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Full Coverage Kyoto Private City Tour: Discover the Main Highlights with a Local Guide
4.8
17 Ratings
Kyoto
Discover the main highlights of Kyoto on a private city tour with a local guide. Experience the city like a local, with insider tips and recommendations for the best spots to visit. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kinkakuji Temple - Built-in 1397 as a residence place for the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, which was converted to a Zen temple after his death according to his will.
What's Included
- Entrance Fee to Kiyomezu-dera Temple
- Metro Ticket for convenient travel
- Admission to the iconic Golden Pavilion
- Exclusive Private Tour experience
- Nijo Castle Entrance Fee included
- Expert Local Guide for in-depth knowledge
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Food & beverages
Additional Information
Checkmark from your travel bucket list the main spots of the city on an extended tour of Kyoto and get to know the city like the back of your hand. All you have to do is trust your local guide, they got you and will show the best of their city.
Your local guide has a jam-packed itinerary full of history, culture, stories, and sights. See must-sees of the city, plus get current recommendations about local hot spots, family owned eateries, and up and coming districts of Kyoto you must pay a visit. Yes, this tour is the city guide that will help you enjoy Kyoto in the best way possible.
Withlocals Full Coverage City Tour™ is one of Withlocals’ signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.
- Private tour: only you & your local guide
- CO2 Neutral: all tours carbon emissions are offset
Location
Kyoto Station
Meet your local guide at the main entrance
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(17 Ratings)
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Sanneshine
Mar 30, 2024
Wonderful personalized private Kyoto tour - Eiji did wonderful keeping track of all 8 in my family from 9-78 years old. He took us to awesome highlights in Kyoto and easily changed our itinerary on the day based on what we wanted to do. He was easy to communicate with and came up with a personalized itinerary.
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Abrihana
Jul 22, 2023
Get Minoru Asai as your guide ASAP - Asai was a great tour guide very sweet and showed us around well I recommend him 10/10 experience. He really focuses on helping you and getting you to the places you like.
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Theoa1
Oct 14, 2022
Fun day out in Kyoto - We spent a lovely day with Ollie showing us around Kyoto. He was very flexible in the itinerary and had impeccable English language. Highly recommended
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Meldeesee
Jun 30, 2021
Fantastic knowledge - My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our Kyoto tour in February 2020 with Ho. He provided a lot of interesting information about all of the areas we visited as well as some great recommendations. We would highly recommend choosing Ho as your tour guide!
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Jamesi114
Jun 28, 2021
Kyoto city tour with Ollie - We did a walking tour and a bike tour with Ollie. Both experiences were great and Ollie was a very knowledgable and friendly guide. Highly recommended. Thanks Ollie!
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Curtismcurtism
Jun 16, 2021
Fantastic - Yoshie was very kind and knowledgeable. We had a great tour and would highly recommend Yoshie as a tour guide :)
*actual travel date 2019, reposted in 2020 to ensure a recent review remains available for post pandemic travellers
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Th0ms
Jun 16, 2021
Great tour & tour guide! - Thank you Yoshie for spending the morning with us and showing us some of the highlights of Kyoto. We appreciated your knowledge, your sense of humour and of course where you took us. We really enjoyed all areas that we visited and of course coming across a Maiko making her debut was just an added bonus! Thank you for your tips about other places to go and visit - we really had a great time and enjoyed meeting you very much. And thank you too for the travel tips to get to our meeting point - made our morning a beeze! (Trip date was March 2020)
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Jaf92sydney
Jun 15, 2021
Geisha Evening Tour - We did the Life of a Geisha Evening Tour. Our guide Yoshie was great - she was warm, humorous, engaged and was able to answer every question we had.
(Actual travel was in January 2020)
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Anniemmac00
Jun 15, 2021
Great Tour of Kyoto - We had such an amazing time in Kyoto with Yoshie. We only had two nights there and wanted to make the most of it. She adapted the tour to what we were interested in and was able to help us experience food and talk to people who we wouldn't have been able to otherwise. She is SO knowledgeable, fun and excited to share Kyoto and the Japanese culture. I would highly recommend this tour and Yoshie as your guide. Thank you, Yoshie!
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Mdp898
Jul 18, 2023
A very highly overrated price - The day we spent with Maha was interesting. However, due to the excessive walking time in the heat, and some bus delays, we were quite uncomfortable, and finally missed a part of the program.
The price of your services is extremely high.
We could have rented an air conditionned car with an English speaking chauffeur for 10 hours, costing less than 550€, and would have had a 100% more comfortable day for a total cost of far less than the nearly 750€ you charged even including entrance fees and an ice cream.
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