Tokyo to Kyoto 1-Day Tour by Shinkansen with Afternoon Leisure Time
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4.17Fab trip
Reviewed by: yousopugly, 2019/06/09The company was super helpful with organising the arrival of my train tickets and always responded to my questions promptly. The morning tour of Kyoto was good, if a little short. It was a bit annoying not being able to choose your return train time, but otherwise an excellent day and a great way to see Kyoto if you don't have that long in Japan.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2019/06/06 |
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Kyoto day trip
Reviewed by: Cin, 2019/03/24Tourguide was funny. Places were interesting. Fast paced enough so it wasnt boring. Right amount to visit and then free afternoon time was perfect to relax and see a few things and go shopping after.
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2019/03/17 |
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Full day Kyoto trip with 4 hour freetime revirw
Reviewed by: Mclovin Japan, 2018/11/11First of all, the sites that you will visit are outstanding and impressive. All of these are well worth seeing. The negative is that we only spent 15 to 30 minutes at each site. The group felt incredibly rushed. Spending at least 45 minutes (more at the imperial palace) would be helpful.
The complaint is that the trip description did not tell us that the 4 hour free time is "complete" freedom. The option was to be left ar the imperial palace or take a bus ride back to the train station. We opted to stay at the palace to get a better look. We then hailed a taxi and spent the rest of the day at Fushimi Inari-taisha (must see). Luckily there was a train station right in front of Fushimi Inari-taisha that got us back to the train station. All worked out fine but would inform to take extra money for the taxi.
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2018/11/09 |
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Perfect day trip from Tokyo on Bullet Train!
Reviewed by: Katy, 2018/07/02Loved the fact Bullet Train tickets were included, and great into to Kyoto with AM Bus Tour. Really liked getting information on sites, our guide was very nice - a bit soft spoken so wasn't able to hear everything.
In PM we did Fushimi Inari-taisha (shrine with orange gates), super easy to get to and really enjoyed climb up mountain.
FYI Tour Office to check in was a bit hard to find
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2018/06/15 |
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Great for young able-bodied individuals!
Reviewed by: Meiling, 2018/04/01We participated in the morning tour of Kyoto. We really enjoyed our guide. She was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The places we went were very good choices! The tour was very fast though. It would've been great with an extra half hour or so at each location. At Nijo castle, our guide did a great job of keeping the group moving and being very informative. We had about 15 minutes of free time to explore, I wish we had slightly more time but this was the least rushed stop of them all. The other two stops were extremely fast and we didn't get to explore as much as we had hoped. A lot of people on the tour were lagging behind and I'm sure they didn't get as much from the experience as we did. I would highly recommend booking this tour if you are in your 20-30s and able to walk fast and keep up with the guide. Most of the people lagging behind were in their 40-60s and barely got to the spot where the group was before the guide stopped talking and moved to the next location. It is a very fast tour and would not be for people who like to take their time. The value for the price was good though since round trip bullet train tickets are essentially the same as this tour + roundtrip tickets. The tour guides are great, but the actual tour is very cramped for time. If the tour was longer I'm sure this experience would get 5 stars! This is a very tourist heavy city as most of the people you'll see are tourists. If you're looking for a more authentic Japanese experience this is not the tour.
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2018/03/29 |
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Kyoto Morning Trip
Reviewed by: Pierre Guzman, 2017/08/07A good summary on the history of this city. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, while at the same time friendly.
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2017/07/29 |
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Veltra is a good service provider for tours
Reviewed by: Sandra USA, 2017/08/07I used Veltra twice as a tour travel agent. Both tours were organised and went according to plan. I was given clear instructions. The Kyoto Tour was great! Informative and scenic both. Our guide was excellent. I highly recommend booking tours through Veltra!
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2017/07/16 |
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Kyoto 1 day bullet train from Tokyo
Reviewed by: Oca, 2017/04/18if you need to visit Kyoto in 1 day from Tokyo this is the tour for you. Best price too its like the half day tour of Kyoto its free vs getting the tickets on your own. I wish the the bullet train comming back was 7pm and not 8:35pm. do yourself a favor and call Sunrise tours or go to their website (the company giving the morning half day tour) and reserve either the Kyoto afternoon tour ($5900JPY)or even better the Nara afternoon tour($7400JPY) so you dont have to wait 8.5 hours for the train back or try to figure out what to visit and spend a fortune in taxi. I added the afternoon tour and visited additional 3 beautiful temples Heian Jingu shrine, sanjusangendo and Kiyomizudera being the last the most impresive 5 story temple. If you go to Nara instead you will see the Great Budda in the Todaji temple. Ask the guide to leave you in the Kyoto train station they will do so dont need to pay taxi to go back I did had to wait 3 hours for the 8:35 train (but much better than waiting 8.5 hours) if you go to Nara I suppose you will spend 1 more hour comming back to wait 2 hours thats what I think if the bullet train tickets were at 7pm would be perfect for either additional tour. Notice the company also offers a night tour but dont reserve if you are taking the bullet train, wont make it on time (the company could instead give bullet train tickets for later in that case so they can sell you the night tour?) -would be nice but even the way its currently set (and you adding the afternoon tour or Nara) makes it perfect.
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Attended as: | Friends |
Activity Date: | 2017/04/16 |
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Great Tour!
Reviewed by: ARJ, 2016/10/25The tour was good. We did the half day tour and had the rest of the day to ourselves. I don't recommend this if you don't have any other activities lined up. The train that they will have you on is at 830p at night. The tour lets out around 1230a/1p.
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2016/10/22 |
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Enjoyed It
Reviewed by: Matt, 2015/06/21We did the half day tour of Kyoto and it was perfect. The sightseeing was terrific. We used the afternoon to explore on our own, then took the bullet train back to Tokyo. It was a long day but a highlight of our trip.
Not inexpensive, but I understand a large portion of the tour price was in the train tickets, which is understandable. Our tour guide's english was excellent and easy to understand.
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Attended as: | Families |
Activity Date: | 2015/06/18 |
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Great Day in Kyoto but Tiring
Reviewed by: Lucy, 2014/12/02Great trip if you want to visit Kyoto but only have limited time or cannot stay over. The three sites that you visit in the morning are very good and the popular spots. The tour guide spoke very good English. The afternoon I had to myself and managed to visit a few more sites before heading back to the station. Once all the shrines and temples closed I did feel a bit lost for what to do for 4 hours before the train arrived so ended up shopping. Be prepared for a long but exciting day.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/30 |
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Be careful, a long day with a lot of unstructured time awaits.
Reviewed by: Marie, 2014/09/21First off the tour element of our tour was highly enjoyable, but short as we elected to have half a day guided. The locations visited were all interesting and beautiful, and the tour guide made sure we had all the information well and truly drummed in.
Afterwards we had 8 hours to kill in Kyoto, which we hadn't really planned for, in a heat and humidity we hadn't planned for either.
We made an enjoyable day of wandering shopping districts and finding many small temples, but had we not been so easy-going this day could have been a disaster. Either go prepared, or book in for the full day.
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Attended as: | Couples |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/04 |
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Kyoto tours 28 October 2013
Reviewed by: Mariella, 2013/10/31Vey good value for money! The guide, a lady in the morning tour was just excellent, a lot of knowledege, perfect English and a pleasent way of guiding! In the afternoon the guide, a gentleman was also quite good but his English a little bit difficult to follow.
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2013/10/28 |
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Wonderfull Kyoto
Reviewed by: Perianayagam T, 2013/08/25Wonderful trip..I started from Tokyo. First-half tour guided me a lot about Kyoto, so that when am alone in 2nd half I was able to cover rest by myself. Pls include some standard city-maps /attractions list/ brouchers for the second half (Yes, I got that from the guide ..thanks for super nice guide...but I'm suggesting to include this as part of package..).
I think the overall price is cheaper than even the to-and-fro ticket charges in shinkashen. A perfect tour that fit my budget and plan very well. Thank you.
Overall a memorable trip. Would like to go more of such trips from Veltra
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2013/08/03 |
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