Private & Custom KYOTO Walking Tour - your Travel Companion | 8 hours

22 Reviews | Kyoto
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Private & Custom KYOTO Walking Tour - your Travel Companion
2 Adults x $311.56
$623.12
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$623.12
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Assistants throughout your Trip
  • A Travel Companion
  • Personalized Itinerary
  • Private transportation
  • Entrance Fees
  • Accommodation Fees
  • Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner...)

Overview

Private & Custom KYOTO walking tour allows you to ā€œTailor Your Itineraryā€ 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 favorite 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/finalize the itinerary base on your feedback STEP4: Let's explore KYOTO REMARKS A. You can always make change to the itinerary even while traveling. The tour is flexible to your own needs and goals. B. Extra charges will be applied for over time service

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***This is a door-to-door service. Other than hotels and ryokans listed above, we pick up and drop off all guests at other types of accommodation like AirBNB, train stations or their desired destinations within the traveled city. ***Pick up and drop off time could be arranged according to your convenience. ... Read more ā–¼

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Itinerary

  • Kinkaku-ji

    Visit Kinkakuji Temple - The Golden Pavilion - a Zen Temple which was a retirement villa of the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

    30 minutes

  • Kiyomizu-dera

    Visit Kiyomizudera - Pure Water Temple - is best known for its wooden stage that just out from its main hall, 13 meters 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.

    45 minutes

  • Sannenzaka Ninenzaka

    Visit Sanneizaka and Ninenzaka preserved districts.

    45 minutes

  • Yasaka Shrine

    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.

    30 minutes

  • Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

    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.

    15 minutes

  • Arashiyama

    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

    1 hour

  • Nishiki Market Shopping District

    Visit Nishiki Ichibe - a narrow, five block long shopping street lined bemire than one hundred shops and restaurants known as Kyoto's kitchen.

    40 minutes

  • Gion

    Visit Gion - Kyoto's famous geisha district

    30 minutes

  • Ginkakuji Temple

    Visit Ginkakuji - the Silver Pavilion - built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshima, on the other side of the City a few decades after Kinkakuji.

    30 minutes

  • Sanjusangendo Temple

    Sanjusangendo (äø‰åäø‰é–“å ‚, SanjÅ«sangendō) 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 meters, 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 center 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.

    30 minutes

  • Kyoto Imperial Palace

    The Kyoto Imperial Palace (äŗ¬éƒ½å¾”ꉀ, 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 (äŗ¬éƒ½å¾”苑, Kyōto Gyoen), an attractive park in the center of the city that also encompasses the Sento Imperial Palace and a few other attractions.

    30 minutes

  • Nijo Castle

    Nijo Castle (äŗŒę”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 story castle keep.

    45 minutes

  • Eikando Zenrinji Temple

    Eikando (ę°øč¦³å ‚, 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 colors 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.

    45 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adultā€™s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Non Refundable

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If itā€™s canceled because the minimum isnā€™t met, youā€™ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Reviews

3.9

22 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 12 reviews with 5 stars

10/10, would recommend

Published on Jul, 2023

Don was an excellent tour guide! He sent us a text soon after booking asking about our preferences on what we wanted to see and what we wanted to eat (along with asking about allergies/food preferences/if we wanted his recommendations). We chose to view the major historical parts of Kyoto, and he tailored his guided tour towards that! He even offered to meet us at a place of our choosing. We spent all day in Kyoto and he offered some history on the things we were seeing, he helped us navigate Kyoto through the subway/buses, and he guided us to a traditional ramen/udon shop to eat lunch! He also took pictures of our group for us! 10/10, would recommend.

Great trou, with a great companion

Published on Jul, 2023

Femin was great. He did a super job answering my son's questions. Always smiling and trying to help, it was fun to pass the day with him.

Amazing Tour with Shenji!

Published on Jun, 2023

Shenji was the best tour guide and photographer! We got the Itinerary, but decided to change things up the last minute. He was able to obtain a last minute kimono rental and we eliminated the last stop on our itinerary to make time for it. Our photos are fabulous! He knew the spots to stop at the bamboo forest and everywhere he took us. Thank you so much for the great memories and photos!

Kyoto tour from Osaka

Published on Jun, 2023

We had a wonderful time with our tour guide Jerome. From start to finish, it felt like the tour was well organized. The tour operator asked us about preferences ahead of time and we received our itinerary from Jerome several days before our scheduled tour. We were even asked about our food preferences. We were able to visit all the sites we wanted to see and even got to see some of the neighborhoods around the sites as we walked. Jerome was so helpful. He helped us get IC cards, taught us how to use them and reload them, etc, how to navigate the stations. We learned about local customs, some history about the sites. Lunch was great. It is a lot of walking but we expected that considering all we wanted to see. Jerome was very attentive and took lots of pictures for us, this was much appreciated. He gave us options throughout the day such as whether we wanted to spend some time shopping, rent a kimono, etc. Given that we had a very limited time in Osaka, this was a wonderful way to get to see Kyoto efficiently. Highly recommend. I traveled with kids, aged 8-13 and they were able to keep up. We were tired at the end of the day but we had a lovely time. Well worth it.

Kyoto Trip

Published on May, 2023

Great experience! Our guide Nazir was amazing. He was so knowledge of the area and the history. We would have never been able to see everything on our list without him.

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