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Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung are four major palaces built during the Joseon Dynasty.
Changdeokgung Palace and Jongmyo Ancestral Shrine are UNESCO¡¯s prestigious World Cultural Heritage.
The city tour will give you a memorable experience of seeing both old and new Korea. In Changdeokgung Palace, shaded beneath the boughs of huge old trees, lovely pavilions and lotus ponds welcome you back into the Joseon Dynasty.

In Gyeongbokgung Palace built in 1395 by the first King of the dynasty, Gyeonghoeru, a spacious two-story pavilion, overlooking a picturesque man-made pond served as a feasting hall for gatherings of royal ministers and diplomats. The National Museum located on the palace grounds is filled with artifacts of the 5,000 years of Korean cultural heritage.

Shopping Tours
Korea has recently emerged as Asia¡¯s number one shopping tour destination.
Seoul offers a wide variety of shopping opportunities: arcades, duty-free shops, districts specialized in shopping and outdoor markets.
Reason is ¡°top quality product at amazingly low price.¡±

Major markets such as Namdaemun, Dongdaemun in Seoul open as all-night wholesale districts at midnight, when they are as bright as sunny days with the lights of liveliness.
Popular buys are clothing, sportswear, leather, eel skin goods, shoes, furs, accessories and jewelry.
Night Tours
Insadong
Insadong is a narrow street lined with antique stores, art galleries and secondhand book stores, where visitors can browse at leisure. Dubbed "Mary's Alley¡± by foreign residents of Seoul, it is a great place to purchase handcrafts and reproductions.
Nanta Performance
Nanta Theater is the permanent home of the first Korean non-verbal performance called ¡®Nanta¡¯.
Nanta is a hybrid artwork, a combination of traditional Korean folk performance called ¡®Samulnori¡¯ and western form of performance. On the stage is a giant kitchen, and four cooks appear and start cooking dishes for a wedding reception.
Samcheonggak
The authentically recreated buildings of Samcheonggak (the name literally means ¡°Three Purity Palace-Jade Purity, Noble Purity, and Great Purity) are home to performing arts and dedicated to sharing the traditions of Korea with not only this country¡¯s citizens, but also the world.
Enjoy the performances of the most respected Korean dancers, musicians, and vocalists or take a half-day or several months to delve deeply into the heart of Korean tradition with hands-on learning experiences in such subjects as Korea¡¯s unique tea ceremony, pottery making, embroidery or study dance and learn an instrument.
Seoul Tower
Standing at the top of Mt. Namsan in the heart of Seoul, Seoul Tower is a 240-meter tall tower completed in 1975, providing the city's highest viewpoint. Often regarded as Asia's most beautiful tower, the tower is visited by thousands of people every day and night. This is also where people can get the most exciting night view of Seoul, the dramatic light shows made by skyscrapers, inner city highways and the long bridges of Hangang River.