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Kyoto Full Day Private Sightseeing Tour: Explore Historic Temples and Shrines
4.3
11 Ratings
Kyoto
Immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of Kyoto with this full-day private sightseeing tour. Explore iconic temples and shrines, including Kinkakuji and Fushimi Inari, and stroll through the charming streets of Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka. Customize your itinerary and make the most of your time in Kyoto!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - This is the most popular and most beautiful shrine in Kyoto. The shrine has many great attractions including the 10, 000 vermillion torri gates and foxes statues that are great to see and walk through.
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple - a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most beautiful places to spend few hours in. Many Japanese shops are around, where you can try matcha and yatsuhashi, and get some souvenirs.
- Gion - Gion area in Kyoto is a very famous old and historic area, as it is well known for preserving the old architecture and beauty. You may be lucky to catch up a Geisha in Hanami street.
What's Included
- Guiding and management
- Pick up inside Kyoto city
What's Not Included
- Entry fees,transportation cost (public or private),food
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Within 1 day in Kyoto, I can show you the best spots in Kyoto visitors enjoy that others would need at least two days to see. Kyoto is the old capital of Japan, so with this tour you will be able to enjoy the top temples and shrines in Kyoto.
The tour includes visits to some of the top spots of Kyoto including:
Kinkakoji temple, Nijo castle, Fushimi Inari shrine.
Tour itinerary is planned to cover the top sightseeing spots of Kyoto and long enough to go around the cultural and historic places too. Itinerary is shown here, however, you can still customize it in arrangement with the guide.
09:00 Meeting at the pickup place (Kyoto)
10:00 Kinkaku-ji temple
11:00 Nijo castle
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Fushimi Inari shrine
16:00 Kiyomizu-dera temple , old streets of Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka around Kiyomizu-dera
17:00 Tour finish
Location
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(11 Ratings)
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Christy_d
Jun 5, 2024
Amazing Kyoto! - Incredible day in Kyoto with special thanks to Mike. He was a great guide that shared beautiful locations in Kyoto; even ones that weren’t packed with people. Our family especially enjoyed Mike’s way of not just sharing the history, but letting us experience it through a story! He was very helpful with all our requests. Thank you!
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James_m
Apr 4, 2024
Wonderful tour - Excellent tour with Constantin. Very knowledgeable and kind. Made some fantastic memories with my kids. He even bought our kids some ice cream! Highly recommend to those traveling with families or young children.
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Mark_s
Mar 22, 2024
Great 1 day tour of Kyoto - We needed to book our tour at the last minute. We weren’t sure if we would get a good guide because of the short time left before the start of our tour (1 day). Our guide was Yuka and ss he
He was fantastic. She spoke perfect English and had a great knowledge of Kyoto. The places she selected for our visit were outstanding. At the end of our tour, we felt we really had seen the best of Kyoto and we were thrilled with our guide and our tour. Yuka was the best. If you can have her guide you, you will be very lucky and very happy.
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Shawn_r
Nov 27, 2023
Great Tour of Kyoto - I booked the Kyoto Tour with Mike as the tour guide. He had vast knowledge of Kyoto and shared that with us during the tour.
Mike met us on-time at the Kyoto station. He provided us the plan for our day in Kyoto. We visited many sites and he shared great detail about the history of Kyoto.
I felt that Mike provided a lot of knowledge. He was very kind to my children and tried get them interested in learning the history of Kyoto. I felt that he did that very well.
Mike answered all questions. He also took great pictures at the sites that we visited.
I highly recommend Mike for your next tour of Mt. Fuji!
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Adam_m
Nov 10, 2023
Amazing, cultural, fun - Yuji hino was an amazing tour guide, very knowledgeable, funny and spoke very good English. He made the sightseeing locations way more amazing with his extensive knowledge. His guidance through the public transport was very good as well. I couldn't recommend his services more if you'd like a detailed description of some of the most amazing landmarks kyoto has to offer.
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696andriym
Oct 5, 2023
Great tour with a great guide and driver - The tour was just exceptional. Hira our guide was a great person and knowledgable. He arranged the itinerary well to us, and managed us teh car. With car hiring, we were able to visit a lot of places within the allocated time. Highly recommended tour.
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Gautam_g
Apr 5, 2023
Hira san was amazing! - Hira san was amazing: punctual, knowledgeable, professional and courteous. He also made good recommendations for our upcoming trips. Great value for your money!
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Simon_t
Apr 2, 2024
A busy day seeing some amazing sights, but be prepared to spend considerable time in traffic travelling between each one - The Kinkakoji Golden Buddhist Temple on the lake was an amazing site with beautiful gardens and surrounding buildings. The Tori gates and Fuhsimi Inari shrine were also fantastic. The Arashiyama area and bamboo grove was ok, but very busy. The visit to the Gion area was a fascinating look into old Kyoto but was cut short due to traffic delays. The travelling between all areas was slow and impacted on the time we had to spend in the Gion area.
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Chabinameraly
May 22, 2024
Expensive and not up to par! - I realized at the last moment that the visit did not include the vehicle as was the case for other destinations, so the agency offered me a vehicle at the last moment for an absolutely insane price, which was necessary. pay in cash to the driver who didn't even have a receipt to give. The entire visit cost almost 1000 euros, this is unacceptable! We had a guide who was not one, unpleasant, who knew nothing about Kyoto, who was only a French teacher who took a job as a guide to make ends meet I imagine but absolutely not interested in taking care of us, in adapting to our desires, and who had nothing to say. A real disappointment, fortunately offset by the beauty of the sites we visited in Kyoto.
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Elsa_g
Apr 18, 2023
Bad tour guide - Our guide was on her phone on Instagram for the most part of our tour. I felt like she really was not giving us any information on the sights she was taking us to. Was very poorly done will not recommend to anyone really bad service.
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