The UNESCO World Heritage–listed city of Gyeongju dates back to the days of the 2nd-century Silla dynasty, with ancient temples, traditional villages, and rich culture. On this full-day tour, reach Gyeongju in comfort by air-conditioned coach and visit sites of interest including Anapji, the Bulguksa temple, Seokguram, and Yangdong Village. With entrance fees and round-trip travel from central Busan included, see the best of historic Gyeongju with ease.

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage–listed city of Gyeongju
Visit top attractions including the Bulguksa temple and Yangdong Village
Entrance fees are included on this tour
Hassle-free round-trip travel from central Busan

What's Included

Transport by air-conditioned coach/minivan
English, Chinese and Korean speaking staff
Admission fees

Meals
Traveler's insurance
Hotel pickup/drop-off

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What To Expect

Yangdong Folk Village

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Daereungwon Tomb Complex

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Hwangnidan-gil

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Infants must sit on laps
Most travellers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 43 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

soolee.chan

I'm very impressed with our tour guide David Kim's performance and attitude. He was very helpful and patient, rendering help to another handicapped tourist -even when going up and down the hilly slopes in our group-he piggybacked the tourist! Overall, the tour was worth going.

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Long day but worthwhile.

Ross_D, May 2023

Despite it being a cold rainy day, we had a good time. Lunch at Yangdong Folk Village and the Donggung Palace were the highlights. The English guide was excellent and the driver was superb. The second pickup location at Haeundae Station was pretty convenient for us and allowed us to sleep in a bit. It does end up being a long day with lots of walking.

A full day

Dana_C, Dec 2022

The tour is a long day , lots of travel but enjoyable. If you are not prepared to walk a lot it’s not for you. We enjoyed it as we wouldn’t have travelled to the sites by ourselves. A tour was ideal.

Avoid

Deaglan_O, July 2022

First off, the guide was sweet and kind and endearing despite struggling with English. The driver as friendly and safe/competent. That's where the positive fun dry, alas. 12 hours long and only about two hours seeing things, which weren't Even that interesting. By 4pm (we had left Busan Station at 09:50), we had only seen a tourist village for thirty minutes and had lunch, all a waste of time. Then two more stops. I've done hundreds of tours in the 135 countries i have visited and this was, hands down, the worst and most pointless tour undertaken. A waste of time, a water of money, q waste of a day.

Generally good but a long day!

Tasneem_A, June 2022

Good tour but a really long day. Maybe they could start earlier. Covers a lot and guide was good. Transport was safe and clean. Lunch should be left more open and free for guests to decide rather than being 'forced' to go where the group goes. Tour operator was easy to communicate with. Punctual.

Response from Host, July 2022

Thank you for the feedback and we will definitely discuss with your suggestions.

Great day tour from Busan

stevenzau, Feb 2020

3 UNESCO listed locations plus Donggung palace at sunset. As it was low season in February, the tour group only has 17 people. We are the only 2 english speaking tourists, we had the english speaking guide to ourselves. Jay was friendly and very knowledgeable. He speaks fluent english, showed us the best photo spots, so we had a great time. It was cold in February but we had fine sunny day and crisp clean air. Lunch was reasonably priced and big portion.

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Thank you for the feedback. We are happy that you enjoyed the trip with our tour guide Jay. Hope we can meet you again in Korea and please recommend our tours to your family and friends if you love our service.

A nice easy tour

RichardW1796, Nov 2019

The highlights were the palace at night and the grotto. The local village tour can potentially be replaced with something else as there was not much to see.

Good Tour

Alan S, Oct 2019

Went on the only wet day of our Korean trip but was still enjoyable. The guides were fantastic Chloe was the English speaking guide and is a credit to the company she went out of her way to make sure we saw all the highlights despite the rain. The temples were very spectacular and the village interesting. The lunch stop was good value and efficient.

Great day trip to Gyeongju

DamienZ22, Oct 2019

Although it was very rushed I do feel that it was a good taster of Gyeongju. Really like the two tour guides Mindy and Happy. Mindy's English was very good and Happy's knowledge of all the places was very deep. I would love to take another tour with them some day.

Great views,

rinong_1, Oct 2019

We were lucky to have a day with relatively few visitors and thus had an almost-private tour (4 people in the English speaking section). Our guides Ellie and Mira were kind and informative and took us to places with rich history and great views. It was certainly one of the better tours we had on our trip.

Gyeongju Tour

Mohita_Y, Apr 2019

Overall a really fun experience. The tour was paced well and allowed for a good amount of time to explore various sites. Personal favourites were Yangdong and Bulguksa Temple. Would highly recommend this tour.

With 6 month infant

David_M, Apr 2019

Good tour which took in a lot and guided by very helpful, cheerful and informative Ken (in English) and Kelvin (in Chinese). Very helpful with our infant son.

I'm very impressed with our tour guide...

soolee.chan, Sept 2018