Lizzy was a great guide and very knowledgeable about the history and culture. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would recommend her to anyone looking for a fantastic guide on their trip to Seoul Korea!
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- Friendly Tour Guide
- Transportation
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- Admission Fee
- Food
- Gratuities
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Itinerary
With our comfortable transportation and friendly driver, you will start this full day tour of the beautiful, Seoul.
Now is the time to visit Temple. You might be surprised that you can have a chance to experience to visit to Temple in the center of Seoul. Jogyesa Temple is the biggest one in South Korea. Even though a lot of Asian countries cultures are based on Buddhism, there are slightly differences among all those countries.
Gyeongbok Palace is one of Top attraction in Seoul. You can learn about most interesting part of Korea History. Walk with your tour guide and enjoy the Korean traditional Palace
This Museum is the place where you can learn about how people lived in Korea from ancient times to today.
As Korea is one of the countries divided by 2 countries, you must be curious of our Government. To satisfy your curiosity we will first pass by the Blue House, which is the official residence of the Republic of Korea's head of state.
Now is time for shopping. Insadong is well known for tourists to experience various Korean traditional activities and shop for souvenirs. You will see lots of Korean tea places and traditional Korean street food. You can enjoy snacks while strolling down the various souvenir shops.
After lunch, head over to N Seoul Tower, which stands on Mt Namsan in central Seoul, and take the elevator up to the observation deck to enjoy panoramic views over the city.
Then visit Namsangol Hanok Village, where your guide leads you on a walk around this model village that features five hanok (traditional Korean homes) from the Joseon Dynasty. The restored houses illustrate various social classes, from peasants to royalty. You can also admire the site's traditional Korean-style garden with an elegant pavilion and stream.
Myeongdong is Seoul’s shopping mecca and is a must-see for tourists, but it is not just a shopping destination; Myeongdong is also a hub of commerce, banking and culture with a daytime population of 1.5-2 million. For shoppers there is a mixture of street stalls and retail outlets selling everything from high fashion to casual attire, as well as many Korean cosmetics stores offering high-quality products at competitive prices.
After a full day of exploring, you will be dropped back off to your hotel in Seoul.
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Lizzy is very knowledgeable, polite and a person one connects with easily. She did a great job of conducting us and made our visit a memorable one.
We dis the day trip with awesome LIZZY She was a phenomenal guide and I recommend her to everyone I know. She is very informative and pleasant. Excellent experience Thanks
We booked a private one-day Seoul tour with Seoul City Tour for our family of five, and it was an excellent experience from start to finish. The tour company contacted me the day before to confirm our pickup time, location, and itinerary. On the morning of the tour, our guide, Felicity, also reached out to let me know that she and our driver had arrived. Felicity was friendly, attentive, knowledgeable, and very accommodating. She was flexible with changes to our itinerary and made sure the day moved at a comfortable pace for our family. We never felt rushed, and she shared interesting history and local insights at each stop while also giving us time to explore on our own. Our itinerary included: * Gyeongbokgung Palace * Bukchon Hanok Village * Jogyesa Temple * Gwangjang Market * Changdeokgung Palace * N Seoul Tower One thing we especially appreciated was the flexibility of having a private tour. After a full day of sightseeing, we were able to stop back at our hotel to rest for about an hour before being dropped off at our dinner location, which made the day much more enjoyable. Overall, this was a well-organized and stress-free way to see Seoul. We highly recommend Seoul City Tour, especially for families or anyone looking for a customizable private tour. Thank you to Felicity and our driver for making our day in Seoul so memorable!
AJ aka the apple juice leader!! She’s very nice and friendly and very knowledgeable of the sight and sound of Seoul
We had a fantastic cultural Seoul tour with our amazing guide Spring. Spring was knowledgeable, bubbly, and patient with our very large group. She even learned every one of our names and made it such a personalized experience. She had plan b’s ready when we wanted to do something that wasn’t available at the time. She made it an unforgettable experience. One of the best guides we have ever had.
Spring Kim is great. She created a personalized tour just for us last minute due to a mistake resulted from our travel agent. We had fun and experienced vibrate local shopping experience. She was wonderful and made our trip more memorable.
Lyzzy was a great guide, she help me to undestand how to pay the ticket train
Help me a lot very kind and understanding needs
🇰🇷♥️🇰🇷♥️What an amazing experience through Korea with Lloyd Shin. We had an awesome time with him taking such good care of our group of 14. Lola loved him just as much♥️🇰🇷♥️ Thanks for making it a memorable and unforgettable trip.
Loyd Shin was very professional and so courteous. He really went out of his way for my family of 15. Very knowledgeable and spoke very clearly to my USA Filipino family. The DMZ, Seoul, Jeju Island and Busan. So amazing tour guide. He immersed our experience in Korean BBQ restaurants and very flexible our needs for McDonalds ha ha ha. Give him a raise now. We will highly recommend to all of our family and friends. Gamsahamnida Loyd, we love you!!! Santos, Cantos, Flores and Cruz families from San Diego California. God Bless You!!!
The tour was well organized and informative. Lloyd Shin was professional and spoke very good English.
Had an amazing time on the Seoul private tour with Lloyd Shin (L.Shin from SeoulCity)! He explained everything so clearly and in such a simple, engaging way, which made the experience even more enjoyable. He was incredibly sweet, kind, and took great care of us throughout the tour ; even apologising for the weather when it wasn’t even his fault 😄. He also shared thoughtful little gifts like a fridge magnet and nori sheets at the end, which was such a lovely touch. Truly one of the best travel guides ever, and I learned so much while having a great adventure around Seoul!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 An unforgettable experience in Seoul! 🇰🇷✨ Our private guided tour with Lloyd Shin from Seoul City was absolutely amazing from beginning to end. Mr. Shin was professional, friendly, and incredibly knowledgeable about the history, culture, and hidden gems throughout Seoul 🏯🚇🍜. Instead of feeling like a scripted tour, the entire experience felt personal, relaxed, and perfectly customized to what we wanted to see and experience. We visited famous landmarks, explored local neighborhoods, and enjoyed amazing food spots that we never would have discovered on our own 🍢☕🏙️ (K Pop museum for example). The pace was perfect, and Lloyd answered every question with so much detail, patience, and enthusiasm. He also helped us better understand Korean culture, transportation, and local customs, like how to properly eat Korean BBQ (yummy 😋 🤤) which made the rest of our trip so much easier 🙌. Seoul can feel overwhelming for first-time visitors, but Lloyd made the city feel welcoming, exciting, and easy to navigate ❤️. If you’re visiting South Korea and want an authentic, stress-free, and memorable experience, I highly recommend booking a private tour with Lloyd Shin from Seoul City ⭐. Truly a 5-star experience from beginning to end! 🇰🇷✨
Lizzy thank you for being with us, we enjoyed a lot...
Informative and very fun experience with our tour guide lizzy!
It was a nice tour with BB Thanks for the nice day
Ms. Joo is the best ever!! wonderful tour and she’s very careful and informative
We had a wonderful time on our private full-day Seoul tour as a family of five. The itinerary was flexible and thoughtfully planned, allowing us to explore the city comfortably without feeling rushed. BB was an outstanding guide. She is friendly, knowledgeable, and very attentive to what we wanted to see and learn. She shared great insights about Seoul’s history, culture, and daily life, which made the experience both engaging and memorable for everyone in our group. Overall, it was a fun, informative, and well-paced tour. We highly recommend this experience to anyone looking for a personalized way to explore Seoul.
Excellent private tour with Lizzy as our tour guide. She’s very fluent in English and fun to be with 😊 Lizzy is also very good in taking very nice photos.
a very wonderful experience. Vehicles are very comfortable. Our tour guide, Lizzy was amazing and went way beyond what was expected as a guide. She knows her history well and gave very usefull information. And she took wonderful pictures of our family. Made our trip a very memorable one.
Lizzy was really great showing us around Nami Island and places in Seoul to see cherry blossoms! She also suggested some food spots and even helped us with our angles for great photos! Her English is really good as well! Great to have her :)
Very nice experience. Our guide Felicity was great. Thank you very much for a nice day in Seoul
Good tour experience. The places were accessible and we enjoyed authentic food. Thank you to our interactive, smiling face and accommodating tour guide, Eugene. I 💜 Korea! Gamsahamnida 😁
Excellent and most convenient tour in South Korea.
It was a nice experience going to different places and informing their history.
Despite the demanding itinerary, Mr. Eugene turned our city tour into a truly memorable experience. He is a consummate professional with a deep understanding of the city's history. If you're looking for a guide who is both informative and engaging, I highly recommend him.
I like Eugene’s Energy that Day. We really appreciate the effort he show that day that is why the tour is filled with energy and enthusiasm even if it’s rainy. He is very thoughtful and kind to provide us hot pack, rain coat and water. The whole tour was filled with fun, full of energy and very informative facts about Korean Culture. He is a very good photographer as well. Looking forward for tomorrow’s tour.
Very informative, our guide Eugene is a very accommodating and very cheerful. He makes sure we are good. Although its raining, overall tour for today is very good.
The experience was amazing 🤩, the tour guide its so much fun & the tour guide understands how to handle with children.
Seoul City BB is a lovely tour guide. She was very accommodative & generous..she was really concerned about our family.. our children love her so much!
Thank you BB for your excellent services. We are very happy and satisfied with her. And not forget to our pilot Mr. Kwang and his transport. Feel very comfortable and clean..
This was my first time to see Seoul and the attractions were great, and the day went by too fast. We loved our tour guide Felicity as she was very happy and fun to travel with. She shared a lot of info it was like we were living our adventures through the day. I would do it again just to see everything again, and will ask for Felicity to lead us for sure.
Was a fantastic private tour with Felicity. Seen whole Seoul in 1 day, all famous Spots. Felicity was just Great, skipped all lines and our family just had a superb day.
We went on an 8-hour tour with Mr. Lloyd Shim (from Seoul City Tour) and it was perfect! We had unusual requests-- not typical site seeing locations. We wanted to go to flagship stores in Seungsu and swim at Olympic Park. We were able to achieve this all and he helped us with translations, bathroom stops, and pick-ups from shopping sites. Everything was so smooth. I wish we were staying longer so we could book another tour with Mr. Shim. He really made our last day at Seoul so amazing. Thank you! We highly recommend this company.
The best tour and guide ever! Our guide AJ was wonderful. She provided insight and enjoyment in explaining the Korean Culture around Seoul. The sites toured were very interesting. We have been touring Korea and Japan for three weeks for this vacation. We utilized 9 different professional guides during this time and we enjoyed AJ's tour the most by far. We had a small group so she made it personal for each and everyone. After we looked at the list of sites to visit we asked her to exchange one for another that was not on the list and it was no problem. She really enjoyed her work and works great with people. I have to give credit to our driver (forgot his name), he and AJ worked well together. He dropped us off right in front of each site with very little walking to get there. Then he was waiting for us at pickup point (or we never had to wait more than two or three minutes for him). They coordinated great! I would say this tour was the best value we received for what we paid, maybe because we enjoyed it so much. We started on time and got in the full 8 hours allotted. Highly recommend the guide (driver and tour also). Thanks AJ! :-)
I highly recommend my great guide Lizi who did everything to make my and my husband's day so pleasant. She was friendly, vivid, her English was clear and very good, her explenations were highly detailed and professional and showed much knowledge of korean history. she even shared some of her family stories in order to give personal touch to korean history. Above all , after the tour was over she helped us find good restaurants where we could really feel the wonderful korean cuisine
We visit the DMZ and the tounel. It was a great experience and our tour guide, AJ was the best!!!!! I recommend her and I suggest the visit.!!!!
Tour guide(AJ) was very insightful and humorous. Ample of time at every stop and the tunnel is probably the highlight of the trip
Lizzy provided an excellent experience as our guide for the full day Shopping Tour that we booked with Seoul City Tour! She was very warm, hospitable, professional and accommodating of our group while also giving great recommendations of local spots along the way to try out as we went along our tour. In particular, her recommendation of 고씨네동해막국수 / Gossine Donghae Makguksu as a place to eat in Insadong for lunch was great! The Makguksu that I ate there was incredibly delicious and refreshing. She even assisted us with translation to be able to communicate with locals to better understand the items we were buying. 감사합니다 and thank you very much once again for the amazing full day shopping tour experience!
Ij was so kind with us , we visited tower of seoul it was gretful and the lunch was soo good she was very good all of thank for her
A.J Very beautiful, I enjoyed the time with you, a very smart and kind girl I lost my cup in one of the shops and I got it quickly Saleh🌷
Mam IJ was so good and kind with us We like her and I recommend to upgrade her to strong Mam manager . We had amazing lunch and places with her.
We learned a lot about culture & history, thanks about a great trip, flexible schedule to see important sights seeing in Seoul.
Lily was an awesome tour guide. She was on time, spoke well, knowledgeable about Seoul, and very accommodating. We were with our 91 year old mom and we were able to change destinations on the fly to accommodate her pace. You cannot go wrong with Lily!
Customizable tour. Very friendly and knowledgeable with lots of experience! Just wish we had more time in Seoul Thank you.
My tour guide GaRam (AJ) was amazing as well as very funny!!! We. saw many destinations and I got to learn a lot about each one
AJ is truly the best guide we had in our 18 day trip, awesome 👏 👏👏👏👏👏 I love you 💕❤️ 😊😊💋👏👏😘💋😊😊😊👏🙏😘😊💋
You don’t need we had a great time with their tour. The best tour guide was AJ she’s amazing. She’s the highlight of the tour. I never had such experience.
Really cool experience, mia was really nice. She knew a lot about the palace and temples. We enjoy the time with mia a lot, she was nice, helped a lot and we had a blast with her. She is the best
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