Country
South Korea
Duration
6 Days/5 Nights
Travel Type
Escorted Tour
If you would like to visit the highlights of South Korea with limited time, this tour is your best choice!
Inclusions
5-night accommodation
10 meals: 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 1 dinner
Travel by bus with English-speaking guide
Arrival and departure transfers
City tour in Seoul.
Evening transfer: Myeongdong quarter in Seoul.
High speed train: Busan – Seoul
Ticket admission:
– Metro
– Hwaseong Haenggung
– Samsung Innovation Museum not always guaranteed; in Suwon
– Hanok Village in Jeonju
– Buddhist Temple in Haeinsa
– Haedong Yonggung
– U.N. Memorial and Yongdusan Park in Busan.
Exclusions
International airfare – Beverages – Gratuities to guides, drivers, and hotel staff – Optional excursions – Personal expenses – City tax and visa fees when applicable – Travel insurances – All other items not mentioned in the inclusions
Additional Information
Note
Guaranteed departure with minimum 2 pax – ask our reservation staff to verify if a departure is confirmed for a solo traveler.
Group size between 2 and 40 pax.
Multilingual: max 2 languages per coach – each language has their own tour guide.
1
DAY 1 MONDAY / SEOUL
Welcome to Korea! Transfer to hotel in group transport. Meeting with your guide.
At the end of the afternoon, we are going to enter this fascinating country and with our guide we will go on the modern and efficient underground (we will be taught to use this public transport) to City Hall to see this building shaped like a tsunami. In front of the City Hall, we will also see the Deoksugung Palace, which is lit up at night and which allows us to appreciate the tradition and modernity of this country together. On foot, we will then go from here to the district of Myeongdong, the largest and busiest shopping area in Korea. Its name means “brilliant tunnel”. Dinner included in a local restaurant.
At the end of the afternoon, we are going to enter this fascinating country and with our guide we will go on the modern and efficient underground (we will be taught to use this public transport) to City Hall to see this building shaped like a tsunami. In front of the City Hall, we will also see the Deoksugung Palace, which is lit up at night and which allows us to appreciate the tradition and modernity of this country together. On foot, we will then go from here to the district of Myeongdong, the largest and busiest shopping area in Korea. Its name means “brilliant tunnel”. Dinner included in a local restaurant.
Meals : Dinner
Accommodation : Seoul for 2 nights
2
DAY 2 TUESDAY / SEOUL
Today we include a tour of the city of Seoul lasting five hours. We will see Changdeokgung Palace. This is a World Heritage Site formed by a group of palaces inside a large park. After the visit, we will go to Bukchon Hanok Village, a traditional historical neighbourhood with tiny houses. Afterwards we will visit the War Memorial, an impressive war museum that tells of the different conflicts suffered by Korea during its history, particular the Korean War with the United Nations in which soldiers from many different countries took part. We continue to the Gangnam District, one of the busiest areas of the city, where there are numerous shopping and leisure centres. To finish, we stop at LOTTE WORLD TOWER, an impressive 550 m building where there will be time to climb the tower (entrance not included) or stroll in the park or around the luxury shopping centres. Lunch included in a local restaurant. Return to the centre and free time.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
3
DAY 3 WEDNESDAY / SEOUL- SUWON - JEONJU
Today we include in Seoul the Gyeongbokgung Palace, an impressive palace that is 600 years old, where we will see the Changing of the Guard ceremony (if scheduled). Our next stop is the city of SUWON, former capital of Korea, a World Heritage Site famous for its walls Heritage of Mankind. We will stop at the Samsung Innovation Museum to learn about the history of this famous technological company.
We will see the impressive wall with its fortifications and will visit Hwaseong Haenggung, the summer palace. Lunch included in a local restaurant. We continue to JEONJU, where we will see its fascinating old town (Hanok Village), with its tiny houses, traditional shops and art galleries.
We will see the impressive wall with its fortifications and will visit Hwaseong Haenggung, the summer palace. Lunch included in a local restaurant. We continue to JEONJU, where we will see its fascinating old town (Hanok Village), with its tiny houses, traditional shops and art galleries.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : Jeonju for 1 night
4
DAY 4 THURSDAY / JEONJU - HAEINSA - DAEGU - BUSAN
Amidst impressive mountain forest scenery, we come to HAEINSA, a Buddhist temple built in the year 802 where we discover the Tripitaka, the most complete collection of Buddhist texts engraved on 80,000 blocks of wood. We will visit the temple and the museum on the Tripitaka. We go on to DAEGU where we see the market of traditional medicines with its different herbs, and especially ginseng, and the Museum of Oriental medicine. Lunch included. We come to BUSAN. We are in the second largest city in Korea, full of life. Time in the fantastic Doosan Haeundae complex with its more than 300 m skyscraper and its sports marina.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : Busan for 1 night
5
DAY 5 FRIDAY / BUSAN - SEOUL
Day in BUSAN. We are going out to the city of Busan to visit HAEDONG YONGGUNG, 14th century Buddhist temple located by the sea. Return to Busan. We see the memorial to the United Nations with its cemetery were people from numerous countries are buried. We approach the largest fish market in the country, which is alongside Nampo port. Lunch included. Then we walk from there to Yongdusan park with its immense 120 m pagoda.
At around five thirty we take a modern high-speed train and in three hours we are back in SEOUL. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
At around five thirty we take a modern high-speed train and in three hours we are back in SEOUL. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : Seoul for 1 night
6
DAY 6 SATURDAY / SEOUL
After breakfast, end of our services.
Meals : Breakfast
HOTEL OPTIONS OR SIMILAR
Price based on one of the following accommodation or similar. Hotels will be confirmed 3 weeks prior departure.
Seoul
Hotel Courtyard Times Square 4*
Mercure Ambassador Hongdae 4*
Jeonju
Best Western Plus Jeonju 4*
Busan
Crown Harbor 4*
Ramada Encore Busan Station 3*
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Rates in CA$, per person, starting from |
Land Package |
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| Departures | Single Occupancy |
Double Occupancy |
| Tour starts in Seoul on specified Monday from January 2024 to March 2025. | ||
| January 8, 22 February 5, 19 March 4, 18 April 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 May 06, 13, 20, 27 June 03, 10, 17, 24 July 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 August 05, 12, 19, 26 September 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 October 07, 14, 21, 28 November 11, 25 December 9, 23 January 06, 20, 2025 February 03, 17, 2025 March 03, 17, 31, 2025 |
2935 | 2135 |
ID: 27004
Guaranteed departure with minimum 2 pax – ask our reservation staff to verify if a departure is confirmed for a solo traveler.
Group size between 2 and 40 pax.
Multilingual: max 2 languages per coach – each language has their own tour guide.
**Prices in this document are for information only; they were issued at press time, for the current year. Please note that due to exchange rates and temporary promotions, they can increase or decrease at any time. Contact your travel agent for the price and promotion of the moment. Prices include the contribution of customers to the Compensation Fund for clients of Quebec travel agents.
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