Private Seoul City Tour

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Experience the charm of Seoul with a private city tour. Explore historic sites, try traditional cuisine, and immerse yourself in Korean culture. Book now!

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Jogyesa Temple - Jogyesa Temple is the representative temple of Korean Buddhism and it is the chief temple of the largest denomination in Korean Buddhism, the Jogye Order.
Gyeongbokgung Palace - Watch the changing of the guard ceremony at the entrance of the palace. Gyeongbokgung Palace was built in 1395 and continued to serve as the main palace of the Joseon dynasty for about 200 years until the premises were destroyed by fire during the Imjin War (1592–1598) and abandoned for two centuries. However, in the 19th century, all of the palace’s 7,700 rooms were later restored during the reign of King Gojong to strengthen the royal authority. In the early 20th century, much of the palace was systematically destroyed by Imperial Japan.
Bukchon Hanok Village - We will wear Korean traditional ‘Hanbok’ and walk like ‘yangban’ (royal family of the Joseon dynasty). Bukchon village was traditionally a residential area of the nobility during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) located between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace. The village is still an actual residential area and was featured in television programs such as 1 Night 2 Days and Personal Taste.
The Blue House - The Blue House is the presidential area located behind Gyeongbokgung Palace of the Joseon dynasty.
Ikseon-dong Hanok Street - Ikseon-dong is a place where visitors can feel the coexistence of Korea’s tradition and modernity. The traditional houses are lined up in a narrow street. The street is full of unique restaurants and coffee shops.
Insadong - One of the most popular spots to observe Korea’s handicrafts, traditional paintings, art galleries, antiques, and traditional stationery shops. Queen Elizabeth visited this street in 1999.
Namsan Park - Take a cable car and reach the top of Namsan Mountain where you can have a beautiful view of Seoul City along with cherry blossom trees in spring. Get to know the history of the capital city of the Joseon dynasty (it was called Hanyang back then, present name Seoul). Namsan Beacon Mound was established during the Joseon Dynasty period. To protect the city from invasions, castle walls were built on the four major mountains located within the city. One beacon was lit at normal times, two when an enemy appeared, three when an enemy approached the border, four when an enemy invaded the border, and five beacons were lit when a battle with an enemy had begun at the border.
N Seoul Tower - Take a cable car to the top of Namsan Mountain and take a look at one of the world’s densest and most beautiful cities. Seoul Tower is a symbol of Seoul, located at the highest point, Namsan Mountain.
Gwangjang Market Food Alley - The most famous street food market! Gwangjang Market is a traditional street market, one of the oldest and largest with more than 5000 shops. The market has approximately 1500-2000 vendors selling fruits, Korean silk, textiles, vegetables, meat, fish, etc., and also many restaurants and food stalls selling traditional cuisine. The most famous and must-try items are mung bean pancakes and mayak gimbap.

What's Included

Professional English-speaking local guide
Round-trip Namsan Cable Car ride
Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
Admission ticket to a Royal palace
Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off service
Rental of traditional Korean attire, ‘Hanbok’, and accessories

What's Not Included

Seoul Tower Observatory
Lunch

Additional Information

Travel back to Joseon dynasty with wearing hanbok and walk in the alley of bukchon hanok village where the noblemen used to live.

We will watch the ‘changing of the guard ceremony’ at the ‘Gyeongbok gung palace’. and get to know not only the history & culture of Joseon dynasty.

We will get some ginseng tea at the ginseng center and move to insadong for lunch, taste the typical Korean cuisine in Insadong market where the handicraft, art galleries and antiques are centered.

Take a cable car to the top of the Namsan Mountain, take a look at one of the most densest city in the World. (Cherry blossom trees bloom in Spring.)

Lastly We will visit Gwangjang Market famous for Korean Silk and textiles and may try the most famous Korean street food Mayak kimbab and Mungbean pancakes.

Location

Jogyesa Temple

45 Gyeonji-dong, Jongno-gu,

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Linda_b

May 28, 2024

Best City Tour in Korea - Our tour guide Julie Parks was such a pleasant and sweet person. She was on time and guided us to navigate through with the Hanbok costume part and Palace Tour. We really enjoyed dressing up in the Korean Hanbok dresses and wandering through the Palace. We also went to see old Korean Homes and enjoy the architectural homes, stopped at Isadong to watch pastries being hand made, rode the cable car to the Seoul Tower watched a cultural sword performance and drum music. Best part of this tour was The lunch place that Julie brought us to the best restaurant in Seoul.

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Scosco91

Apr 2, 2023

Really good your and lovely guide - The tour gives you a good view of Seoul in a day by visiting the main attractions so it was a nice experience. Our guide Wendy was super sweet and made the experience even better!