Course: Your Hotel – Blue House(Pass by) – Changing of the Guard Ceremony – Gyeongbok Palace (Deoksu Palace on Tuesdays) – National Folk Museum (History Museum on Tuesdays) – Jogyesa Buddhist Temple – Ginseng Center – Lunch – Changdeok Palace (Hanok Village on Mondays) – Insadong Antique Shop Alley – Duty Free Shop – Namdaemun Market -Your Hotel
Minimum Pax: 1
Time Required: 09:00~17:00
Fee: 82,000 won p/p (Incl. Lunch)
Description
Blue House
Official residence of the president is called “The Blue House”.The symbol of the Blue House, which is at the center of Korean politics, is the blue tiles. The first thing that catches your eye when you arrive at the Blue House is also the blue tiles of the main building. The blue tiles and the smooth roof are in beautiful harmony with Mt. Bugaksan behind it.
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Changing of the Guard Ceremony
If there is the ceremony for guardsman in England, there is a ceremony of changing shift for the gate guard in Korea. As a gate guard is in charge of security of the castle in England, Geumgun (royal guard) and Sumunjang (a gate guard) were in charge of the security of royal palace.Click here if you want to know more detail.
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Gyeonbokgung Palace is a palace erected during the reign of king Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty(1392-1910) which was the final kingdom in Korea, but it was destroyed in the Japanese invasion of 1592. It was reconstructed in 1868. It has 4 gates including the southern main gate, Gwanghwamum.
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National Folk Museum
National Folk Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea, located within the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the history of traditional life of the Korean people.
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Jogyesa
Jogye Temple is chief temple of the Jogye order which represents the Korean Buddhism. It promotes embodiment of society where people live together and Bodhisattva’s spirit. Also, the temple is a historic site that has lived through the turbulent modern history of Korea. Jogye Temple was originally built in 1910 and bore the name of Gakhwangsa Temple by the monks longing for independence of the Korean Buddhism and recovery of Koreans’ self esteem. Gakhwangsa temple was the chief temple of modern Korean Buddhism and the first propagation center that argued legitimacy of local Buddhism and the first temple located inside the boundary of four gates of the city of Seoul.
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Changdeokgung
Changdeokgung (Hangul, 창덕궁, 昌德宮; literally, “Prospering Virtue Palace”) — also known as Changdeokgung Palace or Changdeok Palace — is set within a large park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the “Five Grand Palaces” built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897).Click here if you want to know more detail.
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Insadong Antique Shop Alley
Insadong-gil is “well known as a traditional street to both locals and foreigners” and represents the “culture of the past and the present”. It contains a mixture of historical and modern atmosphere and is a “unique area of Seoul that truly represents the cultural history of the nation.” The majority of the traditional buildings originally belonged to merchants and bureaucrats. Some larger residences, built for retired government officials during the Joseon period, can also be seen. Most of these older buildings are now used as restaurants or shops.
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Namdaemun Market
Namdaemun Market is a large traditional market in Seoul, South Korea. The market is located next to Namdaemun, the “Great South Gate,” which was the main southern gate to the old city. It is the oldest and largest market in Korea.
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Payment
– If cancelled up to 1 day before the tour you applied, no fee will be charged. If cancelled later or in case of no-show, 100 percent of the fee will be charged.* JSA tour is excluded.
– It is possible to pay all the tour fees by credit card or in cash on the tour day.
-Cancellation fee will be charged. Please refer to the tour page for details.
Cautions during reservation
Please take caution to enter precise hotel(hotel name, phone number) and email information for efficient pick ups
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Tour Condition
– All the tours Include the guide, transportation, admission fee.
– Child fares: 30% DC under 10 years of age.- Some morning tours will be dropped off at Itaewon or city hall.(Near Myeongdong)
– We notice that We have no responsiblity for your personal incidents and losses during all the tours.
– We are stuck in a traffic jam the pick up service will be delayed.
