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Tours and Excursions

While you're in Seoul for the IATIS conference, why not take some time out to explore Korea? The IATIS Conference Organizing Committee in Seoul has partnered with Grace Travel Service Company to offer tours based on your preferences. Night tours and post-conference day tours are offered to all IATIS conference participants and their companions. Join one of our special tours designed to introduce you to Korea. Below is a list of possible tour options.

Night Tours

No. N-1 Nanta Performance Tour

Night Tour

August 12, 2004 (Thursday)

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

59,000 KRW or US$ 53 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

NANTA is a non-verbal performance of reckless rhythms that dramatize typical Korean percussion. Based on the Korean word nanta, which literally means ‘reckless punching’ as in a slugfest at a boxing match, Nanta performance has been immensely popular in Korea. The show takes place in a huge kitchen where four capricious cooks are preparing a wedding banquet. The musical instruments here are not conventional; rather, rhythm is created by the tools used in a kitchen, like a chopping board, a knife, and chopsticks. As a strikingly comedic stage show, Nanta integrates uniquely Korean traditional tempos with a western performance style.

19:00 - Hotel

19:40 - Nanta Theater

22:00 - Hotel

*Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, admission fee(s), coach

No. N-2 Korea House Performance

Night Tour

August 12, 2004 (Thursday)

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

60,000 KRW or US$ 54 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

Visitors to Korea House may enjoy traditional Korean music and dance performances.

18:20 - Hotel

19:00 - 20:00 Korea House Theater

20:30 - Hotel

*Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, admission fee(s), coach

No. N-3 Seoul Tower & Dongdaemun Market Tour

Night Tour

August 14, 2004 (Saturday)

6:30 PM to 10:00 PM

59,000 KRW or US$ 53 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

Seoul Tower: The tower offers a panoramic night view of the sprawling Seoul area.

Dongdaemun Market: As one of the two most famous markets sin Korea, Dongdaemun market sells various products of high quality, including clothes, shoes and leather goods at wholesale prices. Shops are open all night, brightly lit and play cheerful music.

18:30 - Hotel

18:45 - Seoul Tower

20:20 - Dongdaemun Market

22:00 – Hotel

*Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, coach

Day Tours

No. D-1 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Full Day Tour

August 15, 2004 (Sunday)

9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

54,000 KRW or US$ 49 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

Korea remains the only divided country in the world and the DMZ, which symbolizes the Korean division, is more heavily fortified than any other border on the earth. The DMZ provides the visitors with a glimpse of the war and the chasm it left in the hearts of the Korean people. This is a very special tour destination in Korea, which offers a vivid, eye-opening experience of the aftermath of the Korean War and the tragedy of separation between family members which resulted from the division of the peninsula.

07:40 - Hotel

09:00 - Imjingak Park

09:30 - The Bridge of Freedom

09:50 - Dora Station

10:30 - Dora Observatory

11:30 - The 3rd Tunnel

12:40 - Pass by Unification Village

14:30 - Lunch

15:30 - Changduk Palace/secret garden

17:30 - Hotel

* Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, admission fee(s), coach, lunch

No. D-2 Seoul City Tour

Full Day Tour

August 15, 2004 (Sunday)

9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

68,000 KRW or US$ 61 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

National Museum of Korea: This largest museum in Korea was built in 1908 and exhibits not only some 135,000 Korean cultural assets but also artifacts of such neighboring countries as China, Japan, and Central Asian nations. The current museum facilities, located inside Gyeongbokgung palace, is for the temporary use. The museum will move to new facilities next year. Visitors may see and enjoy displays of some 5,500 items in 18 standing exhibition halls.

Changdeok Palace: As the most well-preserved among the five royal Joseon palaces, Changdeok Palace had been used as the main palace by many Joseon kings. It is best known for its beautiful garden, known as Biwon (Secret Garden) with its superb landscape with pavilions, ponds, and wooded areas.

The Korean Folk Village: Experience the diverse lifestyles of the people of Joseon Dynasty. The Korean Folk Village displays commoner's houses from different parts of the country, an oriental medicine house, houses for the study of Chinese characters, a blacksmith's house, a handicraft room, a pottery oven and a marketplace. You will also find a 99-room mansion, reflecting the luxurious life style of the Yangban (Aristocrat) class, and a government office. At the market, you will have the opportunity to taste Korean traditional food and side dishes such as barbecued dried pollack, bean pancakes, green onion pancakes and traditional Korean alcoholic beverages.

09:00 - Hotel

09:30 - The Presidential Blue House

09:40 - National Museum of Korea

11:10 - Changdeok Palace (Secret Garden )

12:50 - Lunch

13:30 - Korean Folk Village

18:30 - Hotel

No. D-3 Icheon Pottery Village & Suwon Hwasung Fortress Tour

Full Day Tour

August 15, 2004 (Sunday)

9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

95,000 KRW or US$ 86 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

Icheon Pottery Village: Icheon Ceramics Village makes traditional Korean ceramics, and represents Korea in the quality ceramics it produces. The village became the center of traditional pottery because the material for good pottery was easy to obtain in these areas. Icheon Ceramics Village was also the historic center of Joseon Baekja ceramics. Presently about 80 pottery factories are congregated at the village, and about 300 pottery kilns are in use.

Hwaseong Fortress: Located in Suwon City, Gyeonggi-do Province, the fortress represents the latest features of fortification in Korea. The construction was planned by the 22nd King of the Joseon Dynasty, Jeongjo, when he moved his father's tomb from the Yangju area to Mt. Paldalsan in Suwon County in 1789. The fortress construction was started along Mt. Paldalsan in January 1794 and was completed in June 1796, under the supervision of Chae Jae-gong, a former minister and the magistrate of Yeongjungchubu County.

09:00 - Hotel

10:10 - The Haegang Ceramics Art Center

11:00 - Pottery village

12:00 - Lunch

14:00 - Suwon Hwasung Fortress

17:30 - Hotel

* Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, admission fee(s), lunch, coach

No. D-4 Korean Culture Morning Tour

Half Day Tour

August 15, 2004 (Sunday)

9:00 to 1:00

37,000 KRW or US$ 33 per person

Minimum number of participants: 10

(Subject to cancellation)

Changdeok Palace: Built during the reign of Taejong, the third King of the Joseon Dynasty in the first half of the 15th Century, Changdeok Palace was built to blend with its natural surroundings. As a residence outside “Gyeongbok-gung,” the main palace, Changdeok Palace was rather popular among kings and served as the last meeting place of Joseon Dynasty. On August 29, 1910 the last king of Joseon, "Sun-jong" was forced to sign an unfair treaty with Japan in this palace. The palace grounds cover over 110 acres and the buildings have been burned and rebuilt several times throughout Korean history. It is best known for its beautiful garden, known as Biwon (Secret Garden), with its superb landscape with pavilions, ponds, and wooded areas.

Insadong: Insadong is the best place for those who want to experience Korean traditions. Numerous

traditional teashops, galleries, antique shops and traditional restaurants are located along the narrow alley.

Namdaemun Market: This is the largest market in Seoul and shoppers may purchase any product at the cheapest price in Korea. It is close to the centre of Seoul, and visitors can easily access the major

hotels, even at night.

09:00 - Hotel

09:20 - Namdaemun Market

10:20 - Insadong

11:30 - Changdeok Palace

13:10 - Lunch

14:10 - Hotel

*Remarks

Included: English speaking guide, admission fee(s), lunch, coach