Korean Folk Village and Suwon Hwaseong Fortress: Traditional Culture Immersion and Culinary Delight
4.8
20 Ratings
Donggyo-dong
Immerse yourself in Korean traditional culture at the Korean Folk Village and explore the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress. Indulge in delicious local cuisine at the Suwon Nammun Market. Join the day or night tour for an unforgettable experience.
Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Korean Folk Village - Korean Folk Village introduces traditional culture from the late Joseon period to both local and international visitors through cultural classes experience, shaman faith, seasonal customs and others. Also, the village shows various places with unique features such as a farming village, private house, official districts, Confucian academy, seodang (village school), and a village street in realistic descriptions, as well as, a nobleman’s house and traditional workshop.

Performances including Nongak (farmer’s music), martial art on horseback, traditional wedding ceremony, and other special events are available by season. In particular, \’Welcome to Joseon\’, held every May, is a performance featuring time travel back to the olden days.

What's Included
  • Bilingual staff fluent in English and Chinese
  • All transportation included
  • Entrance fees covered
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Traveler’s insurance
  • Other personal expenses
Additional Information

Meet your friendly tour staff at your preferred meet-up point and hop onto the comfortable tour van/coach (maximum 43 pax) with other travelers as we head off to the Folk Village.

For the day time tour, you will reach Korean Folk Village around 10:30am and explore the traditional Korea. Enjoy the plays and performance in the village. After that, will reach the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, walk along the fortress walls and visit the gates and watchtowers along. Finally will head to the Suwon Nammun Market where you can find the local restaurants and food stalls there. Also, you can have a look of the local traditional market. Will head back to Seoul around 4:10pm.

For the night time tour, will have a late departure at around 1-2pm and will first visit Hwaseong Fortress and then head to the Korean Folks Village for the evening festival. There are special events performance for visitors to enjoy at night. Will head back and arrive Seoul around 10pm for the night tour.

Location
Hongik Univ. Station Exit 4
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gary_h
Apr 7, 2024
Korean living history - This tour was really nice. Would have been amazing if it didn't rain. Either way I enjoyed it and it is a good experience to get some beautiful history
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Beggurkan
Apr 6, 2024
Perfect! - It was an amazing tour, fun and informative. All the places were worth visiting. Our guides Cecilia and Jun did their job perfectly. Definitely recommended!👍🏻
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Randy_p
Mar 24, 2024
Organized tour guide! - The tour guide was very organized and hard working! The market at the end was a great way to end the tour!
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Marilou_d
Jan 7, 2024
Awesome Tour guides - Helena our tour Director was awesome.. A caring person.. She’s knowledgeable about the tour. The Driver and another trainee tour guide were great too… They made us comfortable during the tour… HighLu recommended. Great job Helena & your team.👌..
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Jeni_h
Jan 4, 2024
Delightful! - We had a really great time. Our English speaking guide Laura was fun, funny and very informative. We didnt know much about the Hwaseong Fortress prior to this tour and left with some great background on the history of the area. We just happend to have a light bit of snow at the Korean folk park that added to the winter ambiance and the traditional market was quite fun to explore. Thank you for a wonderful day!
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Shirleycv7909zb
Dec 14, 2023
Amazing experience - Absolutely wonderful. All of the places we went was just impressive and our tour guide Helena was fun, and knowledgable. Thanks to her the tour was very pleasant.
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Tia_b
Apr 21, 2024
Suwon Korean Folk Village and Hwaseong Fortress - The weather was rainy and a little colder/windier than expected and some didn't prepare for this. Given the size of the group and the varying differences in personalities, I felt sympathy for our guide(s) trying to accommodate everyone's needs. It held up the rest of us who just wanted to get moving. (Especially problematic at Hwaseong Fortress). That being said, the tour itself is great. The 3 places we visited were all a fascinating glimpse into Korean history and I really enjoyed it. Our guide remained cheerful through the chaos, which I appreciate. I've had really positive experiences with Viator, highly recommend!
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Aline_m
Apr 7, 2024
Good full day tour - Good tour so worth the day seeing the Korean Folk Village and Suwon Fortress. Wouldn’t bother going to these places without this tour. The meeting place is a little hard to find so make sure you have your directions and you won’t have any trouble. A good full day tour.
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Nathalie_v
Mar 30, 2024
Good sceneries and interesting tour - I really enjoyed the Korean Folk Village. I was able to capture many beautiful pictures and watch the show. I was really amazed by the drums and the performance from the girls. Guide was helpful but didn't leave much opportunity for people to get their pictures of scenery. I had to rush for them and lacked time on the end. I would honestly skip the market to get more time at the village, even more so because we eat lunch there. I would have needed to skip lunch to get maybe enough time... Also, my radio to hear the guide ran out of batteries and didn't replace it after I told her, ao I went half of the tour without hearing her much.
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Brian_m
Mar 22, 2024
It was a very cold day. ... - It was a very cold day. Personally, I think the guide spent too much time explaining about things, I would prefer more free time to explore. The dancing at the Folk Village was good. But no time to explore other things available
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