Pottery Class & Makgeolli Tasting from Seoul: Make & Taste

Ceramic museum, your own pottery piece, premium rice lunch, and a guided makgeolli tasting

This day trip from Seoul takes you to Icheon for a hands-on pottery class at Icheon Yes Park, Korea's largest ceramic art village, plus a guided tour of a local rice wine brewery and a traditional Korean lunch. The 7-hour experience includes private transportation, all entrance fees, and instruction in English, French, Korean, Malay or Mandarin. Minimum age is 17.

Step-by-step itinerary

Pottery, lunch, and makgeolli tasting

• Visit ceramic museum
• Create pottery at Icheon Yes Park
• Enjoy traditional Korean lunch
• Taste makgeolli at rice wine brewery

The Experience

You'll start at a ceramic museum to see how pottery shaped Korean history, then move to Icheon Yes Park where you actually make your own piece — not watching a demonstration, but working with clay under instruction. The village is Korea's largest ceramic art center, so the studios and kilns around you are working spaces, not a museum setup. After you finish, your piece can be fired and shipped to you later, or you can collect it in person on a return visit.

Lunch is traditional Korean food built around premium Icheon rice, one of the country's most famous rice regions. The guide explains why rice sits at the center of Korean meals and daily life — it's not just a side dish here. Then you move to a local rice wine brewery for a guided tasting of makgeolli, Korea's traditional fermented drink made from that same rice. You'll learn how the grain transforms into the wine, and taste it as it's meant to be drunk.

Private transportation picks you up from Seoul and handles all the driving, so the 7 hours covers the museum, the pottery work, lunch, the brewery visit and the tastings without you navigating between stops or waiting for a group. The guide speaks your language — English, French, Korean, Malay or Mandarin — throughout the day.

What’s included

• Private transportation from Seoul.
• entrance fees to the ceramic museum, Icheon Yes Park and the rice wine brewery.
• pottery instruction and firing.
• traditional Korean lunch featuring Icheon rice.
• guided makgeolli tasting with explanation of the fermentation process.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

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Is this one for you?The 7-hour day trip leaves room for an early start from Seoul or a late return, but it fills the middle of the day completely — if you want to explore Icheon's local market or spend extra time at the ceramic village, you'll need to book this as your main activity for the day, not as a half-day add-on to other plans.

Top questions

What do I actually make in the pottery class?

You create your own pottery piece at Icheon Yes Park under instruction. The piece is fired in the kiln; you can arrange to have it shipped to you or collect it yourself on a later visit to the village.

Is the makgeolli tasting at a real brewery or a tourist spot?

It's a working local rice wine brewery where you get a guided tasting of makgeolli and learn how rice is fermented into the drink. The brewery is an active production space, not a tasting room built only for visitors.

What's included in the lunch?

A traditional Korean meal centered on premium Icheon rice, one of Korea's most famous rice-growing regions. The guide explains the role rice plays in Korean cuisine and culture as part of the meal.

How long is the pottery class part?

The full day is 7 hours from Seoul, which includes the ceramic museum, the pottery-making session at Icheon Yes Park, lunch, the brewery visit and tasting. The pottery work itself takes up a substantial part of the morning.

Do I need any pottery experience?

No. The class is instruction-based, so you learn as you go. The guide and instructors at Icheon Yes Park work with all levels, from people who've never touched clay to those with some background.

What languages does the guide speak?

The guide is live and speaks English, French, Korean, Malay or Mandarin — you choose your language when you book.