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      Seoul: Gangnam Tour on Youth and Society in South Korea
      • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
        2h 30m
      • English
      Language options: English
      Starting time: 10:30am
      Price details
      $33.00 x 1 Adult$33.00

      Total
      Price is $33.00

      What's included, what's not

      • What's includedWhat's included
        Local historian as your guide
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        Gangnam walking tour
      • What's includedWhat's included
        Portable handsfree fan (in the summer season)
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        Hot packs (in the winter season)
      • What's excludedWhat's excluded
        Transportation fee (2000 KRW)
      • What's excludedWhat's excluded
        Optional Korean food session

      Know before you book

      • Not allowed: Audio recording
      • Not suitable for: People over 70 years, People with mobility impairments

      What you can expect

      Discover how the younger generation of South Korea's society cope with the pressures of the country's economic achievements, its international explosion into pop culture, and traditional social rules on this walking tour through Gangnam.

      Meet your guide at the Gangnam subway station. Follow them through bustling streets tucked between highrise buildings. Gaze at the endless advertisements for various beauty products, luxury brands, and even plastic surgery clinics. Realize what you are seeing reflects a deep issue in Korean society.

      On your tour learn about the darker aspects of living in South Korea. Find out why it has such high suicide rates, a low birth rate, an intense emphasis placed on education, and the country's obsession with beauty. Ponder why this rich country happens to be one of the unhappiest in the world.

      Gain a different perspective as you stroll the wealthy neighborhood to the tour's end point at the Han River.

      Location

      Activity location

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        • Seoul
        • Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

      Meeting/Redemption Point

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        • 대한민국 서울특별시 gu 강남대로 305 | Meet your guide at Gangnam Station, Exit 11 . English address - 820-10, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul Korean address - 강남역 11번 출구
        • Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, South Korea