Our own stay, not sponsored. The guesthouse info and rental prices are as given to us when we booked (August 2026); the guesthouse address, parking notes and Galnam Port's location come from Naver Place (checked October 6, 2026), and Galnam Port's address from the Gangwon Provincial Office tourism info. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Where to Stay in Samcheok with a Big Group: Jinsol Minbak at Galnam Port — 5 Families, 19 People, a Whole Seaside Floor for 2 Nights (August 2026)
Our seaside guesthouse in Samcheok 🌊
From August 28 to 30, 2026,
we spent two nights
at Jinsol Minbak (진솔민박)
by Galnam Port in Samcheok.
Galnam Port from the terrace — a wet floor, and past the red railing, a pine-topped rock islet and the breakwater lighthouses
Samcheok, Gangwon
(right by Galnam Port)
🏠 The whole 1st floor to ourselves
5 rooms · living room · shared kitchen
🤿 Rentals (per day) 5,000 won each
snorkel · life jacket · fins
⛱ Parasol 10,000 won
🅿 Galnam Port public parking
or street parking by the guesthouse
Five families, 19 of us
(9 adults and 10 elementary schoolers),
had the entire first floor
all to ourselves.
This post is
more of a record
than a review.
We’ve only written down
what our photos show and when they were taken,
the house info we got when booking,
and what we could confirm about Galnam Port.
🌧 Day one: a rainy evening on the terrace
Before we left,
the forecast was rain
all three days,
with a 70–80% chance.
And on day one,
it really did rain.
After visiting Daegeumgul Cave
in the morning,
we checked in.
Our terrace photo from 7:05 p.m.
shows a wet floor,
raindrops on the awning
and a red iron railing.
Past the railing
is a pine-topped rock islet,
and at the ends of the breakwaters,
a red lighthouse and a white one.
In front of the railing
sat a fire pit with a grill on top.
The other way from the same terrace — a green-floored pool, tidal rocks and a white building on the headland
Turn around
and you see a green-floored pool
on the rooftop below,
and beyond it, tidal rocks
and a white building on the headland.
We left out our photos
of the living room and dinner,
since faces show clearly in them.
🏖 Day two: swimming at Galnam Port
The beach at Galnam Port — tents and parasols with tidal rocks behind, people on swim rings, and in the distance a rock islet and the red breakwater lighthouse
We have four beach photos
from day two,
taken between 12:38 and 12:41 p.m.
Tents, parasols
and camping chairs
line the sand,
and out in the water,
people in life jackets on swim rings
are scattered among the rocks.
The sky was overcast,
but it didn’t rain.
Day two, 7:06 p.m. — the pine-topped islet and tidal rocks from the water's edge
Around 7 p.m.,
the kids set up
camping chairs and folding chairs
by the water
and sat side by side, watching the sea.
7:07 p.m. — the kids in camping chairs, watching the sea (backs only)
the whole first floor!
5 rooms · living room
and a shared kitchen, all ours
🏠 House info (what we got when booking)
✔ Air conditioner, shower
and fridge in each room
✔ 4 towels per room
✔ Shared kitchen, dishes
and a drying rack
✔ Rentals (per day)
snorkel, life jacket, fins
5,000 won each
parasol 10,000 won
✔ For the barbecue,
tell the host 30 minutes ahead
This was the info
when we booked in August 2026,
so it may have changed.
📍 About Galnam Port
✔ 99-20 Galnam-ri, Wondeok-eup,
Samcheok — parking available
(Gangwon Provincial Office tourism info)
✔ From the guesthouse terrace,
you look right down on the harbor and islet
✔ Several pine-topped islets
and tidal rocks sit off the beach
✔ In peak season (June–September),
Galnam Port public parking is recommended
(Jinsol Minbak’s Naver Place notice)
📍 Galnam Port — open in Naver Map
🗓 The plan vs. what happened
Our pre-trip itinerary
also listed a makguksu
(buckwheat noodle) lunch,
Yonghwa Land, a cable car,
fresh raw fish,
and the Chogok Yonggul
Chotdae-bawi trail.
We have no record
of whether we actually went,
so we’re leaving them out.
On day three,
the afternoon of August 30,
we headed up
to Laguna Beach in Yangyang.
👍 Who this is for
✔ Several families looking
to share one floor
✔ Anyone looking to stay
right by the Galnam Port swimming beach
✔ Anyone who’d like to rent
water gear at the guesthouse
Rain was forecast
for all three days,
but it rained only on the first,
and on the other two days
we could swim at Galnam Port.
That’s our record
of a seaside guesthouse
where 19 of us had a whole floor.
🧭 More from this trip
Daegeumgul Cave, our first morning →
Read it here
Laguna Beach, Yangyang, on day three →
Read it here
Our 3-day route from Samcheok to Yangyang →
Read it here
📍 Jinsol Minbak — open in Naver Map
Our stay from August 28 to 30, 2026. The guesthouse info and rental prices are as of booking (August 2026); the guesthouse address and parking notes and Galnam Port's location are from Naver Place (checked 2026-10-06), and Galnam Port's address is from the Gangwon Provincial Office tourism info. All may change. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Dates, times, prices and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 6, 2026. This is a record of what our photos show, not a review, and we did not add anything the Korean post doesn't say. Original post (Korean)