Classical Korea and Japan
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- Visit the War Memorial, an impressive war museum that tells of the different conflicts suffered by Korea
- Visit Hwaseong Haenggung
- Enjoy a cup of traditional tea while our guide tells us about the city
- Visit the temple and the museum on the Tripitaka
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- Europamundo General Services: Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance and breakfast buffet.
- Includes arrival transfer
- City tour in: Seoul, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sapporo
- Excursion: Otaru in Sapporo
- Boat: Cruise in Matshushima
- Evening transfer: Myeongdong quarter in Seoul, Traditional quarter of Gion in Kyoto, Shinjuku in Tokyo
- Ticket admission: Metro in Seoul, Changdeokgung Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, War Memorial in Seoul , Hwaseong Haenggung, Samsung Innovation Museum not always guaranteed; in Suwon, Hanok Village in Jeonju, Buddhist Temple in Haeinsa, Haedong Yonggung Temple in BUSAN, Yongdusan Park, U.N. Memorial and Doosan Haeundae in Busan, Kintaikyo in Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Itsukushima Temple in Itsukushima, Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Dogo Onsen, Ishiteji Temple in Matsuyama, Shinto shrine in Kotohira, Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Naruto Brigde in Naruto, Earthquake Memorial Museum in Kobe, Okuno Mausoleum,Kongobuji Temple and Ajikan or Zazen meditation in Mount Koya in Mount Koya, Shrine of Fushimi Inari, Imperial Palace, Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Metro in Tokyo, Zojoji Temple, Meiji Temple, Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Tshogu Temple in Nikko, Traditional tea in Matshushima in Matsushima, Chusonji, Zen practice in Montsuiji, Takkoku no Iwaya Temple in Hiraizumi, Castle in Hirosaki, Nebuta Museum in Aomori, Goryokaku Tower in Hakodate in Hakodate, Sanctuary of Hokkaido Jingu and Kito prayer session, Ainu Cultural Center in Sapporo
- Ferry: Busan Shimonoseki (night ferry) in Ferry Busan Shimonoseki, Hiroshima- Miyajima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima- Matsuyama, Aomori Hakodate (Hokkaido Island) in Aomori
- Funicular: Matsuyama castle in Matsuyama, Hakodate Mountain in Hakodate
- High speed train: Kyoto-Tokyo
- 11 Lunch included in: Seoul, Suwon, Daegu, Busan, Matsuyama, Takamatsu, Tokyo, Matsushima, Aomori, Onuma, Sapporo
- 4 dinner included in: Seoul, Hiroshima, Mount Koya, Tokyo
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Itinerary
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 tra...
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 neighbourh...
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. Before leaving this city, we will...
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 Tri...
Day in Busan. We are in the second largest city in Korea, full of life. We see the memorial to the United Nations with its cemetery were people from numerous countries are buried. After this time in the fantastic Doosan Haeundae complex with its more than 300 m skyscr...
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 Miy...
Today we will take a ferry to Shikoku Island, on a pleasant crossing that lasts two hours and a half and see the many islands that make up Japan. In Matsuyama we will take the cable car up to its impressive castle. Afterwards, we will visit Ishiteji, a beautiful Buddh...
We depart for Kotohira, a Shinto shrine dedicated to the God of sailors and a place of pilgrimage. The shrine stands on Mount Zosu and is reached by climbing 785 steps. Afterwards in Takamatsu we will visit Ritsurin, one of the prettiest gardens in Japan. Lunch includ...
In Kobe we visited the Earthquake Memorial Museum, a place to remind the tragic seism that devastated the city in 1995 and its perfect reconstruction. We go on to Osaka. We will depart from this city to visit, Mount Koya, one of Japan’s sacred mountains and Japan’s ma...
Japanese breakfast at the temple. Then we leave early for Kyoto, to spend the whole day in the city, which was the capital of Japan between 794 and 1868 and home to the Imperial Court. During World War II the city was the only major Japanese to escape the bombardments...
After breakfast transfer to the station to take the Bullet Train to Tokyo. Arrival to Tokyo after almost 500 km in just over two hours.Late in the afternoon, we will pay a visit to this fascinating city by taking a trip on the metro (tickets included) to the Shinjuku ...
In the morning, we take part in a 5-hour trip with our guide to see this amazing city, with its hustle and bustle and extremely modern districts that coexist with quiet, peaceful areas. Brief stop at the Zojoji Temple to make a beautiful photograph of the Tokyo Tower....
We leave for Nikko and arrive at this fantastic city at 10.30am. There we visit the impressive Nikko Toshogu Shrine with the room of the crying dragon. We will also visit the Taiyuinbyo Mausoleum, set in an impressive, peaceful site, followed by a walk near the river,...
We depart for the marvellous city of Matshushima, on the “Thousand Islands” Bay in the Pacific Ocean and considered one of the most attractive cities in Japan. After arriving, we will visit a magnificent “tea house” overlooking the sea and enjoy a cup of traditional t...
In a region of beautiful scenery, we travel to Hirosaki, where we will visit its castle in a beautiful park where more than 2,500 cherry trees blossom in the spring. After this we go on to Aomori, the provincial capital of the Bay of Mutsu. We will see the Nebuta Muse...
In the morning we visit the impressive and busy fish market. Then we climb the Goryokaku Tower with its impressive views, from where we can make out the star-shaped fortress of Hakodate. Then we will take a stroll through the castle area before continuing to Onuma. Fr...
City tour (included) stopping at the clock tower and Odori Koen avenue-park, dominated by the telecommunications tower. We will see the beautiful Shinto shrine of Hokkaido Jingu. The visit includes a ceremonial Kito (prayer session) in which we give thanks for the jou...
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