If you’ve watched K-dramas such as My Love From The Star, Personal Taste, Secret Garden, and Beethoven Virus, Petite France would not be unfamiliar. In fact, we had intentionally included this in the itinerary as we wanted to visit the filming site!

We booked a Klook trip that brought us from Alpaca World to Nami Island, and finally ending the day in Petite France.

What to see in Petite France

As the name suggests, Petite France is a French cultural village set in the Korean countryside.

It is designed around the theme “flowers, stars, and the Little Prince”. Hence, you’ll find a lot of European architectural elements, along with cute depictions of the Little Prince!

I find that evening is a beautiful time to visit Petite France. The entire place is enveloped in this gorgeous blue hue from the twilight hour!

As you can see, they have tried to make the entire village as European-esque as possible.

While I’m not sure how accurate they are with the architecture, the different colours really make the entire place pop. These certainly serve as Insta-worthy backdrops for visitors as well!

I personally enjoy the story of The Little Prince a lot. I’ve reread it a couple of times throughout my childhood and adulthood. Hence, I find it really adorable how they constantly feature the character around the village.

My personal favourite has to be this mural that I found behind one of the houses! This pays homage to the Little Prince’s sheep and the box, which was one of the earliest themes in the story.

A lot of these buildings are not just empty Instagram backdrops – they are actually home to antique collections.

For example, the Maison de Marie houses fine porcelain dolls made by Meissen, the first European porcelain maker. The European Doll House features 300 dolls with some from European Medieval Times.

There is also a theatre that showcases performances. We didn’t manage to catch any though, as the place seemed to be closing soon.

You can see from the windows that they have also spent considerable effort decorating the interior as well!

If you go in, you’ll see that they have replicated the cosy interiors of European (I doubt it’s just French!) houses.

Unfortunately, most of the beds, chairs, and sofas are not meant for sitting!

Is Petite France worth visiting?

While I had to admit that Petite France was, in all, a very beautiful village that made for lovely photos, there really wasn’t nothing much to do here.

I understand that they do have some programmes and workshops earlier in the day but they didn’t interest us much either.

We mainly came here to check out how the filming site of our favourite shows looked like, but other than that there was no real draw. We wouldn’t be coming back again, at least, not any time soon!

If you’re offered a chance to come here on your tour package (unfortunately a lot of Nami Island & Alpaca World tours tend to do so), there’s no harm in checking this out at least once 🙂

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DIRECTIONS

Address: 1063 Hoban-ro, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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