This site is very well preserved and allows you to see period buildings. As we were staying in the village, we were able to enjoy it in the morning before the bulk of visitors arrived (and even at this time of year, there are fewer of them). We had plenty of time to wander the streets and immerse ourselves in the Joseon era. Although the temperatures are still cool, the must of this period: the cherry blossoms everywhere.

Came here to see the traditional thatched roof houses in a traditional villiage. THey say it's a living villiage but nowdays it's seems like it just operates for tourism with most of the traditional houses renovated and rebuilt for tourists to have an overnight stay experience. Still cool to see how they used to live and the renovations based on historical designs. There is a 650 year old tree inside the complex (you wouldn't think so if you didn't know it! but it's a super wide trunk). Daily mask show and the mask museum just near the ticketing office where you have to wait for a bus to take you closer to the villiage. From there it's a good 1-2 hours to explore on foot. Great way to spend half a day. 6 of the houses there are designated national treasures only.

Despite the heat we visited the village on foot but you can rent bikes In short, magnificent architecture of the renovations in progress, one of the two clan villages of South Korea. A priori there are villas for leaders and common premises for those who accompanied them Once you have taken your ticket, take the air-conditioned shuttle that takes you to the foot of the village. For the return, same shuttle. If you are tempted, you can visit the museum of masks, it is free, and one can drink a very cold drink Dirty regret for a UNESCO-listed village There is a lot of work to make it clean and avoid taste mistakes ….

People live in this village so most of the buildings is off-limit. If you watch K-dramas, you may recognize the river and the river bank. Make sure to rent an electric bike to go around. That was very fun and it allows you to explore the whole village.

This active ancient village is simply stunning. 19km outside Andong town - A must see on your trip to Korea! We stayed in Andong for 3 nights (in what turned out to be a love hotel - but that’s another story). Take local bus number 210 (formerly the 246) from outside the Andong Elementary School. The bus stop is a large shelter with electronic signage. Once on the bus, the stops are also shown on a digital screen in English. Get off at the Hahoe village not the ‘Hahoe village entrance’ stop. The crazy mad bus driver took about 50minutes from downtown. Do not mistake this village for the Andong Folk village as per the Lonely Planet guide which is only 4km away. Thie latter was also worth visiting but not a patch on Hahoe. We recommend hiring a bike once inside Hahoe. 10000 won for a regular bike all day or 20000 for an electric bike for 2hrs. We arrived early at 930am and had the village almost to ourselves. The riding saved a long day on our feet and was simply blissful!! We spent 4-5hrs cruising around and lunching. The return bus is right outside the Mask Museum. Get all your tourism information at the bus terminal before you head into the village or into Andong town as it was a bit tricky to navigate otherwise. Also note - the Andong train station in downtown is now closed. A new much larger ktx train station and bus terminal are about 3km+ outside of downtown. Taxi cost 10000 to our centrally located hotel. Note, the BBQ restaurants in ‘rib street’ whilst reputed locally raised beef, these restaurants are very expensive and one wanted us to buy a minimum of three plates for $100.