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Seoul Walking Tour
Walking Commentary Tour is a tourist program that explores major tourist attractions of Seoul on foot while listening to the professional commentators of Seoul Culture Tour Commentator. Walking tours are available through reservation on the Internet and on the mobile web (dobo.visitseoul.net)Free of charge.
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What is Seoul Culture Tourism Commentator?
Volunteers who provide detailed and easy-to-understand professional commentary on Seoul's history, culture, nature and other tourist resources.
Program
Walking Tour Course
The tour is categorized in 6 different areas: [Central Culture Area] [Modern Culture Area] [Eco-Reconstruction Area] [Traditional Market Area] [Ancient Culture Area] [Theme Course].
Including Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Bukchon, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Namsan Castle, Mongchontoseong and Sungkyunkwan, we run a total of 29 courses along with three [permanent operation courses] including a Tong Tong Tour of Seoul City Hall.
Audio Visual Walking Tour for the Disabled
A program that provides detailed and easy-to-understand professional commentary on the entire tourism resources, including history, culture, and nature, from the cultural tourism commentator who is deaf or hard of hearing.
The fee is free and there are four “Deoksugung Course” courses for the visually impaired, “Deoksugung Course” for the hearing impaired, “Jungdong-Gyeonghui Palace Course” and “Seoul 1st and 2nd Course”.
※ Please make an appointment by e-mail or phone (02-6925-0777) at least one week before your desired tour date.
OperatingHours
- 10:00, 14:00 on weekdays
- 10, 14, 15:00 on weekends
※ Please refer to the details for each course for closing days and operating hours.
Applicant
- Individual: 1 ~ 10 people
- Group: 11 or more
※ However, for 21 or more persons, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, and Sungkyunkwan Course are prepared as a group tour.
Language
- Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese
Cost
- Free (Palace entrance fee, cultural experience fee, and transportation cost are to be paid by individuals)
Reservation
Reservation
- - Private reservation: 3 days prior to the tour dat
- - Group reservation: Online reservation by 5 days prior to the tour date
- ※ Private reservations can be made from one or more persons, but if the total number of reservations on the reservation date is three or more, the departure will be confirmed. If the total number of reservations is one or two days before the tour date, the reservation will be automatically canceled. (In the case of departure confirmation or cancellation of reservation, you will be informed by email and text.)
- ※ Please note that reservations close early on weekends, public holidays, and peak seasons in April, May, September, and October
- ※ For large groups of 50 or more, such as school excursion groups, please make a reservation at least 2 weeks before the tour date.
Course Check / Book
Customer Service
- Monday-Friday (9am-6pm): Except Lunch (12:00-1pm)
- - Tel : +82-2-6925-0777 Fax : +82-2-3788-0899 / E-mail : walkingtours@sto.or.kr
- Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays (9 am to 10 pm)
- - Dasan Call Center (Tel: 02-120)
- ※ Online bookings are accepted on weekends and holidays.
- ※ The guided tours for walking tours are different depending on the date and time, so please check beforehand.
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