Seoul Palace Morning Tour: Half Day City Exploration with Top Attractions
3.4
19 Ratings
Seoul

Seoul City Half Day Exploration. Despite the tour duration of just three hours, we’ll visit the renowned Gyeongbok Palace, National Folk Museum, Blue House, and Jogyesa Buddhist Temple. Achieve an insightful travel experience with our knowledgeable tour guide and convenient transportation. Experience your morning in Korea with us!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

After pick up at your Seoul hotel in the morning, we will visit to the Jogyesa Buddhist Temple which is the center of Zen Buddhism in Korea. The first thing you will see at the temple are the locust trees and baeksong trees in front of the Daeungjeon (main building of Jogesa Temple). Those trees are about 500 years old and the Baeksong tree is designated as a Natural Monument. And you can see the Daeungjeon Building which was built in 1938. It is particularly beautiful with all the different colors painted on it, and inside the building is the statue of Seokgamoni. In front of the Daeungjeon building, you can also see a seven-storey stone pagoda containing Jinsinsari.

After the Jogyesa Temple, we will visit the Blue House which is the president residence. Since it’s the security area, we cannot stop in front Blue House. So, we will see the Blue House on the way to Gyeongbok Palace at the transportation (pass by).

After passing the Blue House, we will be at the Gyeongbok Palace which was served as main palace during Joseon Dynasty. It’s the most famous and historical sights to visit when the people visit to Korea. It has so many buildings and we will look around Geunjeongjeon (main throne hall of Gyeongbok Palace), Sajeongjeon (King’s office), Gangnyeongjeon (King’s living quarters), Gyotaejeon (Queen’s living quarters) and Gyeonghoeru where the king threw formal banquets for foreign envoys. And then, we will go to the Korean National Folk Museum which is part of Gyeongbok Palce. It represents daily lie and culture of Korea, also provides educational and cultural opportunities to better understand and experience the traditional Korean lifestyle.

Then, we will go back to the Gwanghwamun Gate which is the South gate of Gyeongbok Palace. And will see the changing of the Royal Ceremony.

And the tour will end back in Seul at City Hall after a stop at a ginseng center.

City hall is closed with many other tour attraction. So, after the tour you can have your own schedule easily.

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Driver/guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Hotel pickup
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Infant meals
  • Hotel drop-off (Drop off at City Hall, Seoul)
Additional Information
  • 1 of the shopping centers are included (Ginseng Center)
Location
Seoul
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(19 Ratings)
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Ari
May 2, 2023
Definitely recommend - One thing I loved was the number of options for timing and places. I chose the morning tour, but others in my group were on an all-day tour and continued on after I was dropped off. Jun was an amazing guide!
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A_the_great16
May 22, 2022
Educational, Cultural and overall great time! Our tour Guide was Splendid! Anyone looking to learn or first time! - We had an awesome time! I recommend this to anyone coming to South Korea for the first time also anyone wanting to check out good places. You see 3 different sites and transportation! Our tour guide Jin did an amazing job! She was super helpful and very knowledgeable. We had a great time! She helped us with all our questions about the culture and ways to get around! It's nice tour and peaceful so wear casual clothing comfortable shoes/slip ons! Have fun!!! I give it 5 stars since they helped and it was super informative!
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Marie_korea
Dec 27, 2019
Yeoni's tours are the best - We visited very nice temples and saw the ceremony of changung guards. We drove by the blue house and visited the folk museum. Yeoni is a very nice and funny tour guide who tells you everything you wanna know and helps you always out. I would always book her tours again.
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Hamdakayy
Dec 23, 2019
review about my trip - Yeoni was very friendly and helpful, she took us to different sites and she help us even after the trip to find Halall restaurant to have dinner..💕
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445ezrad
Jul 25, 2023
Morning Palace Tour - The palace tour was really informative and I had a great time with our tour guide Julie Park. Would definitely recommend for any tourists in Korea.
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Lennart_m
Jul 23, 2023
Interesting, but not clear information. - Change of guards at palace was the best part. Others interesting. Not so good was information. I had a question and tried contact the tour operator with Viator message form, no answer. I had to call, then I was informed about change of pick-up time, that was the evening before the tour. The full day tour was mixed with the morning tour. But no one told us and information was not clearly separated. However the drivers were flexible and handled the fact that we had full luggage very well.
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Stephen_t
Sep 27, 2019
Good for filling in the morning - We had a spare morning before leaving Seoul and this was a last minute decision. What we saw was worth seeing and our guide was pleasant and efficient.
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Ahmad
Dec 22, 2023
Unprofessional operator - Although I made booking and chose the option of getting picked up from my hotel, no one came to pick me up and when I called the operator several times and finally she answered my call but she said I don’t have reservation. When I sent her my reservation confirmation she asked me to take taxi and try to catchup the group at the temple. She didn’t even apologise. It’s not professional how she didn’t want to admit a mistake being done from her side. However the guide lady was extraordinary amazing and it was very clear she’s very experienced and was a great tour guide.
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Jane_h
Mar 18, 2024
Pick another tour - Before I booked and paid for this tour I was told in the chat that they would pick me up at my hotel but not drop me off on return. I was agreeable to that. I contacted again to confirm my hotel for pick up at 0845. The tour operator did not show up. When I called that morning they told me that there was no pickup for my hotel. At that point it was too late to get a taxi or train. I requested a refund and 3 days later nothing but an email saying that they would review the situation for a refund. Very frustrating.
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Jessica_c
Jan 23, 2024
Disgraceful experience! - Super disappointed in the communication with the Seoul Tour Operator, who was rude and unwilling to refund when we didn't attend the tour and gave the notice to not include us as what we expected was not what was listed in the tour listing. We had booked within the 24 hours of the tour because however, they ignored us even though they were available on Whatsapp and reading messages. They were rude and blamed us for the situation. Would not recommend!!
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