14 Full-Day Tours in Seoul Worth Booking

1.Full Day Tour In The Soop BTS Ver in PyeongChang Filming Location

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,709 reviews · from $138Our pick

Join an English-speaking guide such as Sarah, Anna, or Jaden for a 12 to 13-hour BTS day trip from Seoul. Visit the In the Soop PyeongChang house, Hyangho Beach’s famous BTS bus stop, and enjoy quizzes, snacks, official merchandise, and round-trip transport.

“Sarah is a great tour guide and showed us several BTS-related places. She knows so much about this band. Furthermore, details matter: modern bus with comfy seats and USB ports (!), so you can charge the mobile while on the road. We also got plenty of gifts. Thank you so much for this wonderful tour. As said: best BTS tour available.”

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2.Seoul City Private Full-Day Tour Including Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 469 reviews · from $220

Spend about eight hours with a private driver-guide exploring Seoul’s old and modern sides. Visit Gyeongbokgung, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong, Jogyesa Temple, and N Seoul Tower, with Korean lunch and central Seoul hotel pickup included. Guides may include Brian, Janet, Suni, or Alfonso.

“We really enjoyed our trip around Seoul. Our tour guide Brian was helpful and knowledgeable. Recommended.”

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3.Full-day Customizable Private Seoul Highlight Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 301 reviews · from $230

Spend 8 to 9 hours touring Seoul in a private vehicle with an English-speaking guide. Shape the day around palaces, markets, shopping, food, or photographs. The usual route includes Gyeongbokgung, Bukchon, Insadong, Myeongdong, and N Seoul Tower, with guides such as Jiwon, Joey, Jake, and Yujin assigned according to availability.

“Joye is the best guide we have had. She’s knowledgeable friendly funny attentive offered Plenty of suggestions explained everything extremely well was very mindful of our needs. She is absolutely awesome. Definitely the best tour person we have had ever.”

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4.Full-Day Tour in Mt. Seorak & Nami (+Rail Bike Option)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 186 reviews · from $85

Leave Seoul for Seoraksan National Park, Shinheungsa Temple, Nami Island, and an optional Gapyeong rail bike. An English-speaking guide such as Ki or Patrick handles the long day, while you choose between hiking and the cable car at Seorak. Expect 14 to 16 hours, shared transport, and plenty of road time.

“A whole day with Patrick and cool places outside Seoul that are worth visiting. This is a full day (12+ hour) tour but has plenty of rest time in bus between locations. Mt Seorak, Nami island and the rail ride are all really great locations. Thanks Patrick for the great tour!”

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5.Full-Day Palace Tour in Seoul

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 155 reviews · from $79

Spend about eight hours touring Seoul’s royal palaces, Jogyesa Temple, Insadong, and Namdaemun Market with a professional guide such as Katie, Lily, or Lizzy. The tour includes hotel pickup, palace entry, lunch, and air-conditioned transport, with Monday and Tuesday alternatives for closed sites.

“Amazing tour. The guide and driver were great. We had plenty of time to wonder and our own thing. I find this tour worth doing.”

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6.Full Day- Essential Seoul City Tour & Gourmet Tour(including Lunch and Dinner)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 73 reviews · from $299

Spend about nine hours seeing Seoul with a private guide such as Bergen, Shawn, or Tony. Visit Gyeongbokgung Palace, Bukchon, Insadong, and Gwangjang Market, with ginseng chicken soup, traditional tea, snacks, and market street food included.

“This was worth it! Bergen is such a great guide who is very knowledgeable in all the sites we visited. He took good care of me and was able to take me to all the sites without issue. This is the perfect itinerary to see major highlights in Seoul. Read more”

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7.Full Day Private Tour Nami Island, Garden & Petite France

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 57 reviews · from $260

Travel from Seoul in a private air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking guide to Nami Island and the Garden of Morning Calm. Depending on your selected option, add Petite France and Pinocchio and Da Vinci. Lunch, admission, hotel pickup, and drop-off are included.

“The traffic was horrible getting to Nami and the line of traffic to the parking lot was a dead stop. Our tour guide Lisa made a quick decision to change the order of the tours hoping that time would thin out the traffic. We turned around anRead more”

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8.Seoul City Full Day Tour – Changdeok Palace (wearing Hanbok)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · from $65Best value

Spend seven hours exploring Seoul in traditional Hanbok, with visits to Changdeokgung Palace, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong, Jogyesa Temple, and Gwangjang Market. English or Chinese guides, transport, and select downtown pickup are included. The day ends in Myeong-dong.

“Emily was great. I wore the hanbok as a queen while my husband was the king. We went to the palace and the Bukchon Hanok village and learned about the history of the places we visited.”

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9.Royal Palace, Full-day Seoul City Tour (Pick up & Drop off)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $75

Spend a full day exploring Seoul with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, admission fees, lunch, and return transport. Visit Jogyesa Temple, Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Insadong, and Namdaemun Market. Guides such as Cathy, Rose, Molly, and Park are praised for kindness and flexibility.

“Great full day tour of Seoul. Enjoyed the palaces, Jogyesa temple and art galleries. Our tour guide, Rose, was super friendly and helpful. She went out of her way to make sure we had a good time and offered help as needed. Highly recommended!”

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10.Full-Day Seoul Highlights Private Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $235

Spend 9.5 hours with a private licensed guide and air-conditioned vehicle visiting Gyeongbokgung, Bukchon, Insadong, Gwangjang Market, and N Seoul Tower. Guides such as Antonio, Andy, and Don have tailored routes, helped with food stops, photos, shopping advice, and weather changes.

“We enjoyed our tour very much. Our guide made sure that we saw everything we wished to see and was flexible with the schedule. We would definitely recommend this tour. It is not inexpensive but is worth the price if you are looking for a custom and comfortable experience.”

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11.Private DMZ and Odusan Observatory Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 34 reviews · 10 hours · from $200

Spend 10 hours with a private guide such as Shrek or Shaun, traveling from Seoul to the DMZ, a military outpost, Imjingak Peace Park, and Odusan Observatory. You will see a North Korean farming village from about 2 kilometers away and enjoy a North Korean-style duck barbecue lunch.

“Fun, a little rainy but our tour guide adjusted the tour and was able to provide a quite informative session. The place where we ate was amazing and the tour was different from anything you’d see on YouTube. While we got pretty close to the border it never felt unsafe and he was kind enough to ask the military police escorting us to take a picture with us. This tour is ideal for people trying to get first hand information, seeing a post that is really close to the northern border and enjoying views and areas surrounding the DMZ zone. While there were some restrictions for photography we were able…”

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12.Full-Day Seoul Top Attractions Tour for Incheon Cruise Guests

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 34 reviews · from $80

Travel from Incheon Cruise Terminal to Seoul with an English or Chinese-speaking guide. Visit Gyeongbokgung Palace, watch the Royal Guard ceremony when conditions allow, walk through Bukchon Hanok Village, and taste local life at Gwangjang Market before returning to port.

“Despite having to deviate because of political activity. Plan B staying in Incheon was good. Our guide Michelle was very pleasant helpful and flexible.”

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13.Full Day Private Tour DMZ (The 3rd Tunnel) & Suspension Bridge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · from $160

Travel by private air-conditioned vehicle from Seoul to Imjingak, the Third Tunnel, Dora Observatory, and Tongilchon Village, then hike to Gamaksan’s 150-meter suspension bridge. English-speaking guides such as Emily, Taylor, Eugene, Shane, and Andy have led this 7 to 8-hour tour.

“We had a wonderful experience at DMZ with our tourguide Shane. He knows a lot about the DMZ environment and you could ask anything you want.”

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14.Ganghwa Island – Full day private tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $220

Travel from Seoul in a private, air-conditioned minivan with a guide such as Mr. Lee or Miae. Visit Gwangseongbo Fortress, Jeondeungsa Temple, Ganghwa Market, and the Peace Observatory, where North Korea lies only about 2 kilometers away.

“Our guide and driver Mr. Lee was the best! He told us so many exciting facts during our trip! He was enthusiastic and seemed to enjoy the tour as much as we did!”

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