Perfect Fairytale Village: Paju Provence Village
(Published January 26, 2010)

Warm sunlight embraces this beautiful village of fairytales. The place feels like the home of cartoon characters. The cold wind of winter makes people shiver, but there’s more than cold weather here.

Each building changes color to create a warm atmosphere, and the winter sunlight warms the heart.

If you want a romantic memory of France with your lover’s hand in yours, visit Paju Provence. 

Store the scenery of Provence

With every visit, the village presents a changed environment. Every time I visit Provence Village in Paju City, I arrive excited at the thrill of finding new love. Provence is the name of a southern French region renowned for its fields of golden grain, delicious olives, luscious red tomatoes, and charming lavender blooms.

The founder of Provence was captivated by the charm of Provence, a utopian resting place for visitors seeking tranquility and peace of mind. In love with Provence, he built another Provence in Paju. Looking around Provence, even small details are skillfully arranged to remind visitors how carefully the founder has worked on this place.

Having started out as a French restaurant back in 1996, it’s now a theme village with a living hall, an herb hall, a fashion hall, café, and a bakery. Each village has its own characteristics, offering visitors a different experience.

The restaurant was founded to deliver the natural flavor of Provence, and dishes were designed to carry the delicious foods of the restaurant, and thus gave birth to the living hall. The organic European bakery was founded to provide healthy European bread to the restaurant, and is now renowned for its tasty products.

Everything seems separate, but all is connected with the mindset that human beings are most important. This is the unique charm of Provence Village. 

– The winter of Provence Village presents spring’s warm.

Small town of fairy tales

Provence is like a country in a fairytale, always striving to present different images to its visitors. Small and pretty buildings cluster together to create a miniature Lilliput, each proudly presenting its unique features. In the small pond between the buildings, fish swim freely without a care in the world. Adults, children, and lovers are all busy taking photos in Provence. In front of the bear doll, under a tree, in front of the Lilliput houses decorated with warm pastel tones of yellow and green… Provence itself is scenery.

Time flies as you walk along the trail, looking through the shop windows.

Accessories shine under the sunlight, and shoes look like they can take you somewhere pleasant.

Pass the clothing store with magnificent clothes hanging in the showroom window.

For a short time, you’ll feel like the main character of a fairytale with your lover. 

– Spend romantic time with your lover amid pastel-toned scenery

Land of sweet scents

Not only are you immersed in beautiful pastel colors in Provence, but also in diverse scents. 
Delicious, aromatic, fragrant, and herbal scents will stay with you. Before you see anything, you will be enticed by aromas and you will be curious.
As I walk into the crowded bakery, the delicious scent automatically guides my hand to bread.
The breads here are made with organic ingredients. A great taste from noble ingredients!
The scent of coffee harmonizing with the delicious aroma of bread will draw you irresistibly into the café.
Sunlight passes through the huge window of the café. Sitting down with a lover, a cup of tea is enough to make me happy.
And Provence is also famous for its herbs–it’s almost an herb nation by itself. 
The various household items produced in the herb workshop and the pretty dishes designed by Provence are exhibited in the Living Hall – another proud attraction of Provence. 

Land of memories, full of happiness

Unafraid of change, Provence is always transforming itself into something new, creating new memories for each visit.

How can we describe something that brings warmth just by looking at it?

It resembles a lovely couple. The two are happy simply being in each other’s presence. That’s Provence.

You don’t need to pay anything, and yet you can be the happiest person in the world. Visit anytime you want to make more beautiful memories with your lover.

The moment you walk in, your face will light up with a smile.

Provence creates great memories so that even quarrelling couples end up holding hands and laughing.

Provence gives courage to lovers who are too shy to hold hands for the first time.

Province is filled with the happy energy of joyful people, full of memories. 

– There’s a romantic atmosphere anywhere go you, making it the ideal place to propose. 

Provence (www.provence.co.kr)

-Information: Provence is a theme village consisting of a restaurant, fashion hall, bakery, and café. Visitors can satisfy all their needs in one place. Warm sunlight, pretty buildings, and the scent of herbs attract people to the village. Also, there are many attractions nearby including the Heyri Art Village, the Reunification Garden, a soccer practice field for the Korean national team, and the Paju English Village.
-Address: 82-1 Seongdong-ri, Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju City, Gyeonggi Province
-Phone: 1644-8088
-Location: Drive towards Munsan on Freedom Road and then exit towards the Reunification Observatory guide post. Turn left on the first four-way intersection, go straight 30m and then turn left. Go up 600m and Provence is on your left.

Gyeonggi Tourism Organization 1 Written by Kim Bora / Photo by Lee Jong-min

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