Seoul to Yeongdeok
Take an intercity bus from Dong Seoul Bus Terminal to Yeongdeok.
* Bus Schedule:
07:00, 08:00, 09:30, 11:10, 13:00, 14:30, 15:50, 17:30, 18:30 (4hrs, 20min)

Yeongdeok to the Festival Venue
1) Samsa Marine Park
From Yeongdeok Intercity Bus Terminal, take a local bus to Samsa Marine Park.
* Local bus schedule: 9 times a day, travel time: 20min
* Inquiries: +82-54-732-7374

2) Gangguhang Port
From Yeongdeok Terminal, take an intercity bus to Ganggu Bus Terminal. 
 
 
 
Homepage
 
crab.yd.go.kr (Korean only)

* http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_2_1.jsp?cid=709327