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Hi Seoul Festival Walking Tour Program

May 06, 2009 - May 08, 2009

Hi Seoul Festival Walking Tour Program
- Visiting the Beauty of Seoul! –

■ This program is for foreigners who are visiting Hi Seoul Festival 2009. With excitement of the festival, you will see palaces, which are the most beautiful in May, nearby places, and the beauty of Bukaksan mountain. You will look around the past, the present, and the future of proud 600-year Seoul that you will imagine changing Seoul.

■ Participants
- Foreigners who want to look around history, culture, palaces, and fortress of Seoul. (40 people for each course.)

■ Events
   Schedule/ Course 
   5/6 (Wed) 
      Seoul Plaza(12:30)→Gyeonghuigung Palace (Jeongdonggil Area) Deoksugung Palace→Seoul Plaza(19:00) 
   5/7 (Thur) 
      Seoul Plaza(12:30)→ Mt. Bukak 
      →Changdeokgung Palace→Cheonggyecheon Plaza(19:00) 
   5/8 (Fri) 
      Seoul Plaza(12:30)→Mt. Bukak→Changgyunggung Palace→ 
      Cheonggyecheon Plaza(19:00) 
      - Seoul culture tour program with the expert guides (volunteers from Rediscovery of Korea(NGO))

■ Where to meet 
   o Seoul subway : City Hall station, subway line No.1&2, In front of Gate 3 
      (Direction boards will be set up.) 
   o Tour Bus Parking place : in front of Seoul Metropolitan Council build.

■ Things to bring 
   o Fee : Admission fee for each palace 
      - Changdeok-gung 15,000won (Because of it's the World Heritage by UNESO) 
      - Deoksu-gung•Changgyung-gung 1,000won 
         ※ Please bring Korean Won. 
      - Please wear comfortable shoes and clothes

■ How to apply 
   o Date : April 21 2009(Tue)~May 1(Fri) 
   o Online application : Hi Seoul Festival homepage 
      (http://www.hiseoulfest.org/) 
   o Selection date : May 1 2009(Fri) [additional selection May 4 2009(Mon)] 
   o Selecting process : 40 people will be selected at random. 
      (In case of vacancy, 10 more will be selected additionally.)

[The Rediscovery of Korea:(NGO)] 
   o Tel. 02)723-4205 
   o Time : 10:00~18:00

*Please confirm your application contacting to the Program Coordinator at 02) 723-4205