Guide

English speaking tour in: SEOUL Please note also that your tour guide might be changed once or several times during the tour. On some tours, according to the number of passengers, the service may be provided in bilingual (usually in English and Spanish), either accompanied by two tour leaders, one for each language, or a single tour leader for smaller groups explaining in both languages.

Others

City tour in: SEOUL Ticket admission: Metro in SEOUL, Changdeokgung Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, War Memorial in Seoul in SEOUL, Hwaseong Haenggung in Suwon; Samsung Innovation Museum (not always guaranteed); in SUWON, Haeinsa Temple in HAEINSA, Hyundai Motors plant in Ulsan in ULSAN, Yongdusan Park, U.N. Memorial and Doosan Haeundae in Busan in BUSAN, Kintaikyo in Iwakuni in IWAKUNI, Itsukushima Temple in ITSUKUSHIMA, Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima in HIROSHIMA

Meals

Breakfast buffet 4 Lunch included in: SEOUL, SUWON, DAEGU, BUSAN 2 dinner included in: SEOUL, HIROSHIMA

Transport

Includes arrival transfer Evening transfer: Myeongdong quarter in Seoul

Accommodation

SEUL : MERCURE AMBASSADOR HONGDAE or BEST WESTERN PLUS JEONJU or JEONJU SIGNATURE BUSAN : CROWN HARBOR or RAMADA ENCORE BUSAN STATION or FERRY BUSAN SHIMONOSEKI HIROSHIMA : HILTON HIROSHIMA We know how important hotels are on your trip. The hotels have been selected taking into consideration quality, price and location. They are located in the cities we visit, most of them not in the city center but all of them with easy access to public transportation nearby. Our accommodation is not based on luxury hotels. Please keep in mind that standards, bed sizes and room dimensions can vary between hotels of the same class in different locations. All rooms are equipped with private bathroom and TV. Some of them also offer a mini-bar, safe box, and hair dryer. Many hotels, mainly in North Europe, do not have air conditioning or local legislation establishes limited dates of use.

Insurance

Basic insurance is included on this tour. The policy comes into effect on arriving at the destination, at the start of the services with Europamundo and it expires when the circuit arranged by our company has ended.

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Flights

Flights are not included.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Others

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Day 1 Day 1: Seoul
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: 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. Accommodation.
Day 2 Day 2: Seoul
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: 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.
Day 3 Day 3: Seoul, Suwon, Jeonju
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: 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 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.
Day 4 Day 4: Jeonju, Haeinsa, Daegu, Busan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: 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. Accommodation.
Day 5 Day 5: Busan, Ferry Busan Shimonoseki
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Busan, Ferry Busan Shimonoseki

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. Afternoon free. Night on a ferry, expected departure at 21.00hrs, crossing the sea of Japan in double cabins with bathroom.Note: Due to the ferry´s limited capacity in double cabins, we will sometimes take a fast ferry leaving Busan at 15:00 hrs. and arriving in FUKUOKA at 18:30 hrs. (border crossing, free time in Fukuoka and hotel accommodation).
Day 6 Day 6: Ferry Busan Shimonoseki, Shimonoseki, Iwakuni, Itsukushima, Hiroshima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Ferry Busan Shimonoseki, Shimonoseki, Iwakuni, Itsukushima, Hiroshima

We dock at the port of Shimonoseki at 08.00hrs (breakfast not included) and cross the border. We then depart for IWAKUNI, a small city where we will stop to admire the beautiful historic Kintai-Kyo Bridge. We then continue to Miyajimaguchi where we take a ferry to Miyajima, the island “where men and Gods live together in peace”, with its Itsukushima shrine dedicated to the guardian of the seas, built partly over the sea. Here we have time to visit the temple, stroll through its attractive centre and have lunch. Then we continue to HIROSHIMA, sadly famous as the site where the atomic bomb fell in 1945, which destroyed the whole city. We will visit the Peace Memorial Park, the Atomic bomb dome and the impressive Peace Memorial Museum. Dinner included.
Day 7 Day 7: Hiroshima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Hiroshima

After breakfast, end of our services.

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From Seoul To Hiroshima

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Itinerary of your trip From Seoul To Hiroshima

Day 1: Seoul

Day 2: Seoul

Day 3: Seoul, Suwon, Jeonju

Day 4: Jeonju, Haeinsa, Daegu, Busan

Day 5: Busan, Ferry Busan Shimonoseki

Day 6: Ferry Busan Shimonoseki, Shimonoseki, Iwakuni, Itsukushima, Hiroshima

Day 7: Hiroshima

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