Best of Kyoto Tour + Tickets

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, bamboo forest, and iconic temples await on this best of Kyoto tour with tickets. Explore the city's emblematic sites and its history with an English-speaking guide.

Best of Kyoto Tour

At the designated time, we'll meet at the Keihan Kyoto Hotel to begin our tour. We'll take a bus to the bamboo forest of Arashiyama, where you can walk along peaceful paths amid tall canes.

Next, we'll visit Kinkaku-ji, the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion," notable for its golden structure and reflection in the lake. Our next stop will be Nij? Castle, where we will discuss the shogunate and its significance in history while visiting the tatami rooms.

Our tour will continue to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple, a site offering scenic views of the city from its wooden terrace. After the guided tour, you will have time for lunch in the temple area. We will then proceed to Fushimi Inari-taisha, known for its thousands of red torii (traditional Japanese gates) that form tunnels throughout the mountain. This will conclude our best of Kyoto tour.

Finally, we will stop in the area for you to grab a bite to eat before returning to the meeting point, concluding this 10-hour and 45-minute tour.