Seoul Full Day Tour with a Local: 100% Personalized & Private
Overview
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Seoul is a city of striking contrasts, where royal palaces and traditional hanok villages stand alongside cutting-edge architecture, bustling markets, and vibrant neighborhoods. With a full day to explore, you'll have the freedom to experience both the city's iconic sights and the places locals know and love.
Rather than following a fixed itinerary, your host will shape the day around your interests, whether you're passionate about history, Korean cuisine, local culture, architecture, shopping, or hidden gems. The experience remains flexible throughout the day, allowing you to spend more time where your curiosity leads.
After booking, you'll complete a short online Personalization Form. Based on your responses, we'll match you with a like-minded host, who will get in touch before your experience to create a day that's tailored entirely to you.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a private City Unscripted experience: real people, real connections
After booking, you'll receive a short online Personalization Form to share your interests, preferences, and must-sees. Your City Unscripted guide will personally reach out to craft a fully customized itinerary that suits your style—whether you love history, food, hidden gems, or cultural experiences.
This private tour is a walking experience. A private vehicle is not included.
Public transportation or local taxis may be used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with your host after your reservation is finalized.
What To Expect
Seoul
Spend a full day discovering Seoul alongside a host who tailors every experience to your interests. With seven or eight hours to explore, you'll have the freedom to experience both the city's iconic landmarks and the neighborhoods many visitors overlook. Before your experience begins, you'll complete an online Personalization Form so your host can design the day around your interests, pace, and travel style. Whether you're drawn to royal palaces, traditional hanok villages, bustling markets, contemporary architecture, street food, or hidden local gems, your experience unfolds around you rather than following a fixed itinerary. Here are some of the places your personalized experience may include:
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Built in 1395 during the Joseon Dynasty, Gyeongbokgung is Seoul's largest and most iconic royal palace. Its grand ceremonial courtyards, elegant architecture, and mountain backdrop offer a fascinating introduction to Korea's royal heritage. Visitors wishing to explore the palace grounds are welcome to do so with separate admission.
Options
7-hours Seoul Walking Tour
Duration: 7 hours Pickup included
8-hours Seoul Walking Tour
Duration: 8 hours Pickup included
What‘s Included
Online Personalization Form sent after booking to tailor your experience
Flexible durations and start times - Pick your preferred duration when you book
Get picked up (on foot) at your accommodation if it's central
Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local
Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations
Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
Gratuities (optional)
Hotel drop off
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour!
ilana n,Jul 10, 2023
- Review from Viator
4.00We had a great time with our tour guide Sujeong seeing all the amazing sites of Seoul! The tour was definitely personalized for what we wanted to do and allowed for some spontaneous activities and time to really enjoy all sites.
Worth the all-day experience!
Haylee F,Oct 28, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Yubin was an amazing guide! We spent the entire day with her, and she really customized our tour to do what we wanted to. Yubin helped us get a great lay of the land, which made the rest of our trip so much easier! We really appreciated her expertise and how fun she is. Highly recommend.
Perfect, personalized experience
amandakmacleod,Feb 9, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I did this full-day, private tour with Rossi and had a great time! The American Express travel concierge found and booked this tour for me and it was exactly what I was hoping for! Seoul has some beautiful old neighborhoods filled with tiny, winding streets and they’re not easy to find or navigate on your own with the internet. Rossi knew where to go and I felt like I saw a lot I wouldn’t have found on my own. Rossi took me all over Seoul and showed me various neighborhoods and helped me get comfortable navigating around for the rest of my stay. Rossi was super easy to communicate with, very accommodating, and easy going. I would definitely recommend this tour over group tours so you can explore everything with a private guide at the pace you want.
Personalized, fun and felt like a local by the end!
thejetsetters2015,Jan 23, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Forget group tours where you stand around, straining to hear the tour guide at an attraction you're not interested in seeing. This is the way to see a city up close and personal. Oki was a fantastic guide. This tour is truly personalized and absolutely worth it. What an excellent way to see Seoul, especially if you only have limited time there! It was as if I had a close friend who knew the ins and outs of the city (subway, language, bartering tips, best food places) and could simply sit back and enjoy the day. I got to choose where we went, how long we stayed and ask as many questions as I wanted. By the end of the tour, I felt confident that I could navigate the transit system, pick the best neighborhoods to explore more of and how to interact with the locals..and Oki (my guide) felt like a good friend! I loved this version of a city tour and can't wait to use this service again.
Excellent tour and guide!
H8075YMjaneh,Jan 19, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We saw Seoul, old and new. Haneok Village and Seoul's "Brooklyn" Our guide, Giwon, was so nice, knowledgeable and accommodating. We really appreciated her enthusiasm and kindness. We would highly recommend a tour with city unscripted (and with Giwon)!
Great times with Rossi
JimNNg,Sep 27, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Rossi has been a great guide. Over the period of day, we covered a lot of the tourist and non-tourist attraction. Location such as Gyeongbokgung palace, Blue House, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong, Namdaemun Market, Kwangjang Market, Cheonggyecheon Stream before back to Myeongdong. Overall, it’s been a great pleasure and of course great companionship from Rossi to explain and inform us about the nuance of Seoul with local.
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