Gyeongju Private Tour: Experience History of Shilla with Local Guide

Immerse yourself in the captivating history of the Shilla dynasty on a private tour of Gyeongju. Customize your itinerary, enjoy a local guide, and savor authentic local cuisine.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bulguksa Temple - Explore Bulguksa, a UNESCO World Heritage site celebrated as “a masterpiece of Buddhist art in the Far East.” During your visit, enjoy the cherry blossoms in spring and the vibrant foliage in fall.
  • Seokguram - At the Seokguram Grotto, admire the statues of devas, bodhisattvas, and disciples carved into the surrounding walls….
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and dropoff
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Optional KTX train ticket (Seoul-Gyeongju-Seoul)
  • Licensed local tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Other activities not on the tour plan
  • Entrance fee
  • Meals
Additional Information

Do you want to catch splendid history of Shilla which lasted about 1,000years?
Make your own customized private tour and use your time efficiently in limited time in Gyeongju !
Experienced local Tour guide/Driver(one person) who can speak English in a well cleaned Private air-conditioned tour vehicle will take you to places that you want to visit!
There…

Location
Bulguksa Temple
Bulguksa 385 Bulguk-ro,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Antonyeasl
Feb 23, 2025
Enjoyable tour of ancient sites of the Silla kingdom - Our guide, Wookie, picked us up and returned us to our hotel. In between, we were treated to historical tales of the Silla kingdom and the birth of the unified Korean kingdom. He carefully discussed what we would be able to achieve during the day, as the list of places to visit on TripAdvisor would not all be possible during a single day. I think we chose well. Incidentally, I'm glad we chose to stay in a hotel in Gyeongju city and many tour operators recommend large hotels well outside the centre. We were easily able to see many other attractions on foot from our hotel.
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Jorge
Oct 29, 2024
EXCELLENT GUIDE, AAA SERVICE - EXCELLENT AAA+++ GUIDE Paul was very helpful, very good communication before the tour and even after, he helped us with all our expectations and exceeded them, always attentive looking for and solving doubts and needs, it was a pleasure, DO NOT HESITATE TO LOOK FOR HIM
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Lawrence_l
Oct 23, 2024
Fantastic private Gyeongju Tour - We had a wonderful tour to Gyeongju with our guide Jay Song. She customised the tour to our needs and was a pleasure to talk to and learning the local culture from her. Overall a fantastic day out!
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Seaside36573417980
Jun 3, 2024
Living history - Visiting these historical sites was absolutely amazing. What made it the best tour ever though was having Joy as our guide. Joy brought the experience to life by providing exceptional insights, historical facts, and passion to truly understand and appreciate what we were seeing.
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Robert_d
Jul 16, 2023
Fantastic Tour of Gyeongju - John was a terrific tour guide. He was flexible, knowledgeable and very personable. I would highly recommend him for your visit to Gyeongju.
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Irene_j
Jun 13, 2023
5 star tour by the highly informative guide - Our guide, Mr. Goh, was the best guide we've had on our trip to Japan and Korea. He spoke excellent English, and was highly knowledgeable about the history of Korea, and had in-depth wisdom on Buddhism, which was very helpful on our visits to the many temples. He was also flexible, and accommodated our requests to meet our friend at a later time, and taking us to a vegetarian restaurant for lunch. We are indeed very fortunate to have had him as our guide !
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Elizabethsl2645ua
Nov 17, 2024
Beautiful Autumn Day - Amazing tours of the Unesco sights and colorful autumn leaves. Our tour guide & driver, Kevin, was friendly, insightful & punctual. He was able to take us to all of the places listed on our itinerary & had a delicious lunch in between. Would love to revisit the Gyeongju area again someday sans crowds.
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Bharat_n
Jun 21, 2024
Good trip - Kind guide. Was accommodating of children. Showed us with interest. We had a good experience. Thank you.
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From $85
up to 15 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).