Private Highlights of Kyoto Tour | 7 hours

79 Reviews | Kyoto
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Public Transportation
  • One-day city bus pass (can be used continuously after the tour)
  • Professional English speaking guide
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

In order to closely feel the local atmosphere of Kyoto, this tour will use public transportation so that you can experience the everyday life of Kyoto locals, unlike other tour groups hastily hopping from one location to another on chartered buses. During the 7-hour tour, your guide will show you around the city covering four major must-see locations. There are two different courses: one northwest-bound and the other southeast-bound. If you participate in both tours, you can efficiently cover eight locations at a relaxing pace. For both courses, you can chose from private option, non-private option and non-private option with apprentice guide (reduced rate). Even if you chose non-private option, we guarantee that the total number of guests will be less than 9 people.

Meeting points

Hotel Granvia Kyoto
JR京都駅 Central Entrance, Higashishiokōjichō, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8216, Japan

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Hotel Granvia Kyoto is located in the Kyoto Station building.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Kinkakuji Temple

    Nicknamed as Golden Pavilion, and one of the most popular temples in Kyoto, which is covered by gold leaves.

    50 minutes

  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple

    The view of Kyoto City seeing from the balcony of Kiyomizu-dera Temple is magnificent. The scene is often depicted in post cards.

    50 minutes

  • Nijo Castle

    Only castle in Kyoto built during the Tokugawa Shogunate period in the beginning of the 17th century. The highlight of this place is touring in the original living quarter of Shogun.

    50 minutes

  • Sanjusangendo Temple

    Travelers can enjoy astonishing view of 1001 kannon statues.

    50 minutes

  • Gion

    Gion is known for its Geisha tradition in Japan. The tour concludes at Gion, where you can join our another tour specializing in Gion, which starts at 6PM. The tour is available from TripAdvisor with the tour name, Night-walk in Gion.

    50 minutes

  • Arashiyama (Pass By)

    The place is known for its the Togetsukyo bridge, which is the huge wooden bridge located near bamboo forest.

  • Sannenzaka Ninenzaka (Pass By)

    Historic path leading up to the Kiyomizudera temple.

  • Bamboo Forest Street

    You will have a chance to walk through the world famous Bamboo Forest, the scene of which is often depicted in guide bookes.

    30 minutes

  • Ryoanji Temple

    One of the best known zen garden known for its world-famous rock garden represented by 15 stones.

    30 minutes

  • Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

    The most visited Shinto shrine awarded by TripAdvisor known for its thousands of red Torii Gate covering entire mountain.

    50 minutes

  • Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum

    Visit the brewery museum of one of the oldest sake brand in Japan.

    50 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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79 reviews

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A wonderful tour of the main highlights of Kyoto

Published on Mar, 2025

Chako was a great tour guide. She was very friendly and helpful. We learned so much from her. I have vented Kyoto three times before, but never knew all of the background knowledge.

This was a wonderful...

Published on Mar, 2025

This was a wonderful tour. Mia was a great tour guide who made sure that we were given the right amount of information about the places we visited. She answered all of our questions and obviously wanted us to get the most from our tour.

Best tour ever

Published on Dec, 2024

We were met by Mie and found out we were the only ones in the tour. She was fantastic and we had the most marvelous time. We visited all the sites that we expected to and while there Mie gave us great information about each one. On the way, she her culture, the Japanese customs, everyday life. She was also very interested and loved to hear our stories as we traveled from place to place; ate lunch. She is a fabulous tour guide!

Kyoto Summer 2024 adventure

Published on Dec, 2024

We loved our tour guide . Perfect way to see Kyoto for the first time. Our guide told us facts and historical facts about each place we visited . Would recommend this experience.

Justified our day trip to Kyoto from Tokyo

Published on Aug, 2024

Our tour guide, Mie, was well-prepared and very friendly from the moment we met her. She clearly communicated the agenda to ensure it met our personal expectations. Mie took the time to know us and was an excellent conversationalist. She cared about us getting the most out of our one day in Kyoto and customized the agenda based on what caught our interests. It was absolutely worth having Mie as a private tour guide, and if you have the opportunity to request her, do it.

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