The 9 Best Private Palace Tours in Seoul

1.Customized Private Seoul tour: Palace, Market etc(Airport Option)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · from $184Our pick

Review of a private nine-hour Seoul tour with palaces, markets, DMZ options, airport transfers, flexible transport, and English-speaking guides.

“Alfo was an excellent professional guide. He communicated proactively before we even arrived. Once there we discussed and talked about individualizing our experience to meet our needs. His insights into Seoul and beyond South Korea gave us the history and culture to better understand the country. Excellent overview of the city!”

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2.Full-Day Royal Palaces Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 33 reviews · from $295

Explore Seoul’s royal palaces, markets, hanok villages, and cultural sites on a private 8.5-hour tour with lunch and hotel pickup.

“Heidi was a fantastic guide! She is fun and converse well in English. We enjoyed our trip with her.”

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3.Customizable Seoul Private Tour Palaces Food and Markets

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 27 reviews · from $199

Explore Seoul’s palaces, hanok lanes, temples, markets, and food with a private English-speaking guide in an eight-hour custom tour.

“It was my first time to visit the city of Seoul, so I decided to get some help from Kay, a wonderful your guide. He is really knowledgeable about the city and introduced it really well, so I couldn't help but ask more and more questions (hope I diRead more”

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4.Private Seoul City Tour Palace, village, temple, market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · from $261

Explore Seoul’s palaces, hanok lanes, markets, temples, and Namsan views on a private full-day tour with hotel pickup.

“Our guide, Wendy, and our driver Mr Kim were AMAZING!!! We had the best time. Wendy is so knowledgeable and so kind and Mr Kim got us in and out of traffic related to the politics protests while laughing and chatting. I will ask for them both by name when I return.”

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5.Gyeongbokgung palace family/group private photoshoot

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews

Review of Jun’s private Gyeongbokgung Palace photoshoot in Seoul, with Hanbok tips, pricing, itinerary details, photo quality, and booking advice.

“Jun is an amazing photographer. We truly enjoyed our photoshoot. It is not easy to photograph our two kids as they are very active, but Jun managed to capture amazing photos! We loved all of the photos and his process is very natural and fun. We highly recommend!”

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6.Private Palace Photo Shoot in Seoul with a Photographer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $40Best value

Pose in hanbok at Gyeongbokgung Palace with a private Seoul photographer, receiving 200 original images and 20 edited photos.

“Justin is a great local photographer. He's very accommodating. He also gave some suggestions on which location are great for taking photos. The results are fast and great too!”

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7.Seoul Private Tour: Palace, Bukchon, Insadong & Han River Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $245

Review of Seoul’s private palace, Bukchon, Insadong and Han River cruise tour, with pricing, itinerary, value, drawbacks and booking advice.

“Great guide who spoke excellent English. We visited a Buddhist temple downtown that was exceptional; the river cruise was a bit short.”

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8.Seoul Private Tour Gyeongbok Palace Bukchon and Gwangjang Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $170

Review of Seoul’s private tour covering Gyeongbokgung Palace, Bukchon, Bugak Skyway, ginseng culture, and Gwangjang Market.

“Leo was amazing! Highly recommend him. Great personality, very professional and informative, and made sure everyone’s questions were answered. He went out of his way to make us all feel special and included! Thank you Leo!”

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9.Private Tour : Royal Palace & Traditional Villages wearing Hanbok

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $300

Review of Seoul’s private Hanbok tour, with Gyeongbokgung, Bukchon, Insadong lunch, and Korean Folk Village in nine hours.

“🙌🏻Sookhee is very amazing 10/10. We will come back again. Perfect! We did Hanpok Tour ,Folk Village, Gyeongbokugung Palace . Excellent and Fun.🤩 Wil Recommend her again! :)”

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