Seoul/Incheon Layover & Stopover Tour: Private Exploration with Customizable Itinerary
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Make the most of your layover in Seoul or Incheon with a private tour. Customize your itinerary and explore top attractions in 4 or 8 hours. Book now!
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Incheon - - Half day 4 hours tour (Incheon)

• (Open Port Area) Street
• China Town - You can try jajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) - it’s a must-eat Korean food.
• Sea Train - a tourist monorail that takes you around Wolmido Island as well as port of Incheon.
• Sinpo International Market - Busy, open-air marketplace selling all kinds of tasty street food dishes.
• Songdo Central Park - Korea’s first seawater park where you can take a ride on a water tax and enjoy the fantastic view of Songdo.

  • Seoul - - Full day 8 hours tour (Seoul)

• Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion - famous for offering a panoramic view over Seoul
• Gyeongbokgung Palace - It’s the main palace in Korea and also famous for historical “changing of the royal guards” ceremony.
• Hanok Village - It’s a beautiful Hanok Village in Seoul which consists of 5 restored Hanok (traditional house), a gorgeous pavilion.
• Namdaemun Market - the largest traditional market in Korea. Many shops and street vendors selling a variety of things.

  • Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion - Observing the stunning panoramic view of Seoul from Bukhansan Mountain to Namsan Mountain, Hangang River, and even 63 Square.

  • Gyeongbokgung Palace - Gyeongbokgung was established in 1395 as the main palace, the principal one of all the royal palaces built for the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Here at Gyeongbokgung Palace, customers can watch a reenactment of the historical “changing of the royal guards” ceremony. Taking photographs in front of Gyeonghoeru, thought to be the most beautiful pavilion in Korea.

  • Namsangol Hanok Village - At Namsangol Hanok Village, customers can see a collection of five important people their historic hanoks (traditional Korean houses) from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), recovered from different parts of the city
    and relocated them here.

  • Namdaemun Market - Namdaemun market is the largest traditional market in South Korea. Countless shops and street vendors selling a variety of things including fabrics, children’s clothing,
    handicrafts food and more than 1,700 other types of goodies. You may have time to take pictures of Namdaemun (South gate) officially known as Sungnyemun which is one of the Eight Gates in the Fortress of Seoul.

  • Aegibong Peace Eco Park - We can arrange the tour for those travelers who would like to see the scene of division on Korean Peninsula, which shows the two different worlds - a flourishing democracy with a family-run dynasty.

Here at Aegibong Peace Eco Park, customers have the chance to get a clear view of North Korea which is close to
northwestern side of the inter-Korean border and just 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) away is North Korea’s Kaepoong County.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

Rather than simply hanging around at the terminal or counting down the hours to your next flight, explore Incheon or Seoul with our private layover tour. Round trip transportation ensures that you’re comfortable and back in time for your connecting flight. The itinerary is customizable depends on your interests and time constraints. We can arrange 4 hours half-day tour in Incheon or 8 hours full-day tour in Seoul.

Recommended Itinerary:
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  • Half day 4 hours tour (Incheon)

Open Port Area/China Town
Wolmido Sea Train/Sinpo International Market
Songdo Central Park

  • This 4 hours half-day tour is suitable for those who have 6 hours or more layover time at Incheon Intl Airport
  • Full day 8 hours tour (Seoul)

Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion
Gyeongbokgung Palace/Namsangol Hanok Village
Namdaemun Market

  • This 8 hours full-day tour is suitable for those who have 10 hours or more layover time at Incheon Intl Airport
Location
Seoul
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Bill_a
Jun 5, 2024
Magical layover tour to suit my schedule and interests - I had to shorten my tour due to my layover time, but my guide was great in getting me out to see the palace, Jogyesa temple and the street market as I desired. I had free time to shop and explore the Buddhist temple, and was fortunate to be able to go inside during the chanting. Magical layover tour and interesting to learn about South Korean history, culture, technology and current life from a local. Highly recommend!
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Natesha_m
May 8, 2024
Good layover tour - We had a good time during our stopover. We went into Seoul, did some shopping, stopped at the palace, and a few other places. We learned a lot about the history. We were there on a Tuesday and the palace was closed so we only could walk the outside of the grounds.
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Danielle_f
Apr 19, 2024
Perfect layover experience - Mr Hwang was rbe best tour guide. So knowledgeable on Seoul and the history and showed me everything I wanted to see!
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Kristin_f
Mar 1, 2024
Great layover tour! - I messaged the company ahead of time letting them know I was actually spending the night at a hotel in Seoul (I had a 24 hour layover) and they agreed to pick me up from Seoul and take me different places (Hanok village, Gyeongbokgung Palace, DMZ) before taking me back to incheon airport. My driver/tour guide was Hwang and he was excellent-chatted the entire time about Korean culture, history, politics, youth, etc—I really learned and saw a lot from this tour and think it was worth the money since it also brought me back to the airport which is an hour drive from Seoul typically with traffic! Highly recommend if you’re looking for a good layover tour!
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Danielle_b
Feb 5, 2024
The best way to spend a layover in ICN - - I appreciate my tour/driver contacting me in advance to arrange early pickup since my flight was in by 6:30am. It allowed us to skip the traffic and get to the Palace and other sites before the masses showed up - While a bit quiet when we first met early in the AM :-) he quickly demonstrated his knowledge of a vast number of topics and things not just about Seoul but the foundational history of multiple asian cultures and how it impacted Korea of today. A great discussion! - Hwang was flexible and open to ideas on where/ how to spend our time. I think we walked 6 miles that day (which I loved) and we covered the National Palace and some local monuments, a nobleman's village to get a taste for living then, the Nam Dae Mun Market where he helped me track down my desire to find stone bowls for making Biminbop at home, delicious Kimchi Mangu, and finally a trip to the DMZ. It was a full day and he was open to exploring more, but he got me back to the airport with time to spare at my request.
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Colleen_k
Dec 4, 2023
Worth the money vs a free airport tour - Best private tour ever! We’ve done the free airport tours in the psst and they are great but we felt like we could get more value out of a private tour and we were right. On the airport tour we were at the palace forever. On this tour we did the palace just the perfect amount of time to see everything and get pictures but not have it take up our day. We wanted to do a DMZ tour and a shopping tour but you can’t fit those both in on an airport tour but we got the DMZ, palace, lunch, and lots of shopping in. It was a great value and I’d book this again. Our guy was so knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. I highly recommend!
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Helen_c
Mar 22, 2024
Seoul - The changing of the guards at the Palace in Seoul was definitely one of the Highlights. It was just unfortunate that it was very “ rushed” as our guide walked quite fast and we are not as young as we used to be. However he was very informative and gave us a lot of information that was extremely pertinent.
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Latoyab741
Apr 9, 2024
Canceled Tour - I saw this tour on TripAdvisor and went to book and was redirected to Viator. I purchased a ticket and in the confirmation email, it stated that the tour operator would contact me to get my pickup and logistics information. I sent a message to the company via Viator on their app. 3 days later, still no correspondence or confirmation of my pickup and time. The booked tour was less than a week away and no response. I ended up canceling & requesting a refund and booked with another company. DONT BOOK with this company.
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