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Seoul & Tokyo

from 1.840$

Start in SEOUL
Seoul - Tokyo:
ASIA 7 Days / 6 Nights

GUARANTEED DEPARTURE DATES Day 3 - SEOUL HOTELS INCLUDED OR SIMILAR
Saturdays and Sundays Buffet breakfast. Free day to discover the city CITY HOTEL CAT.
on your own or take an optional excursion.
ITINERARY Seoul Centermark 4*
Day 1 - SEOUL Day 4 - SEOUL - TOKYO (Flight not included)
Arrival in Seoul, the Capital of South Korea. Buffet breakfast. At the established time Tokyo Metropolitan Tokyo 4*
Private transfer to the hotel. Today Seoul transfer by private service to the local airport
is considered a global city, the result of an in time for the departure flight to Tokyo. Upon RATES PER PERSON IN U$D
explosion of economic growth known as arrival, transfer to the hotel by regular service In double / triple room $ 1.840
the Miracle of the Han River. The growth and overnight. Tokyo is the capital and most Single supplement $ 565
transformed the ashes produced by the populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the Fairs supplement Apr 29-May 7, $ 565
bombings of the Korean War in the fourth head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part August 11-16, Dec 30 - Jan 3
metropolitan economy of the world with of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast Nb: Flight ticket Seoul Tokyo not included
a GDP of 773.9 billion dollars, only behind of Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the
Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles. With about political and economic center of the country, PRICE INCLUDES
10 million inhabitants in the city and 24.5 as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan • Visits in Seoul and Tokyo with an
million throughout the metropolitan area, and the national government. Originally a English speaking guide.
which includes the Incheon port and Gyeonggi fishing village, named Edo, the city became • Daily buffet breakfast.
province, it is the second largest metropolitan a prominent political center in 1603, when it • Arrival / Departure transfers in Seoul
became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate.
area in the world, after Tokyo, and the fifth By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the and Tokyo
largest city after Tokyo, Mexico City, New York most populous cities in the world at over one
and Bombay. In 2012, the United Nations million. Following the end of the shogunate in
ranked Seoul’s quality of life higher than cities 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved
like New York, London or Melbourne, and to the city, which was renamed Tokyo (literally
below Tokyo or Paris. Overnight. "eastern capital"). Tokyo was devastated by
the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, and again
Day 2 - SEOUL by Allied bombing raids during World War II.
Buffet breakfast. We start our visit to Beginning in the 1950s, the city underwent
this wonder of East Asia. We view the rapid reconstruction and expansion, going on
Gwanghwamun - the main entrance of the to lead Japan's post-war economic recovery.
Gyeongbokgung Palace - raised in 1935 by
Traejo, the first Emperor of Joseon Dinasty. Day 5 - TOKYO
We continue with the Deoksugung Palace, Buffet breakfast. Panoramic city tour
famous for its elegant path with stonewall. including the Imperial Palace, the Asakusa
This is the only one that stands next to modern Temple Kannon with his commercial arcade
“Nakamise”, the Meiji Shinto Shrine. Our tour
constructions, which adds uniqueness to will end in the famous area of Ginza. Rest of
the landscape. The palace Changdeokgung the day free. Overnight.
preserves the architectural style of the Joseon
Dynasty. The back garden, Huwon, used by Day 6 - TOKYO
the monarch as a resting place has 300-year- Buffet breakfast. Free day to enjoy the city on
old trees, a pond and a pavilion that fits your own.
harmoniously with the nature surrounding
it. We end with a visit to the famous Seoul Day 7- TOKYO
Tower, also known as the best tower of Asia: Buffet breakfast. At the established time,
after its remodeling in 2005 it now wears a transfer to the local airport.
magnificent new look. Overnight. End of services.

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