{"id":6623,"date":"2016-10-26T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2016-10-21T17:28:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T21:28:43","slug":"new-tour-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/new-tour-seoul","title":{"rendered":"New tour: Seoul, Gyeongju &#038; Busan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this Explorica tour, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/educational-tours\/seoul-gyeongju-busan.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Seoul, Gyeongju &amp; Busan<\/a><\/strong>, you&#8217;ll get an in-depth experience of South Korea. Seoul, South Korea\u2019s capital city, is a sprawling metropolis where ancient meets hyper-modern; Skyscrapers, high-tech subways and pop culture art installations juxtapose the prevalent Buddhist temples, palaces and street markets. Gyeongju, on South Korea&#8217;s southeast coast, is known for its extensive historical and archaeological ruins. And Busan, a large port city in South Korea, is famous for its beaches, mountain vistas and humbling temples.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what the sample itinerary looks like (of course, with the Instant Tour Customizer tool you can add, remove and upgrade just about anything you wish!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seoul-tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seoul-tower-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Seoul\" width=\"485\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seoul-tower-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seoul-tower-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seoul-tower.jpg 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a01: Overnight flight to Seoul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a02:\u00a0Anyong Seoul<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet your tour director and check into hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a03: Seoul to Jeonju<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel to Jeonju<\/li>\n<li>Paper Museum visit<\/li>\n<li>Cooking class<\/li>\n<li>Hanbok Korean costume experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a04: Jeonju to Gyeongju<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel to Gyeongju<\/li>\n<li>Gyeongju guided sightseeing tour<\/li>\n<li>Tumuli Park visit,\u00a0Cheomseongdae Observatory visit,\u00a0Anapji Pond visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a05: Jeonju to Gyeongju<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto visit<\/li>\n<li>Shilla Art &amp; Science Museum visit<\/li>\n<li>Bomun lake visit<\/li>\n<li>Gyeongju National Museum visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a06: Gyeongju to Busan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel to Geoje<\/li>\n<li>Samsung shipyard visit<\/li>\n<li>Travel to Busan<\/li>\n<li>Busan guided sightseeing tour<\/li>\n<li>Yongdusan Park,\u00a0Busan Tower,\u00a0Jagalchi fish market,\u00a0Kukje market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a07: Busan to Seoul<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel to Seoul by KTX (Korean express train)<\/li>\n<li>Seoul guided sightseeing tour<\/li>\n<li>Insadong Cultural Street,\u00a0Cheonggyecheon Stream Canal walk,\u00a0Namsan Hanok Village visit,\u00a0Seoul Tower and Observatory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a08: Seoul<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone) excursion<\/li>\n<li>Imjingak Park,\u00a0Dora Observatory,\u00a03rd Infiltration Tunnel<\/li>\n<li>Peace Nuri Park visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day\u00a09: End Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take your students on the educational adventure of a lifetime to South Korea with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/contact-us.aspx\">Explorica<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this Explorica tour, Seoul, Gyeongju &amp; Busan, you&#8217;ll get an in-depth experience of South Korea. Seoul, South Korea\u2019s capital city, is a sprawling metropolis where ancient meets hyper-modern; Skyscrapers, high-tech subways and pop culture art installations juxtapose the prevalent Buddhist temples, palaces and street markets. Gyeongju, on South Korea&#8217;s southeast coast, is known for <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/new-tour-seoul\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":6624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,172],"tags":[410,345,58,59,128,12],"class_list":["post-6623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news","category-teachers","tag-cultural-immersion","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-student-tours","tag-student-travel","tag-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6629,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions\/6629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}