Highlights
- Changdeokkgung is unique, remarkable palace with beautiful garden & architecture
- Bukchon Hanok Maeul shows beautiful view that blend the old with new in Seoul
- N-Seoul Tower provides panoramic view for beautiful scenery of Seoul
- Hongdae street is young & vibrant street for street performance, trendy shops
- Bongeunsa Buddhist Temple is beautiful place, showing old with new landscape
Description
Tour creates the pleasure of discovering unique charm of Korea's Confucian culture and beauty of traditional garden!
(Booking of tour should be 7 days before date of tour to reserve Rear Garden)
Changdeokgugn is a palace of unique & remarkable charm, featuring a massive, stunning Secrete Garden that perfectly blends with its natural surrounding. It is UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Center of tour is architecture. Architecture represents spirit of times. Just as Romanesque and Gothic architecture represent Christianity, Changdeokgung Palace embodies Confucianism. Appreciation of Changdeokgung Palace requires understanding of Confucianism. Confucianism was spirit of Joseon Dynasty and Korea's cultural identity.
Guide provide insight of how Confucianism influenced traditional architecture & culture of Korea. Based on basic understanding of Confucianism, you can fully enjoy beauty of Changdeokgung & Korean culture, and your trip to Seoul will be impressive and memorable in your life.
Secrete Garden of Changdeokgung is a remarkable place, where a plain hillside turned into a beautiful garden. Rear Garden was designed to embrace nature. After the waterway was made along the hill, a pavilion was built where the waters stayed. The original topography of the area is preserved, and trees, hills, valleys and streams are preserved. Pavilions are in prefect harmony with its natural surroundings. Secrete Garden of Changdeokgung is an incredibly beautiful garden and the best example of traditional Korean gardens, reflecting Confucian ideas, that are simplicity and harmony with nature.
Bukchon Hanok Maeul is hanok(traditional Korean house) village with long history, largest cluster of about 1,000 hanoks. Buckon village shows beautiful scenery that blends the traditional landscape with metropolitan skyscrapers and N Seoul tower in the background.
Let’s not forget about young & vibrant atmosphere of contemporary Korean culture at Hondae street and the delicious food & living culture of Korea at Gwanjang market and beautiful landscape of Seoul at N Seoul Tower.
Guest can enjoy Korean street food at Gwangjang market and appreciate panoramic view of beautiful Seoul at N Seoul Tower. Hongdae street is young & vibrant street for street performance of Korean POP song & dance & trendy shops.
Among all Korean museums, National Museum of Korea is the largest and most prestigious museum with attractive huge outdoor garden representing Korea. National Museum offers the representative relics about 10,000 pieces on display from entire Korean history, and especially, there exhibit big scale collection of jade green color Goryeo Cheongja/Celadon embodying aristocratic Buddhism culture and Joseon Baekja-pure white porcelain without any decorative elements reflecting Confucianism culture, that represent the epitome and essence of Korean cultural art.
As alternative destination for National Museum of Korea, guest can choose Hongdae street
Includes
1. Guide fee for 8 hours with guide information
2. Booking should be 7 days before date of tour.
Advance admission reservations are not available six days before the tour date.
Excludes
1. Admission fee for palace and N-Seoul Tower
2. Entrance ticket for Rear Garden of Changdeokgung will be bought by guide by reservation. It is 5000Kor.Won/person, payable on the day of the tour
3. Transportation for moving
4. food and beverage
5. insurance
Important Information
- Request for reservation in advance and confirmation of guide.
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
