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Layover Tour for essential Seoul City & Gourmet tour(Incl. Lunch & Dinner)
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8 Oct
Wed
9 Oct
Thu
10 Oct
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Layover Tour for essential Seoul City & Gourmet tour(Incl. Lunch)
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Next availability: Tue, 8 Oct
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USD 623.46
Highlights
If you want a tour for the time of layover at Incheon airport, Gimpo airport and Incheon seaport in Korea, we supply whole tour service including sightseeing, eating and transportation. This Tour is for tourist who want to enjoy Korea and to visit the most highlighted tour attractions comfortably and efficiently within a limited time. If you just book this tour, you don’t need to concern on where to visit, and how to go, and what to eat, and how to get the information.
We will visit the most popular tour attractions like Gyeongbokgung palace, Changing ceremony of the Royal Guards, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong and etc. For tasting of Korean foods, you will have a Jinseng Chicken soup at famous quality local restaurant for lunch. We will provide vegetarian foods for vegetarians. At the end of tour, we will provide an opportunity to taste various kinds of popular street foods at Gwangjang traditional market. we will take you to the airport or the cruise terminal after the tour.
Itinerary
Seoul
1 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeSeoul city tour We will visit below attractions after moving to Seoul. 1. Gyeongbokgung Royal Palace 2.Bukchon Hanok Village 2. National Folk Museum 3. Bukchon Hanok(Traditional House) Village 4. Baek In Je House 5. Lunch(Ginseng Chicken Soup) 6. Insadong(Traditional cultural street) 7. Jogyesa Buddhist temple 8.Gwangjang market : We will taste various kinds of street foods at Gwangkang traditional market. * No refundable even if some of the above attractions are not available due to the customer's flight schedule.Gyeongbokgung Palace
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedGyeongbokgung 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.Bukchon Hanok Village
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedBukchon(buk means north, chon means village) is a traditional residential village forming with Korea’s traditional house, Hanok(Tiled roof house). As you see, because of rapid industrialization of Korea, most Korean live in apartment and modified western style house, so it is very hard to see the traditional Korean Hanok village nowadays. This Bukchon Hanok village is one of traditional villages maintaining traditional Hanok style. Because this Bukchon was near the palace, and located at a good place according to fengshui, a theory of divination based on topography, this was a good residential area for royal family and high officials for 500 years of Joseon dynasty. Nowadays, Bukchon is one of famous tourist attraction in Seoul. Tourist can enjoy and feel the history of Bukchon , various cultural experience like tea ceremony, calligraphy, handcrafts and etc. at Bukchon.National Folk Museum of Korea
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedYou will see how the Korean lived from the birth to grave at this museum.The National Folk Museum of Korea is a museum that represents daily life and culture of Korea and is visited by more than two million people every year, and provide educational and cultural opportunities to better understand and experience the traditional Korean lifestyle.Jogyesa Temple
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedJogyesa Temple is located in central Seoul and it is one of Korea's major Buddhist temples, also serves as headquarters for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, the largest sect of Korea Buddhism. The temple's main hall is called Daeungjeon Hall and the famous statue of the seated Buddha is enshrined here (the statue is Tangible Cultural Heritage of Seoul No. 126). Baeksong, a white pine tree that is more than 500 years old stands next to Daeungjeon. Located in the heart of Seoul, huge numbers of tourists visit the temple to experience Buddhist culture.Insadong
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeInsadong is a traditional cultural place where you can see old Seoul. Originally, the government office in charge of paintings on king and royal family in Joseon Dynasty was located at Insadong. The streets of Insadong are lined with craft workshops, antique shops, galleries, and restaurants, traditional hanok style’s teahouse. Seoul city designated Insadong as street of traditional culture in 1988, and the first cultural place in 2002, This area is car free zone every weekend, so you can enjoy walking with shopping, cultural experience like making some handcrafts. And you can enjoy various events like musical performance. Samjigil is one of the place which you can feel Korea’s traditional handcrafts. During the tour at Insadong, we can taste refreshment.Cheonggyecheon Stream
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedCheonggyecheon is a 11 km-long waterway flowing center of downtown Seoul. This waterway was natural stream until Joseon dynasty. After Korean war, many refugees made their houses and lived there, so this area was a typical slum and very dirty with bad smells there. Later 1950, Cheonggyecheon was covered with cement structures and automobile overpass was built over there, and many modern buildings were built at surrounding area, so this place became a successful symbol of Korea industrialization. But, after 40 years passed, the structures and overpass became obsolete and dangerous, and so city government decided to restore the place as Eco-stream. This was changed to Eco-waterway through 2 year's restoration project. Total length of restoration is 5.8km, there are 22 bridges, and 50,000 visitors a day. Cheonggyecheon became a symbol of the rapid development of Korea and major tour attraction place nowadays.Baek In-je's House
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedBaek 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.Kwangjang Market
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedKwangjang market is Korea’s first commercial market. This market opened in 1905. Originally, Namdaemun market was the biggest traditional market until early 1900s, but Japanese occupied Namdaemun market by Japanese’s invasion to Korea, so Korean merchants opened Kwangjang market for Koreans in 1905 to compete Japanese Namdaemun market. In the early of this market, major products were agricultural products, but nowadays, there are many kinds of products including fashion items, especially Gwangjang market has become famous as eating place to taste various street foods at cheap price. From about 10 years ago, many foreigners began to visit this market and became famous. This market is one of the famous tourist attractions in Seoul. The typical street foods are Kimbap, Soondae, Nokduejeon(Korean pancake made with mung beans), Yukwhe(beef sashimi)and etc.. we will taste various kinds of street foods for dinner here.
What's included
INCLUDED
Admission Fee
Private Transportation with air-conditioned vehicle
Professional English speaking Guide with Official Tour Guide License
Lunch, Dinner(Street foods) and others as described at tour details
Pick up and Drop off at Hotel or airport/port
NOT INCLUDED
Food and drink unless specified
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
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
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Location
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Seoul, South Korea
Provider
Bergen travel