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Private & Custom KYOTO Walking Tour - your Travel Companion

By Private & Custom Tours in Japan
3.2 out of 5
Price is S$441 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Private & Custom KYOTO walking tour allows you to “Tailor Your Itinerary” to fit your specific travel expectations. You have your own private English speaking Travel Companion for approximately 8 hours. Our team assists you to draft itinerary, prepare tickets, book restaurants/local experiences, take pictures, communicate with local vendors, direct you to the destinations, keep time, assist you throughout the trip and more!

STEP1: Please select your favourite destinations from “What to Expect” and share with us your other special requests
STEP2: Our team draft your tentative custom itinerary and share with you
STEP3: We revise/finalise the itinerary base on your feedback
STEP4: Let's explore KYOTO

REMARKS
A. You can always make change to the itinerary even while travelling. The tour is flexible to your own needs and goals.
B. Extra charges will be applied for over time service

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKinkaku-ji
    • 1 Kinkakujichō
    • 603-8361, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKyoto Station
    • Higashishiokoji Kamadonocho
    • 600-8216, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Private & Custom KYOTO Walking Tour - your Travel Companion in English
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • Opening hours: Wed 6:00-22:00
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
S$440.97 x 1 TravellerS$440.97
Total
Price is S$440.97

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAssistants throughout your Trip
  • What's includedWhat's includedA Travel Companion
  • What's includedWhat's includedPersonalised Itinerary
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPrivate transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance Fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation Fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner...)

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides

Activity itinerary

Kinkaku-ji
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Kinkakuji Temple - The Golden Pavilion - a Zen Temple which was a retirement villa of the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Kiyomizu-dera
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Kiyomizudera - Pure Water Temple - is best known for its wooden stage that just out from its main hall, 13 metres above the hill side below. The main hall which together with the stage as built without the use of nails , house the temple's primary object of worship, a small statue of the eleven faced, thousand armed Kannon. In 1944, the temple was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sannenzaka Ninenzaka
  • 45m
Visit Sanneizaka and Ninenzaka preserved districts.
Yasaka Shrine
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine) which is well known for its summer festival (the Gion Matsuri) which is celebrated every July. Gion Matsuri is the most famous festival in the whole country.
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
  • 15m
Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine - the Ultimate Torii Gate Experience - an important Shinto shrine famous for its thousand of vermillion Torrid fates which straddle a network of trails behind its main building.
Arashiyama
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Arashiyama - the second most sightseeing district in Kyoto since Heian Period filled with temples, shrines and bamboo gives. 1. Bamboo Forest 2. Tenryuji Temple - Kyoto's five Zen Temples founded in 1339. UNESCO World Heritage Site. 3. Togetsu Bridge - Moon crossing bridge - built during the Heian Period reconstructed recently in 1930s
Nishiki Market Shopping District
  • 40m
Visit Nishiki Ichibe - a narrow, five block long shopping street lined bemire than one hundred shops and restaurants known as Kyoto's kitchen.
Gion
  • 30m
Visit Gion - Kyoto's famous geisha district
Ginkakuji Temple
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Ginkakuji - the Silver Pavilion - built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshima, on the other side of the City a few decades after Kinkakuji.
Sanjusangendo Temple
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Sanjusangendo (三十三間堂, Sanjūsangendō) is the popular name for Rengeo-in, a temple in eastern Kyoto which is famous for its 1001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy. The temple was founded in 1164 and rebuilt a century later after the original structure had been destroyed in a fire. Measuring 120 metres, the temple hall is Japan's longest wooden structure. The name Sanjusangendo (literally "33 intervals") derives from the number of intervals between the building's support columns, a traditional method of measuring the size of a building. In the centre of the main hall sits a large, wooden statue of a 1000-armed Kannon (Senju Kannon) that is flanked on each side by 500 statues of human sized 1000-armed Kannon standing in ten rows. Together they make for an awesome sight.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
  • 30m
The Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto Gosho) used to be the residence of Japan's Imperial Family until 1868, when the emperor and capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is located in the spacious Kyoto Imperial Park (京都御苑, Kyōto Gyoen), an attractive park in the centre of the city that also encompasses the Sento Imperial Palace and a few other attractions.
Nijo Castle
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Nijo Castle (二条城, Nijōjō) was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo Period (1603-1867). His grandson Iemitsu completed the castle's palace buildings 23 years later and further expanded the castle by adding a five storey castle keep.
Eikando Zenrinji Temple
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Eikando (永観堂, Eikandō), formally known as Zenrinji Temple, belongs to the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism. Located just north of the large temple complex of Nanzenji, Eikando is very famous for its autumn colours and the evening illuminations that take place in fall. The temple has a long history, and there are a variety of buildings and a pond garden that visitors can explore. A court noble of the Heian Period (710-1185) donated his villa to a priest, who converted it into a temple under the name Zenrinji (lit. "temple in a calm grove"). At its founding, Zenrinji was part of the Shingon sect and its first head priest was a disciple of the great Kobo Daishi, the sect's founder.

Cleaning and safety practices

Enhanced cleanliness measures
  • High-touch surfaces cleaned and disinfected
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Gear and equipment sanitised between use
Social distancing
  • Social distancing measures in place
Safety measures
  • Temperature checks given to staff
  • Masks required
  • Masks provided
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
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Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKinkaku-ji
    • 1 Kinkakujichō
    • 603-8361, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKyoto Station
    • Higashishiokoji Kamadonocho
    • 600-8216, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOsaka Station
    • 1 1
    • 530-0001, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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