This was a great tour, very informative, and provided a lot of context history for Korean culture and history. Would definitely recommend!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Heat packs (Winter season)
Excludes
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- We will be meeting outside Starbucks. When you come out from Gwanghwamun station exit 9. It's on the left side.
Return
- We are finishing in front of Blue house (President house)
Itinerary
It's the city center of Seoul. Main place of Korea over 600 years. Look at histories of Joseon kingdom and understand Korean society.
View how US influenced Korea from establishment to now. Learn how Koreans think about them.
Retro style street of shops & restaurants. Take a glimpse of histories about modern development & side effects. Understand Korean working cultures.
Old traditional house village. Listen to stories about tensions between development & preservation.
The only collage specialized only for North Korea. Take a look at relationship against North Korean and how we think about it.
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Reviews
Great explanation in good English. Very informative. June was superb
The tour led by June was great! I am Korean but living in the US, I heard about places he toured but never have visited. It was perfect weather to stroll around the Bukchon village and learn about the area. Highly recommend!
Jane was amazing - very interesting insights and fantasic understanding of korea and why things are as they arek
Fantastic insight into the culture and history. Highly recommend to start Korea journey with this tour
Learned a ton of relevant history to understand modern Korean society.
Tremendous and amazing value for money! June was so well informed and covered lots of ground - historical details as well as how it all ties into life and culture today. Thank you June!
Amazing. June is very knowledgeable about his country.
Our guide's explanations of Korean culture were clear, articulate and thoughtful and just what I was hoping to learn.
June was great! Very well organized and structured tour, and we learned a lot about Korea today and in the past.
A comprehensive and informative tour. The guide has great knowledge and experience on Korean History and Politics combine with his excelent storytelling and curated journey make the tour one of the most memorable/knowledgable and meaningful for your first visit to Korea. Highly recommend for anyone who one to combine both sightseeing and learning about Korean Hiítory and Culture, Society, especially for anyone who first come to understand Korea
Jun is an amazing guide. The best we had in Seoul. Super knowledgeable and educated in Korean history. He created the tour.
Excellent walking tour, learnt lots about South Korea, its history, people, views and beliefs!! Guide was excellent, 2 hours well spent!!
It was a great tour, with very interessting und educational content. Thank you so much!
Excellent knowledgeable tour guide
I enjoyed my 1st tour with June so I wanted to take a 2nd tour. Each one was different and informative. He showed me areas I was unaware of plus new ways to get to places I had visited to give me more directional perspective. Thank you!
Very informative tour! June Did a great guide, telling all sorts of interesting aspects of Korean social and historical context. Really enjoyed!
Good to know Korea history and politics. Very interesting
Excellent guide and great insights
A very knowledgeable guide, he provided a balanced view of South Korean society and placed it in the context of the cultural background of Confucianism. I found the tour interesting and the guide was friendly and helpful. A couple of the areas have steep gradients, so choose your footwear carefully to avoid the risk of injury. Ladies, this is not a tour for heels.
June was exceptional in his knowledge and friendly approach. He made the entire tour interesting, sharing his deep understanding of Korean culture.
An excellent tour, 2+ hrs, given by June, an expert in Korean history. Covers the Josun dynasty, Japanese colonization, Korean War, separation and modern/current era- weaving in history, culture, politics and economics. A fantastic and informative introduction to the country and well worth it for every visitor! Thank you June!!
June was great. Learn a lot. He was very passionate about South Korean history. Tremendous host. Really recommend his tour.
June the guide was very knowledgable and the entire tour was comprehensive and educational.
Slow walk around with some good talk regarding history politics and global relationships. Very knowledgeable guide June (?)
We choose this to see Seoul on our first full day and to get an understanding of Korea and the Koreans. June was an excellent guide giving us an understanding of the Korean psyche and the historic influences from the foundation of the Korean state, to the Japanese occupation, the 2 WW and the Korean War. It sounds boring but it wasn’t. We walked up to the Hanok village which was really nice and we finished near a Michelin rated broth place which we went in after the tour before we walked-on Junes advice- to Jongno 3 which was excellent. A great introductory tour to Seoul and Korea.
Perfect walking tour and really nice guide!
June was fantastic, learnt so much about the history and culture of Korea, very knowledgeable and would recommend.
We really enjoyed our tour with June. They took us around some beautiful parts of the city and explained to us various historical events and political things. It was interesting and informative and I really liked his character, he was very calming and took all questions in their stride. Thank you for such an amazing 2 hours In Seoul. Hayley and Marky
Had such a good time! June was a great tour guide and gave a very detailed explanation of the areas we visited and its history.
Amazing experience and great stories
Excellent. A concise and insightful journey. A brilliant way to spend time and learn about Korean culture (both South and North). And the walk is superb. Thank you
A wonderful experience. It was informative as well as funny! Our guide was warm, knowledgeable and answered all our questions!
June was an excellent guide who gave us a fascinating tour of parts of central Seoul and gave us an insightful description of Korean history, modern politics and culture. Highly recommend this tour!
Great tour to learn about Korean history and its relations with other countries. June shared a lot of insights and showed us some nice locations in the city center. It is an easy walk and anyone can enjoy it. Oh, and in addition we got some good dining recommendations so it's a double win. :)
Great walk with so much information and insight. June did an excellent job. He was friendly and very informative. Highly recommend!!
The tour was really informative and great. Our tour gide june was really friendly and explained the history of Korea very well. He also talked very good understandble English and overall a really kind person. He explained things about Korea that you would normally not learn as a foreigner. I went together with my family and even tho my parents England isn't the best they could follow the tour very good. I can only recommend!!!
Our tour guide was excellent. He told us about Korea history and culture. He was opened to questions and cleared all our doubts. Definitely recommend!
Easy walking tour. Easy to understand Information. Good for Basic Knowledge
Great tour! June was really friendly and informative :)
The walk was really cool! There were around 10 people which was still managable group size to walk together. June was very wellspoken guide. The way he explained us the history and culture was interesting and informative. He was also answering all our questions. There was some walking so be prepared for hills and stairs. Thanks a lot!
Wonderful introduction to Seoul and Korean history, showing me things I wouldn’t have found on my own with really cool details. So friendly and welcoming. Perfect way to start my Seoul adventure- thanks June.
Great experience, loved the route and the vine from the guide. He was super nice with great english and really approachable. Highly recommend!
We enjoyed our guide June very much. Thank you very much!
Super informative, super fun
Great tour with great political historical and cultural insughts
We arrived at exit 9 in the main square as a ranged. June was exceptionally punctual spoke amazing English and provided us all with ear pieces so we could easily hear his communications The tour is exactly 2 hours and includes one area that is uphill for maybe a couple of hundred meters and another area that has steps down other than that the tour is very easy walking. The coverage of topics was massive he is informative about current day policies as well as historical events. We really enjoyed the tour and would recommend it as a must do to fill in an easy few hours. We would never have found some of the locations that he took us to. Thankyou
Great walking tour, June was very polite and informative, and very happy to answer all of our questions:)
Our guide June was super helpful and I really enjoyed the tour!
We really enjoyed our tour, on a good pace but we still got a lot of information and high lights in korea. Our guide was really pleasant and told us about the korean culture and ways. I would recommend this tour to everyone!
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