Seoul Local Tour | Western Missionaries and the Making of Modern Korea with Option A

​Guide: Eva
Duration: ~6 hours
Group: 2–10
Meeting: Hapjeong Stn, Exit 7
Included: Free Lunch + café (Korean traditional dish and tea) *Please arrive no later than 9:45 AM.

​Behind Korea's modern miracle is a story most travelers never hear. 140 years ago, Western missionaries crossed an ocean and laid the foundations of Yonsei, Ewha, Severance — and quietly shaped Korea's path through modernization, independence, and beyond.
This tour begins at their final resting place in Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery, Juldusan Martyrs'Shrine, walks through Yonsei (or Ewha) campus, and then continues into central Seoul — where you choose how the story unfolds.

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​Choose Your Course

​Course A — When Western Faith Met Joseon's Transformation (Jeongdong) Deoksugung · Baejae Hakdang · Jeongdong Church · Cecil Cathedral The moment a closed Joseon kingdom opened its doors — and faith, education, and the modern Korean state took shape side by side. (Deoksugung closed Mondays.)

​Course B — From Missionary Devotion to Korean Independence (Sajik) Gyeonggijang · Dilkusha · Lee Hoeyoung Memorial · Cecil Cathedral (Deoksugung rooftop view) How missionary devotion became the soil for Korea's independence movement — and how foreign journalists like Albert Taylor brought Korea's story to the world.

​Meet Eva

​Licensed Tourist Guide with a 20-year corporate background. Currently leads weekly English tours at Yanghwajin (9 months running). Warm storyteller who ties a long day into a single coherent thread.