Rye09 - Seoul & Beijing 7days/6nights

Day 2 Seoul (B/L/-)
Korean Folk Village was opened in 1974 as an open-air folk museum and international tourist attraction for both Korean and foreign visitors. It is a living museum that recreates the life styles of several centuries ago. There are typical Korea houses which show different styles of each provinces, school rooms, blacksmith forges, handicraft workshops, pottery kilns, government buildings, Yangban(upper-class) houses, and a market place where traditional foods are sold.

Icheon Ceramics Village produces traditional Korean ceramics, which are of high quality. It became the center of traditional pottery during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), and about 80 pottery factories are gathered at the village, and about 300 pottery kilns are in use.

Day 3 Seoul(B/L/-)
Gyeongbok Palace The 40- acre Gyeongbok Palace was built in 1394, the third year of the Joseon Dynasty. Geunjungjon, the largest and most impressive building in the palace, served as a throne room and an audience hall. Gyeonghoeru, a spacious two-story pavilion, overlooks a picturesque man-made pond just northwest of the throne hall.

National Folk Museum is in the Gyeongbok Palace complex. It explains the religious rituals, housing customs, household tools and implements, food and social dynamics of traditional Korean life.

Insadong is the place where you can experience traditional aspects of Korea. It is lined with art galleries, craft stores, antique art shops, traditional tea houses and restaurants.

Namdaemun Market located in the very center of Seoul, is the largest traditional market in Korea selling clothing, shoes, housewares, foodstuff, flowers, tools, wigs, glasses, accessories of every kind, gifts, sporting goods, electric appliances, furniture etc.