Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

A good thing we added this tour in our itinerary.

Reviewed by: Diana

Our family stayed in Osaka for 4 days and we thought that this time being the end spring/start of summer season, we are definitely going to include Kyoto as part of our Japanese adventure.

We booked the Kyoto full day tour with Veltra and was able to meet with Jun at the designated meeting point. The meeting point was conveniently situated a 10 minutes walk from where we stayed at Hilton Osaka.

Jun was very well versed in the English language and explained our itinerary and places of interest clearly. We were given sufficient time at each places of interest to explore the place and took pictures.

However, because summer was upon us, there were a lot of people at the tourist attractions. Be prepared to jostle your way at the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shinto Shrin and the Bamboo Forest.

A lot of walking and guests with mobility difficulty may find this tour a bit demanding. Also not advisable for families with young children. We were a family of 4 with 2 teenage kids and even then, all four of us were tired out by the end of the day.

But hey, it was a worth day spent in Kyoto going to all the touristy places. We even thought perhaps next time we might explore Kyoto on our own at a slower pace.

For lunch, I initially booked a vegetarian option for our family as we are muslims and was pleasantly surprised that a halal lunch option was available. The place we went for lunch had a muslim friendly restaurant and the souvenir shop even had a corner selling halal certified souveniers.

At the end of the day, our family thoroughly enjoyed our day trip to Kyoto and would definitely try out other tours with Veltra should we go to Japan again.

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Amanohashidate, Ine no Funaya & Miyama Kayabuki no Sato Day Trip from Osaka

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Reviewed by: Rebecca Alianell

We had a wonderful time in Japan thanks to VELTRA tours.

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

Kyoto full day bus tour

Reviewed by: Ross

We had a wonderful time and Ms. Hiro was a fantastic guide. She was full of good comments about each attraction and was a warm and friendly host. We walked almost 20,000 steps that day and enjoyed the sights. Having some built in free time let my colleague shop and experience more of the attractions.

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Kyoto 1-Day Private Taxi Tour from Osaka to Arashiyama, Fushimi Inari and More

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Reviewed by: Henry

Very good tour and well worth the purchase. Had we tried to do this on our own it would have been a real struggle. Rei our guide picked us up at our hotel in Osaka and drove very well to Kyoto pointing out interesting items on the way.
My wife is Buddhist so we focused on the Buddhist temples and she loved it. The weather was chilly but otherwise good.
Toured Kyoto city on foot and had lunch in a small local Ramen noodle cafe which held about 9 people max. Felt at one with the locals a great choice and excellent Ramen.
Arrived back at 5.00 pm after another temple and walk round the Matcha tea street.
Very good trip knowledgable guide, who took great care of us, nothing was too much trouble. Recommend it

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Hiroshima and Miyajima 1-Day Guided Tour from Osaka

Excellent

Reviewed by: Kerrie

Out guide was wonderful, unfortunately there was a very old Indian man in our tour, so spent a lot of time just waiting around. Otherwise it was excellent.

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Hiroshima and Miyajima 1-Day Guided Tour from Osaka

Awesome tour .

Reviewed by: Beena

Very professional . I would chose only veltra tours in future .
V good service . Pick up n drop was given . It was lovely .tour guide was v good . V enjoyed it throughly .
Looking forward to join their all tours in future .
Miyajama was superb experience n also the Hiroshima experience was great .

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Kyoto Morning, Afternoon or Full Day English-Guided Bus Tour from Osaka

A Wonderful Way to See Kyoto

Reviewed by: Frank Croisdale

We really enjoyed our Sunshine Tour of Kyoto. The shrines were just breathtaking and the shopping along the streets of Kyoto was first rate.

Our guide, Yumi, was very informative and we loved her insight into the great history of the region.

We highly recommend this tour for anyone looking to enjoy the rich history of Kyoto in a relaxed and casual fashion.

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

Good overview of the highlights of Kyoto; however, the tour of each site was superficial with insufficient information from the tour guide

Reviewed by: PatrickSab

The tour takes the tourist to great places (not to be missed) around Kyoto, and the overall experience was good.
Personnel was courteous. The included lunch (Japanese) was a very nice experience with typical Japanese food to enjoy.

However, we felt as though we had to enjoy the sites on our own, which is okay, since having some free time to wander around the site is necessary; but the balance with information about the site (and history) and free time was not as we would expect, hence it did feel superficial, and the tour seemed more like being taken to the great places of Kyoto rather than being guided.

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

Excellent Tour

Reviewed by: Belle

Our English tour guide did an excellent job, giving us the details/history on every places we visited. Both bus and train rides were comfortable without any difficulty... Buffet lunch was good.
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Amanohashidate, Ine no Funaya & Miyama Kayabuki no Sato Day Trip from Osaka

Great view Great food Great trip

Reviewed by: F M C R

We had very good time visiting three gorgeous and cultural places on this tip.

We were traveling with two children (7 &9) and elderly. The tour bus was clean and spacious even the tour was full. The tour guides were very friendly and helpful especially they were happy helping us taking group photos.

The first stop was Amanohashidate. The view was breathtaking once we got on the top of hill via monorail. Our tour guide showed us traditional way of looking at the strip of islands, bending forward and look between two legs. Apparently by looking at the island this way, it will look like a dragon flying into the sky. My son said he could see it but I will leave this for you to try it yourself.

After the first stop we had lunch included in the
tour. We had lots of yummy sashimi and sushi. It you don’t like raw seafood, they also provided cooked seafood, grill plate and hotpot to cook seafood yourself.

After lunch we took a boat ride to see the traditional fishing village, the most interesting thing was that there were lots sea hawks flying around waiting for you to feed. You can buy shrimp crackers for 100 yen. One tip, don’t put the crackers in your hand. They are hawks with sharp claws.

The last stop was to visit a traditional village. Their houses are built with straws and mud bricks.

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Hiroshima and Miyajima 1-Day Guided Tour from Osaka

Great tour

Reviewed by: Jenna

I really enjoyed this tour. The walk from ferry to the shrine on Miyojima was totally manageable, even in the extreme heat. The food, snacks and shopping nearby was really great too. After we visited the bomb memorial and museum. This was really interesting and emotional, but I enjoyed learning about it. Again the walking was minimal. Our tour guide was such a sweet-heart too! She was a Hiroshima native, and was born just after the bombing so it effect her loves ones first hand, which resulted in some interesting stories and perspective. I would recommend this tour.

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Hiroshima and Miyajima 1-Day Guided Tour from Osaka

OneDay Hiroshima and Miyajima Tour from Osaka

Reviewed by: Margery & Tony Leigh

Very hot and tiring but well worth it Overall outstanding

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

Great tour guide, good lunch and fabulous scenery!

Reviewed by: Victor

Again same experienced like last time in Tokyo, with the professional tour guide, great arrangements, definitely will join next time!

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

Amazing

Reviewed by: Sameer

The Tour was very good. The Organisers took good care of everything.
It was a very good experience

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Kyoto 1-Day Private Taxi Tour from Osaka to Arashiyama, Fushimi Inari and More

Pleasant and comfortable tour

Reviewed by: Moganadass

The tour started right on time. The driver was at our doorstep 20 minutes before it started. The driver was very safety conscious - making sure we fastened our seatbelts and drove the vehicle carefully within the speed limit. She was pleasant and accomodating our questions well.
She also managed the time well so that we could finish visiting all the places that were planned.
Well organised tour.

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

Excellent Tour/Horrible Food

Reviewed by: KYS

We had excellent Tour Guides. Food was not very good, would have preferred a simple box lunch.

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

Simply the best !!

Reviewed by: Hemang

One of the best tour guides in my entire duration of stay in Japan and taking endless day trips with others companies. Peter was simply amazing with lots of knowledge about the places we visited.

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

Thank you, Veltra

Reviewed by: Chris Lim

A group of 4 people, we truly appreciate Veltra’s excellent services. The English-Speaking guides and the driver assigned on the full Day Kyoto Sightseeing Bus Tour from Osaka were knowledgeable, nice and caring. We shall recommend it to our friends.

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

I really appreciate Veltra’s services

Reviewed by: Chris Lim

The package full Day Kyoto Sightseeing Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide with Lunch package was most reasonable. Everything was perfectly arranged including a good and sumptuous lunch being provided. I will definitely want to do it again with Veltra!!

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Kyoto Sightseeing Full-Day Bus Tour from Osaka with English-Speaking Guide

It is worth it!

Reviewed by: Bea

Our family really enjoyed the tour. The tour guide gave us clear instructions and explained every location we went. After the tour the tour guide even asked every single one of us if we got any questions. Its worth every yen. We will definitely recommend this tour to anyone planning to go to Kyoto who doesn’t have to worry about which train/bus to take. The bus was really comfortable that you can sleep or rest when you are going to the next attraction.

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

Great Day Trip

Reviewed by: RajD

The arrangement to cover major attraction within short period of time in Nara and Kyoto from Osaka was great. The tour guide was speaking excellent English and was very knowledgeable. We really enjoyed the trip and would recommend to anyone visiting Osaka.

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Hiroshima and Miyajima 1-Day Guided Tour from Osaka

It was very nice trip

Reviewed by: Mohamed

The trip was very nice, well prepared and very exciting. Much more to know about Hiroshima and its history.

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Kyoto Morning, Afternoon or Full Day English-Guided Bus Tour from Osaka

Less than advertised

Reviewed by: Ian

The tour was interesting however the sights were not in the condition which is represented by the tour company. They did not warn the visitors that the tour would be impacted by renovations. They failed to speak into the microphones they carried, meaning only a fraction of the tour group could hear the detail. Because the group is made up of two different tour groups that combine later, they assumed that information was already provided in the earlier pre-lunch tour venues which it had not. Lunch buffet was served cold instead of being kept hot.

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

Our Japan Getaway

Reviewed by: Filipino_traveler

Great tour guide. She was really funny.
Enjoyed every bit of it. Also, the restaurant where we had lunch was very yummy. Can't wait to go back.

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Kyoto 1-Day Private Taxi Tour from Osaka to Arashiyama, Fushimi Inari and More

Perfect Itinerary for first time visitors to Kyoto!

Reviewed by: Catchup

We took part in the tour with 6 persons.
It was fruitful experience to visit 5 famous places in Kyoto from/to Osaka within a day!
Guide/Driver knew history about all places we visited and explained kindly with fluent English.
Of course, the car had superior seats to be relaxed.

We canceled to visit Kiyomizu Temple and added to visit Uji Byodoin Temple and Japanese Sake Factory.
There were many places to take beautiful photos like Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kinkakuji, and Bamboo forest in Arashiyama.
Not only enjoying senaries, satisfied with tasty Japanese Sake and delicious Japanese food! Especially, Sake Factory was amazing that we tried many kinds of expensive/sotisficated sake by 1$(JPY100)/1sip!

We strongly recommend visiting Kyoto even from/to Osaka (not far away), and chartering taxi (not using public transportation) to visit famous places efficiently!

We really thank our driver for the best memory/experience during our stay in Japan!

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Highlights of Kyoto and Nara Tour from Osaka with an English-Speaking Guide

full day kyoto & nara

Reviewed by: viviK

the whole trip was OK but not the type i would repeat

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Kyoto Shore Excursion from Osaka City or Port with English-speaking Guide

Kyoto Sightseeing 1 day (chartered)

Reviewed by: Mickie & Yoshi

It was nice to visit most popular 5 places in Kyoto within a day.
Our driver drove safely and taught us Japanese history, geografy, custom and manner very kindly.

Although the temperature was very hot, perfect sunshine & sky to take photos!
We recommend chartering a limo if you visit Kyoto first time, and you want to visit polular places in a day.

Especially, Fushimi-Shirine, and Kinkakuji-Shrine were fabulous!

You can also tell a driver what kind of food you want to eat, then, he will find best restaurant per your request (as a referrence, we chose Tofu restaurant, delicious!).

We would like to thank a driver for unforgettable memory of Kyoto.

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Kyoto Morning, Afternoon or Full Day English-Guided Bus Tour from Osaka

Reviewed by: ATHANASIOS

Nice tour

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Kyoto Morning, Afternoon or Full Day English-Guided Bus Tour from Osaka

Koyoto half day tour

Reviewed by: Alan ching

Schedule is tight but relaxing. Travelers were taken care of in detail. Experienced tour guides and escort all the way. Very good and satisfied.

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Kobe Sightseeing and Nada Sake Brewery Walking Tour from Osaka

Reviewed by: Maria Asuncion

Guide was very nice and knowledgeable. We just had a little difficulty in grasping what she was saying due to heavy japanese accent. But all in all, tour is highly recommended.

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