Kyoto Custom Private Walking Tour with A Guide (Private Tour)
Description
Kyoto’s temples, gardens, and historic districts can feel overwhelming for first-time visitors. Discover the city with a local on a private walking tour. This personalized experience lets you explore the exterior of Kyoto’s monuments, including museums, while learning about its rich history and culture. Want to include a museum visit? Your guide can adapt the tour to your interests—just let them know ahead of time. Perfect for families, solo travelers, or couples, this tour reveals hidden gems, local insights, and a deeper connection to Kyoto that you won’t experience on your own.
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Itinerary
Kyoto can sometimes feel inaccessible to foreign visitors. Take the mystery out of your visit by exploring with a local on a private, customized tour. Your guide contacts you beforehand to get a feel for your interests and tastes to ensure that you only visit the places you are interested in. As you explore the city, your guide shares insights into local life forming a clearer picture of Kyoto's culture. - Private tour just for you and your group - Your guide customizes your tour to your interests and personality - Get a deeper insight into Kyoto life than possible alone - See Kyoto through the eyes of a local and discover its hidden gems
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The local guide will pick you up at the hotel ( if located in Kyoto ). Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(86)
Milo was a great guide throughout our 4-hour walking tour in Kyoto. Very versed in the history and culture and he planned just the right stops on the tour.
Our tour guide Iryna was the absolute best. She was flexible with our time and made sure that our day was comfortable, fun and educational. We left with knowledge of the people, history, and geography of Kyoto. She made sure we had breaks for our daughter (5 year old traveling half way around the world). She made food recommendations and even recommendations for experiences after our scheduled tour. Having booked private tours in other countries, this experience topped them all.
The tour was wonderfully planned, and we not only got to see beautiful places, but also learned many inspiring details about their history and culture.
Milo is a smart, thoughtful guide who is able to quickly switch gears and accommodate the needs of his guests. He is cheerful with a good sense of humor. I would highly recommend him to anyone.
Iryna was wonderful. Very personable and knowledgeable about Kyoto. We only had 3 hours and she filled them well. I would highly recommend
We booked a private tour for 2 hours with TripAdvisor. It was all really easy and I was quickly contacted by our tour guide Babita. She suggested a tour and some stops which we could visit and asked for our wishes and what we want to see and learn. After giving her some answers she adapted the tour accordingly. We met the next morning at the meeting point which she shared via Google Maps link and started our tour. She was super friendly and her Englisch was really good. She knew a lot about the history of Japan, Kyoto, Geishas, Buddhism, Shinto and all the temples. The tour was a perfect mix of knowledge sharing and we learned a lot. She was always open for questions and we even did 2.5 hours instead of 2 hours. I would highly recommend doing a tour with her. Thanks for everything
We had an excellent, custom tour at the start of our 3 days in Kyoto. Karine was an informed, upbeat and knowledgeable guide who listened to us and not only guided us to a few key sights to see, but who gave us great tips and thoughts on how to spend the rest of our time in Kyoto. As the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, there are lots of tourists in town. The crowds are heavy, so it was good to get some inside tips on the places that were second or third on everyone's lists, rather than 1st. We enjoyed Fushimi Inari and Keihan with Karine, then later went to the Bamboo Forrest, Ryoanji and Nijo Castle. Overall, a great time and we came away very excited about Kyoto.
Milos was amazing! He knew many things and a lot of History. We enjoyed every moment of this walk.
This is our first experience with a guide and we were not disappointed! Sebastiano took care to ask us our expectations in advance and concocted a tailor-made tour, we saved time to enjoy the beauties of Kyoto and we left with plenty of advice for the rest of our stay!
Perfect, very enjoyable, and highly recommended. Our guide was very friendly and showed us some beautiful spots, as well as learning a bit about this fascinating culture. Thank you.
