Seoul: Your Private Custom Tour – Half/Full/Outskirts
Description
This tour offers 3 options: 1. Seoul Half-Day (4h) 2. Seoul Full-Day (9h) 3. Outskirts Full-Day (9h) All options include private vehicle, hotel pickup & drop-off, and fully customizable itineraries. What type of tour would you like? ① I already know where I want to go. Great! Just write your desired places when booking, or message us afterward. We’ll plan the most efficient route for you. ② I’m not sure where to go yet. Tell us your style: "Famous landmarks” or “Quiet & traditional places”? We’ll suggest the best route based on your preference. ③ I have ideas, but I want recommendations too. Share the places you're curious about—and why. We’ll create a personalized itinerary that fits your interests. After booking, simply send us a message with your preferences. We’ll handle the planning and create a smooth, personalized experience for your day in Korea.
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Itinerary
Gyeongbokgung was the first and largest of the royal palaces built during the Joseon Dynasty.Hear stories about Seoul’s history and become the main character at Gyeongbokgung Palace, home to 500 years of Joseon Dynasty history. (Every Tuesday, the tour will be replaced with a visit to Deoksugung Palace)
Bukchon refers to the upper neighborhood of Cheonggyecheon and Jongno during the Joseon Dynasty. Hanoks are lined up on both sides of the alley on a hill, creating a quiet and antique landscape reminding of past of Seoul.
Gwangjang Market was the first permanent market in Korea and continues to thrive as a popular tourist destination today. The name Gwangjang means "to gather from afar and keep altogether.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
When making your reservation, please enter the exact name and address of your accommodation in the “Special requirements” section.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Guide contact details will be sent at least 10 hours before the tour via platform message or email. Please check them before the meeting.
Reviews(73)
Highly recommend this tour. We had so much fun on this activity. Sheen was very knowledgeable and shared interesting background on the sites we visited. The food tour was a nice break in the middle, go hungry it’s a lot! We loved visiting the temple at night to see it all lit up.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled that Sheen's knowledge made your tour so enjoyable. The food tour really is a feast - great advice to come hungry! We're so glad you got to see the temple lit up at night. We hope to welcome you back to Seoul soon!
Our guide was amazing and super knowledgeable. She had great suggestions and was easy to get around with the van.
Dear Amy, thank you for this wonderful review! We're so glad to hear that the guide's knowledge and great suggestions made your private tour so enjoyable, and that getting around the city in the van was smooth and easy. We'll make sure she hears how much you appreciated her! Hope to see you exploring Seoul again soon! 🙏
Excellent Seoul private city tour with Chris! He was extremely knowledgeable, very friendly, and always accommodating. He tailored the entire day to our wishes and made sure everything ran smoothly. Also a very safe driver. Highly recommended!
Thank you so much for this fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that Chris made your private city tour truly exceptional with his knowledge, friendliness, and care in tailoring every detail to your wishes. Being a safe and reliable driver is something he takes great pride in, and it's wonderful to know that came through! We'll pass every word of your praise along to Chris. Hope to see you back in Seoul! 🙏
Driver picked us up on time and we were able to cater the tour to what we wanted to see. The sites were beautiful
Had a great half day private tour with Chris C. Great communication and direct pick up at the hotel and transportation between the sites was a nice plus. He was very knowledgeable about history and introduced us to a great place for lunch at Gwanjang market.
Eliott was an exceptional tour guide. His enthusiasm about the history of Korea helped us to enjoy our day immensely. He was prompt, organized, professional and incredibly friendly. My daughter and I made a new friend. His extraordinary depth of knowledge about Korean history made us hunger to go home and learn more. Throughout the day, he constantly checked in to insure our needs were met. Wherever we went, he took the initiative to make sure our time was well spent. I highly recommend him to anyone who's looking for a top tier tour guide.
We had a wonderful day out with Sheen a lovely young man who picked us up from our hotel. Communication was easy and we planned our day together. For various reasons several of the usual landmarks were closed on this day but we were happy to go off the usual tourist route and follow his recommendations. We did not want to do towers and temples and he understood this perfectly. We really appreciated Sheen’s commitment to ensuring we had the best experiences while learning some of the complex history of Korea. I would highly recommend him for a day trip.
Booking a private tour gave us the flexibility to change the itinerary based on weather conditions and to different sites we wished to visit and experience! Our guide, Elliott, was an awesome guide, very informative, and patient with us as we tried many different new experiences we had requested (such as renting a hanbok to visit the Gyeongbokgung Palace, and eating Yukhoe and TangTang-i at Gwangjang Market)! He was our “sherpa,” carrying our bags so that we could take photos, our personal “tour guide,” guiding us through crowds, taking us to popular spots in the market, and driving us to see extra sites from the car beyond what we had expected! And he was also our “historian,,“ as our guide had a great depth of knowledge in the history of Korea. Our recommendation would be to bring a quality umbrella and wear clothing suited for rainy days, including water resistant footwear. However, our guide was very attentive to making sure we were comfortable and helped us with our failing umbrellas we had brought from the hotel.
We had an excellent experience from our 1/2 day private tour with our English speaking guide, Sheen Kim. He was prompt friendly and knowledgeable from the sites we visited.
Outstanding trip done by Chris Choi . We went the palace, village and he was flexible making last stop place we wanted go . He was knowledgeable and speak good English
