Seoul offers free palace tours led by historians

The city-affiliated Seoul Historiography Institute will run free guided tours of four royal palaces from September to November. The tour program will begin at Gyeongbokgung on Sept. 5 before moving to Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung and Deoksugung in October and November, according to the official research and archival organization under the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The tours will explain the historical events associated with each palace, the culture and everyday life of the royal family an