Full Day- Essential Seoul City Tour & Gourmet Tour(including Lunch and Dinner)

4.9
(77 reviews)
Seoul, South Korea

9 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

This tour is for tourist who want to enjoy culture, heritage and life of Korean. We will visit the most popular attractions in Seoul. Furthermore, tasting of popular Korean foods provides more pleasure to you. You can enjoy city tour and Gourmet Tour for a day. We will visit Gyeongbokgung royal palace, Changing ceremony of Royal Guards, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong and etc. We will visit quality local restaurant, and taste Jinseng Chicken soup for lunch. For vegetarian, there are nice vegetarian restaurant. During the tour, we also enjoy Korean snacks or tea. For dinner, we will taste various kinds of street foods at Kwangjang market. For all above mentioned tour activities and foods are included in our tour and you don't need to reserve separate tickets for city tour and food tour. Our professional licensed English speaking guide supply hotel pick-up and drop-off service at any hotel in Seoul for customer's convenience.

What's Included

Private transportation
During the tour, we will taste traditional Korean snacks or teas.
We will taste Jinseng Chicken Soup(Michelin Restaurant) for lunch. We will visit not a group tourist restaurants but a popular local restaurants. A nice vegetarian restaurant is also available.
English speaking guide with official tour guide license
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
We will have a dinner at Gwangjang market with various traditional street foods, and Korean rice wine( makkŏlli) will be served together.
We pick up and drop off at customer's hotel in seoul.
Gratuities(optional)

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We pick up customers at any hotel in downtown Seoul. Or, we can meet customers at any place if customers prefer.

Itinerary

Duration: 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Gyeongbokgung Palace

    Gyeongbokgung palace is the first palace built in 1395 out of five palaces in Seoul in Joseon dynasty. This palace was built by fenhshui which is a traditional geological theory, The name of Gyeongbokgung palace means new dynasty would have big blessing and prospered forever. Geunjeongjeon Hall and Gyeonghoeru Pavilionare are national treasures in the palace, Geunjeongjeon Hall is the main building of the palace, most of major event like king’s inauguration ceremony and reception of ambassadors from foreign countries were held at this building. Gyeonghoeru Pavilion was used for the purpose of banquet and entertainment. Before tour of Gyeongbokgung palace, we will watch the Changing ceremony of Royal guards. Gyeongbokgung palace and changing ceremony of royal guard are closed on every Tuesday, so we will visit the other royal palace, Changdeokgung palace, every Tuesday. Changdeokgu palace is very beautiful palace and is listed on UNESCO cultural heritage.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 2
    National Folk Museum of Korea

    National Folk Museum of Korea displays the culture and folk history of the Korean people from prehistoric times to the end of the Joseon Dynasty. The museum has dedicated itself to studying and researching the folk history of Korea, and collecting artifacts from different Korean regions in order to pass on an insight into the lifestyle and culture of Koreans.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Bukchon Hanok Village

    Bukchon Hanok Village is a Korean traditional village in Seoul with a long history located on the top of a hill. The traditional village is composed of many alleys, hanok(Korea’s traditional house) and is preserved to show a 600-year-old urban environment.

    40 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Jogyesa Temple

    Jogyesa Temple is located in central Seoul and it serves as headquarters for Korea Buddhism. Due to Jogyesa's location in the heart of Seoul, huge numbers of tourists visit the temple to experience Buddhist culture.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Insadong

    Insadong is a traditional cultural place where you can see old Seoul. The streets of Insadong are lined with handicraft workshops, antique shops, galleries, and restaurants, traditional hanok style’s teahouse and etc.. Seoul city designated Insadong as street of traditional culture in 1988, and the first cultural place in 2002, During tour at Insadong, we will visit a beautiful traditional Hanok style’s tea garden and taste a traditional tea.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Cheonggyecheon Stream

    Cheonggyecheon is a 11-kilometre-long Eco waterway and modern public recreation space reborn by the massive urban renewal project in downtown Seoul and become popular among residents and tourists.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Baek In-je's House

    Baek In-je House is a museum and cultural heritage site located in Bukchon Hanok Village. The house is a well-preserved as hanok(Hanok means traditional Korean house). The hanok was built on an elevated plot of land and there are incredible views of Bukchon Hanok Village from the house. There is also a spacious garden. The hanok is one of the few largest remaining hanok in the city, and because of its unique history and beauty, the hanok was designated a Citizens' Cultural Heritage site and converted into a museum. Closed on every Monday.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 8
    Gwangjang Market

    Gwangjang Market is a traditional street market and is one of the oldest traditional markets in South Korea and is the most popular place to most of tourist because of you can taste various Korea street foods with traditional rice wine called Makgeolli.

    1 hour Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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