Incheon Port History Tour by 19th Century Electric Car, KTourTOP10
Description
Incheon has always played an important role of border of west Korea. Incheon port performs as a gate to other countries and their culture, which led to modern civilization in 1882. In this tour, you can listen to the story of the Incheon port while traveling around the Incheon Open Port Street and tourist attractions in Incheon on the 19th century eco-friendly electric car. Your guide will drive you around and take you to the tourist spots where you can take a moment to listen to hidden stories of the place and take commemorative photos. Families, friends, and group tourists can also enjoy this tour. 'KTourTOP10' series consists of 10 most recommended tour themes and tour areas in Korea. Let's find out more 'KTourTOP10' on Viator!
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The Incheon Art Platform, made of red bricks, contains the history of the open port and is a space where you can enjoy exhibitions and performances of various genres of art, music, literature, and movies.
It is divided into Chinese and Japanese buildings around the stairs. The term "조계, Jogye" means a specific area for foreign residents or trade. It is also connected to Jayu Park, and you can see the Incheon Sea from the top of the stairs.
Haean Catholic Church is a catholic church with religious and historical significance that was created for devoted Catholics among the overseas Chinese in the 1960s.
Jjajangmyeon Museum is located in the place where the very first original Jjajangmyeon restaurant, 'Gonghwachun' used to be. It displays relics related to Jjajangmyeon and Gonghwachun, and shows a reproduction of the old Gonghwachun.
Euiseon-dang inside Chinatown is a Chinese-style shrine built by Chinese immigrants who left their homeland to seek comfort from the loneliness and difficulties of immigration. It is also said that Chinese people gathered here when they felt their lives were threatened to develop their strength by practicing martial arts.
When Incheon Port was opened in 1883, many foreigners lived in Songwol-dong to form rich villages, but only seniors have left after young people moved out decades ago. The town was reborn as Donghwa Village in 2014 through urban regeneration projects. The entire village is splendidly decorated under the theme of "Fairy Tale," and the main characters of various cartoons can be seen through murals and sculptures.
'Chohanji Mural Street & Three Kingdoms Mural Street' is a street where you can see murals related to representative Chinese historical novels, Chohanji and the Three Kingdoms. The stories in the novels are interestingly drawn on the mural, so even those who do not know the novels can enjoy them.
In 1981, it was operated as a social club for foreigners living in Incheon. Inside the building, there is a social room, a billiard room, and a reading room, and a tennis court outside. Later in 1914 during the Japanese colonial era, it was used as a space only for Japanese people.
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- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
Highly disappointed as my family and I waited for 45 min for this tour to start (we had a long layover so this was the best option to see the city). No one showed up or answer via text communication. Be sure to confirm before arrival that the tour will actually take place. Don’t want you wasting time.
Driver very pleasant but spoke no English so we couldn’t ask questions. Pre recorded commentary. It was fun and we enjoyed what we saw but some main sights were just pointed out. The fact he spoke no English was a major disadvantage as we didn’t know where to spend time so consequently spent too long in some places and not enough in others…
Our lady driver was very friendly & accommodating when we stopped to take photos. This is highly recommended as it saves us from too much walking especially uphill & downhill terrain of the area. Lots of interesting points
All good however for 60 euro i taught it would be a longer trip. I know it states 50 minutes before you purchase it, but the tour guide was great and the electric vehicles are great.
What a fun way to see around this area of incheon. The cars they use now are more modern electric almost golf buggies. However we had a party of two cars. The lads doing teh tour took us to several interesting places and allowed us to stop where we wanted. They spoke some English and used google translate which was helpful;. the area is hilly so we were glad of the cars to get a sense of the area before exploring fruther by foot. I gave it a 4 rather than a five as it wasn't quite the historical acrs we were expecting , however the cars were great and comfortable. We booked the tickets in person the day before from the kiosk that is situated near the exit for the metro station nearby.
Excitement along the different streets, very pleasant service and the fairytale street is pure awesome💕💕
Fantastic guide Soonie (not sure if I spell her name correctly). Accommodated our last minute request to push our tour to a later time slot. Very patiently explained to us the historical parts of old Incheon. Thank you!
Tour guide was so nice and enthusiastic. The sites themselves were kind of cheesy, but a fun way to spend an hour waiting for a late flight.
