Layover tour to Gyeongbokgung-Folk Museum-Bukchon-Insadong
Exploring of Korea’s unique cultural identity and beauty! "Tour starts from my pick up at ICN - We'll go to Seoul station by express train or normal train - We'll buy return ticket of expresee train for ICN - Tour - We'll go to Seoul station by my escort - Customers leave Seoul st for ICN and tour ends at Seoul st." Therefore, if we meet at 7am at ICN, tour ends at 1pm at Seoul station. It is 6 hours tour. Express train moves almost every one hour, and in peak season, it is sold out and so we need to buy ticket in advance. Express train is a designated seat system. Tourist destinations are Gyeongbokgung Palace, the essence & highlight of Korean palace, Bukchon Hanok Village and Insadong street for half days. With the end of tour, guide escorts guest to Seoul Station to take express train for Incheon Airport, so that guest take the train departing for Inchon airport. All transportation costs and admission price are included in the price of tour. Architecture is the center of culture and center of tour. Architectural style represents spirit of times. Confucianism is spirit of Joseon Dynasty. Confucianism culture of Joseon Dynasty is unique & differentiated characteristic of Korean culture, compared to Chinese and Japanese. The beauty and value of traditional architecture consists of architectural feature & its historical significance and spirit of times. With the basic information offered by guide, you can fully appreciate the beauty and value of not only Gyeongbokgung but entire Korea’s traditional culture. Without the basic information, you are just fascinated by their superficial beauty. The information helps tourists can fully enjoy not only this tour but also entire tour in Korea. Gyeongbokgung is 1st must-see architectures in Korea, because Gyeongbokgung represents Korea's cultural identity, and Gyeongbokgung is the most beautiful place in Korea. Gyeongbokgung is 1st palace of Joseon, built as main palace in 1395, and it is largest palace and the only palace built on flat land and according to traditional palace architecture. Folk Museum is a beautiful place that fascinate all tourists. The Folk Museum of Korea shows common people’s life & seasonal activities, the folk culture, life process from birth, growth, marriage, aging, illness & treatment to death in Joseon Dynasty, through the series of exhibitions showing the ceremonial & commemorational rituals and events. Bukchon is hanok(traditional Korean house) village with long history, largest cluster of about 1,000 hanoks. Buckon village shows beautiful scenery that blends the traditional landscape with metropolitan skyscrapers and N Seoul tower in the background. Jogyesa Buddhist temple is small but the headquarter Buddhist temple of Korean Buddhist Organization, built in 1926 in Insadong and located adjacent to Gyeongbokgung.