Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
In the story: France, in flashbacks to Yeon Ji-yeong’s years training as a chef in Europe.
Filmed at: Petite France, 1063 Hoban-ro, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun.
Nearest rail station: Cheongpyeong Station, and the village works as a Seoul day trip — as long as it is not a Wednesday, when the circular bus does not run.
- Ji-yeong sketches out new dishes in the village streets.
- She talks with a rival chef in an outdoor square.
- She looks back on her past in front of the small gallery.
- The Maison de Marie room doubles as her own room.
Petite France is a French cultural village in the Gapyeong countryside, built around one theme: flowers, stars, and The Little Prince. The founder spent some twenty years preparing it as a place to introduce French culture, and the village is set against Cheongpyeong Lake. Inside its pastel lanes are a memorial hall for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince; Orgel House, where a 200-year-old music box still plays; a French housing exhibition; and a gallery of Gallic rooster sculptures and paintings — the rooster being a national symbol of France. A traditional French house on the grounds reuses timber some 150 years old, with period furniture and tableware on display, and string-puppet performances run in the lanes. The village is compact, but its lanes branch and loop — allow time to wander rather than rushing the single photo stop.
Inside the village, two older-drama exhibits are still visitable: the waiting room displaying the clothes Cheon Song-yi wore in My Love from the Star, and the office used by Kang Mae in Beethoven Virus (Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation). The Korea Foundation also names MBC’s Personal Taste among the dramas filmed here, alongside My Love from the Star and Secret Garden.
Status: Confirmed by two independent publishers, Herald Economy (Oct 1, 2025) and VisitKorea. The final-episode restaurant in Seoul and the Andong riverside are on the Bon Appetit, Your Majesty drama page.
For a Gapyeong pairing, Nami Island is covered in our Winter Sonata guide, and the drama’s other sets are in the full Bon Appetit guide. VisitKorea also names My Love from the Star for Maison de Marie.
Getting there in short: take the train to Cheongpyeong Station, then the Gapyeong tourist circular bus (course B) to the Petite France stop. The circular bus does not run on Wednesdays (it runs if Wednesday is a public holiday). On weekdays the Gyeongchun Line subway is the main way to Cheongpyeong, because ITX-Cheongchun runs only three or four times a day. Details are below.
Getting there (transit)
Fares and schedules change. Timetables below were checked on Sep 26, 2026; confirm on Korail on your travel day.
Seoul → Cheongpyeong (weekdays)
The Gyeongchun Line subway is the main weekday route. Trains between Sangbong and Cheongpyeong run from early morning until around 11 pm in both directions; check Korail or Naver Map for current times.
ITX-Cheongchun runs only a few times on weekdays: 3 trains from Yongsan to Cheongpyeong and 4 back to Yongsan. Departure times vary, so check the current timetable before you go.
Seoul → Cheongpyeong (weekends)
ITX-Cheongchun from Yongsan to Cheongpyeong runs 12 times, and there are 14 trains back to Yongsan. Trains run from morning into the evening; check the current timetable before you go.
Busan → Petite France
Take the KTX from Busan to Seoul Station, then continue on the Seoul route above. Check trains and journey times on Korail.
Cheongpyeong → Petite France
The Gapyeong tourist circular bus stops at the Petite France / Italian Village transfer stop on both courses.
- Course B starts at Cheongpyeong Terminal (first bus in the early morning, 11 runs a day). The last run ends at Cheongpyeong Station in the early evening. Check the current timetable before you go.
- Course A starts at Gapyeong Terminal (first bus in the morning, last in the early evening, 9 runs a day). Check the current timetable before you go.
- Buses come every 45 to 90 minutes on an uneven schedule. Fares are paid to the driver. One day ticket covers both courses.
- No service on Wednesdays, unless the Wednesday is a public holiday.
Source: Gapyeong tourism, circular bus (checked Sep 26, 2026).
What Petite France is
Petite France is a French cultural village set in the Korean countryside, built around the theme of flowers, stars, and The Little Prince. Inside are a memorial hall for Saint-Exupéry, Orgel House with a 200-year-old music box, a French housing exhibition, and a gallery of sculptures and paintings of the Gallic rooster. The village also serves as a youth training facility for up to 200 visitors. It opened in 2008 on a hillside above Cheongpyeong Lake, about 10 km along the lakeside road from Cheongpyeong Dam toward Nami Island, and comprises 16 French-style buildings where visitors can experience French food, clothing and household culture.
Cheongpyeong → Petite France by local bus
As a secondary option to the circular bus, Gapyeong local bus 30-5 runs Cheongpyeong Terminal → Cheongpyeong Station → Petite France, with 9 runs a day according to its route history. This comes from a fan-wiki route listing, so check the current timetable before relying on it, and use it as the Wednesday fallback when the circular bus does not run.
Nearby
None of these is a Bon Appétit, Your Majesty filming spot, but all combine with the village in one day:
- Italian Village, directly next door, sharing the circular-bus stop. Opened in 2021 with a Pinocchio and Leonardo da Vinci theme, including a 10.8 m Pinocchio statue at the entrance.
- Nami Island, reached by ferry from Gapyeong Wharf. VisitKorea lists ferry-based hours 08:00–21:00, open all year, with the schedule subject to conditions. Note the island itself is in Chuncheon, reached via Gapyeong Wharf.
- The Garden of Morning Calm in Sang-myeon, Gapyeong, an arboretum opened in May 1996 with about 20–22 theme gardens and more than 5,000 plant species, roughly 18 km away.
- Cheongpyeong Lake itself, the lake the village overlooks and the approach road runs beside.
Tips
The official site lists hours 09:00–18:00, open all year, with closing times varying by season and weather and night hours following the notice board — keep the recheck-before-you-go wording. No pets are allowed inside, and the whole Petite France and Italian Village site is a non-smoking, non-drinking area. Whether the Maison de Marie interior is open to enter could not be confirmed from a source, so do not assume it.
Sources
All sources for this guide
Accessed Sep 23, 2026 (Asia/Seoul) unless noted.
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VisitKorea — Petite France (쁘띠프랑스); Korean page 대한민국 구석구석 (Sep 26, 2026)
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Herald Economy (헤럴드경제), Oct 1, 2025 — https://v.daum.net/v/20251001083346285 (Sep 26, 2026)
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Gapyeong tourism, circular bus — https://gptour.go.kr/tour/citytour_A.jsp?menu=guide&submenu=theme (Sep 26, 2026)
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Korail — https://www.letskorail.com/ebizcom/cs/guide/guide/guide11.do
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Petite France official site (hours cross-check) — http://www.pfcamp.com
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VisitKorea (Korea Tourism 100 selection series) — Petite France travel article (Korean) — village background (founder, Cheongpyeong Lake, pastel lanes, Saint-Exupéry hall, Orgel House, French house, puppet performances); the article states its information was updated December 2018 and may have changed (Oct 28, 2026)
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Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation — Gapyeong Petite France — village exhibits (My Love from the Star waiting room, Beethoven Virus office) (Nov 1, 2026)
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Korea Foundation newsletter — Petite France: Korea’s Only French-Style Theme Park — filming list incl. Personal Taste, context only (Nov 1, 2026)
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Korea Bizwire — French-inspired village overlooks Cheongpyeong Lake (established 2008)
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Trippose — Petite France (16 buildings, lakeside road)
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VisitKorea — Nami Island
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Korea Trip Tips — Garden of Morning Calm nearby list
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Namu Wiki — Gapyeong bus 30-5 route (secondary source; check timetable on the day)
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