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Seoul Private Tour: Personalized Exploration with Local Expert
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5 Ratings
Seoul
Experience a personalized and private tour of Seoul with a local expert. Explore famous landmarks, markets, shopping centers, and even BTS and K-drama filming locations!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Gyeongbokgung Palace - Main Royal Palace in Seoul, Tuesday closed, will visit Changdeokgung on Tuesday
Hanbok Rental Place, you can choose your own hanbok and wear it. When you change, move on to the palace Depending on situation, hanbok rental shop can be changed to other - included Hanbok rental - Insadong - This is filled with a lot of traditional restaurants, cafe, souvenir shop, art and antique shop. you can look around here and will have lunch in this traditional street
- Bukchon Hanok Village - It is where you can see traditional village of Joseon dynasty
Still villagers are living in the ones
- Kwangjang Market - To eat Korean traditional food, this place will be perfect. From Mungbean pancake to Live Octopus, you can enjoy Korean Food Culture here!
- Myeongdong Shopping Street - Most popular tourists spot in Seoul, for street food and shopping, It will be the perfect place for tourists!
- N Seoul Tower - It is located at the peak of Namsan(Mt.Nam) and is where you can see 360 surrounding view of Seoul!
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What's Included
- Hotel pickup and dropoff service
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Cost for vehicle: fuel, parking, toll fee, etc.
- Entrance fee to the place (Gyeongbokgung or Changdeokgung)
- English speaking Tour Guide
What's Not Included
- Hanbok Rental - optional
- Meals
- Entrance fee - pay at the site
Additional Information
Make your own plan and Enjoy Seoul with Seoul Experts!
Don’t waste your time for other tourists waiting and compulsory shopping centers in package tour! Spend enough time at the tour
destination and enjoy the tour in private!
Here’s suggestion o visit
- Gyeongbok palace / Rental of hanbok(optional) / you will take pictures in the palace in Hanbok!
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Bukchon Hanok village or Namsan Hanok village,
3.Gwangjang market, - Seoul N Tower - cable car
- Myeongdong Hyper shopping center,etc
- Hongdae shopping street
- Insadong art and antique street
- Jogyesa temple
- COEX starfield
- Gangnam area and Lotte world Tower
- BTS fan ? many location in Seoul
- K Drama fan ? many filming location in Seoul
- Changdeokgung palace and secret garden
- Rium Art museum
- Ikseongdong hanok food and shopping alley
- etc there are more!
Local Seoul Tour guide will bring you around and show you the highlights of Seoul!
FYI, most of tour destination is free of charge
Location
Gyeongbokgung Palace
161 Sajik-ro, Jongno-gu,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Alaina
Jul 1, 2024
Amazing tour guide and amazing day - We had an absolutely amazing time and our tour guide Jake Kwon was WONDERFUL
My sister and I rented hanbok and he fit it into our schedule so well and also gave us some information on the history of hanbok. We learned so so much on our tour due to his incredible knowledge on Korean history.
We went to an amazing BBQ restaurant which I felt I should add.
Jake was also so respectful and accommodating. He was so courteous of the locals especially in the Bukchon Hannok village, making sure other groups knew to be quiet. He even helped my dad down steps as my dad had just had knee replacement surgery. Jake also would look for shady areas and even would walk and get the van himself so we wouldn’t have to. This gave us more time to explore and kept us from getting too hot which we were so thankful for.
I also wanted to add he was very nice when my brother (10) got sick and even offered to take him to the hospital while we did the cable cars (which was not necessary because he just had too much ice cream but was a very generous offer).
I would SO recommend our tour guide Jake Kwon as well as the tour itself it was a must-see for Seoul visitors!!
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Samantha
Apr 21, 2024
If you’re going to Seoul this is the tour guide you want! - We had the most incredible experience with our tour guide, Harry! He went above and beyond to ensure our private tour was unforgettable. Not only did he accommodate our extra family members last minute, but he also tailored the experience perfectly to our interests. Harry's knowledge of Seoul's history and traditional spots for food and shopping items was impressive. He even took stunning photos of us throughout the day, showcasing his hidden talent as a photographer. Thank you, Harry, for an unforgettable day we couldn't have asked for a better guide!
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Allan_b
Dec 10, 2023
Knowledgeable and friendly tour guide - We enjoyed our time with Sophia on our day tour through Seoul. She gave us a great tour with great detail and some fantastic hidden places. She also brought us to a fantastic restaurant to enjoy local food.
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Felix
Aug 14, 2023
GREAT itinerary, very organized tour company, and even Greater guide - I was traveling with my family of 8, including 2 adults, 4 teens, and my elderly inlaws. The private tour with hotel pick up and drop off made it very convenient and easy. We received a email 3 days before and asked if we have any special requests since it is a private tour and if we like to add and remove any stops and gave us local contact info to reach the tour company directly. Our guide, Vincent, showed up early, in a beautiful late model van in our hotel and greeted us with a big smile and spoke in perfect English. He was knowledgeable with the route and explained all the history and significance with every sites and even helped us take beautiful family photos. We visited all the must see spots and had a great time for the full 9 hours. He made suggestions on where to take rests for my inlaws and always dropped off and picked up at the entrance of the sites since my inlaws have difficulties walking, and suggested we have traditional Korean ginseng chicken soup instead of BBQ with the over 100 F weather. He then went above and beyond when my inlaws were too tired by mid afternoon, drove them back to the hotel before the rest of us continue on and helped us locate a pharmacy that have the purified water that they needed for their breathing machine. If you are visiting Seoul with your family, you must join this tour and ask for Vincent. Price is very reasonable as compared to the big bus tour group, which is less personalized and not flexible. Thanks again for making our trip to Seoul memorable.
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Savannah_h
Apr 29, 2023
It rained, but our guide... - It rained, but our guide had many other suggestions for us to do. Lunch was amazing and our guide was so helpful. He also made sure to continually ask and incorporate things we wanted to see and do that weren’t listed.
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