“Easy Travel Guide for May 18 theme Gwangju Travel”

On March 28 2023, the May 18 Foundation published an English version travel guide book titled “Gwangju May 18 Travel”. It contains the latest customized information such as the May 18 Democratization Uprising, May 18 historic sites, restaurants around them, and activities that you can participate.

“Gwangju has many different travel themes. Among the multifacets of the city, whether it be landscapes, gastronomy, or art, we would like to invite you to a trip to Gwangju in May, tracing the history of the May 18 Democratic Uprising was the most important event in the modern history of Korea and at the same time the most distorted. There still are many people who have an incorrect understanding about the May 18 Democratic Uprising.

Here is your special tour guide, like a kind neighbor, who will accompany you on your travel to Gwangju. Visiting historic sites does not tell the whole story. Your travel is never complete without gourmet experience and trend exploration. Recalling and remembering the history of the ten-day uprising vividly remained under the flow of history, your travel to Gwangju in May will be very special, meaningful, and interesting one.

We are confident that by the end of the tour you will rediscover the unique stories of Gwangju unheard of elsewhere, and you will fall in love with the city.”

If you are searching for the way to travel Gwangju not only fun, but also in meaningful way, will be the perfect tour guide for you.

You can have in the 5·18 Road Visitor Center located in the 5·18 Archive first floor and the May 18 Foundation anytime you visit for free. 

- 5·18 Road Visitor Center located in the 5·18 Archive first floor

http://518road.518.org/