Hans was a great guide. His English was excellent. Our group of 7 really enjoyed the day.
Didn’t need to go and see the lotus pond since it was the wrong season and no flowers present. Guide said if we had asked him he would not have recommended this visit. It would have been better to spend the time at the last museum at the Royal tombs. Since it was the wrong season all we saw was ponds of water with some plants in it. Not very interesting.
Also due to the fact that the museums close at 17:30. DO NOT RECOMMEND LEAVING hotel at 9:00 am. Really should leave at least by 7:00 am or 7:30. We missed the last museum because it was closed at the Royal tomb at 5:30. Remove the 9:00 am option since most tourist would automatically pick the later time.
Highly recommend visiting the museum at the cultural village. It was really good. We visited because someone in our group had seen the Korean drama Scarlett Heart and alchemy of Souls. Maybe have photos of where these films were filmed and have the guides pull up a photo to show to guest.
Would recommend that Trazy tours has a list of three different lunch restaurants in Buyeo since we had absolutely no idea where to eat at. Guide was not familiar with town and also did not have any recommendations. This will cut down on the searching and trying to decide where to go to eat.
On the return to Seoul recommend a quick stop at Seoul tower or the bridge to view Seoul tower by the Hyatt for a quick night view. We specifically wanted to see the bridge that was featured in Itaewon class Netflix drama. Not the Hyatt bridge. We were able to find it and the group really liked this. K drama highlight.
In fact the first restaurant in the movie is just up the hill from the bridge and could easily be walked to in 5 minutes for a quick photo stop.