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Private tour in Seoul Yeonju L
Culture and History of 600 year old Seoul
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I am a certified tour guide with fluent English, knowledge and enthusiasm to share Korean people's past, present and future. Please join me in exploring Korea from its antiquity to the present! I can arrange chartered van or mini-bus with a driver if you want a private vehicle. I believe this is safer and more fulfilling as you can have my full attention even on the road. For most of walking tours, I go with bus, subway and taxi. I believe the public transportation in Seoul is a must have experience! ************ Tour Guide Experience************ * 2024/May Staff Delegations(CoS) of the House of Representatives invited by Korea Foundation (industrial sites/government agency visits) * 2024/May Samsung VIP customers from MENA (cultural tour/government agency visit) * 2024/Apr Logistics support for an art tour conducted by Limelight/Austrailian tour company (art galleries/cultural tour) * 2023/May Samsung VIP customers from MENA (cultural tour/government agency visit) * 2015 ~ Present Tourguide for cultural and industrial field trip organized KOICA(A governmental agency dedicated to providing grant aid programs of the Korean government) * Shore Excursions - Volendam, Seabourn Sojourn, Millenium, Nautica, Amsterdam, EUROPA (both for the cruiseline agency and private tour) Apr/2019 - Dallas Assembly Seminar & Extension for 60 pax Aug/2017 - SAT1 TV(German TV) Kock Undercover filming tour May/2017 - On-site coordination for one of the client of American Express Meetings & Events Apr/2017 - Vogue Netherland tour organized by KTO, visiting hipster places in Seoul Apr/2017 - Korea Cruise Travel Mart FAM tour organized by KTO(Korea Tourism Org. ) Apr/2016 - Lecture on Korea culture for Hyundai Construction and Engineering Global Talent program from Feb/2016 - Yonsei University Exchange Student culture tour-DMZ Oct/2015 - OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015 World Science and Technology VIP Tour May/2015 - 10th International Freight Conference Tour Apr/2015 - World Water Forum Technical Tour * Interpreter Experience - several meetings with North Korean defectors Apr/2017 - Korea Cruise Travel Mart Nov/2015 - Global Infrastructure Cooperation Conference Liaison for the Minister of Ministry of Urban Development and Housing/Ethiopia. Oct/2015 - KOTRA Foreign Investment Week Interpreter for an European company considering investment in Korea. * hobbies - cycle, ski, cooking, etc English tour guide license (Issued by Korea Tourism Organization,2012) French tour guide license (Issued by Korea Tourism Organization,2020) Completed Field Trip Safety Course (14hrs, including 10hrs of First Aid & CPR) on Feb/15/2015 1. I am not a driver. I can arrange for a separate car and driver. Quote may vary upon a type of vehicle. 2.anything illegal
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If you got only 1 day in Seoul, this is the tour you should take
Overview of your Seoul tour
This is a comprehensive full-day walking tour of Seoul's historical and cultural landmarks. Let's catch a time machine ride on foot to the 14th century and travel 600 years and then back to 2017. I bet you can make this happen with me just in ONE DAY! This tour is an intensive introduction to Seoul. It covers quite big portion of Seoul's attractions loved by locals as well. Moreover, streets connecting each attraction are beautiful and have their own stories and unique atmosphere. Therefore, this tour is the very first thing you should try in Seoul. Even though belw itinerary is proven to be most efficient in terms of routing, please feel free to ask for any chages if you need when we meet for a tour. I will be able to accomodate your request as long as the changes requested can be done during tour duration.
Your Seoul tour itinerary
*9:00 AM meeting at the hotel(if the hotel is outside of Seoul, the meeting point will be given) ChungGyeChun stream & GwangHwaMun Square (statues) 10:00 AM Royal Guard Changing ceremony & GyeongBokGung Palace (the main Royal Palace. (admission-KRW3, 000/person)) & National Folk Museum 12:00 PM BukChon Korean Traditional House conservation area 13:00 PM Lunch at Insadong street(antique alley) or GwangJang market (food stalls-famous for mungbean pancake and Korean rice wine, one of places taken by food tours) 14:30 PM DDP (the world largest 3D irregular shape building designed by Zaha Hadid) 15:30 Namsan Mountain 16:00 PM tour close at hotel *Changdeokgung palace for Tue. as the main royal palace closes on Tue. *No royal guard changing ceremony on Tue. *meeting time at hotel varies upon your hotel location
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Type: Public Transportation / Category: Bus
this is a walking tour. we will use public transportation. Taxi fare for the day would be appx. US$30. A group with 3 pax can take 1 taxi with the tourguide. If the group is bigger than that, we will take buses and metros. So please expect to walk a bit more.
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Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide: Hotel pickup is only for the hotels in Seoul
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