Hanoi City Tour Full Day

Hanoi City Tour Full Day

This tour takes you through the charming pagodas and the “36 streets and 36 wares” of the fascinating Old Quarter, as well as the impressive President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the ancient Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi Citadel and so on.

Hanoi City Tour 1 day

Hanoi is located in the Red River Delta, in the center of North Vietnam, is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the center of culture, politics, economy and trade of the whole country. Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites include the One Pillar Pagoda (built in 1049), the Temple of Literature (built in 1070), Hanoi Citadel, Hanoi Opera House, and President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and so on. 

Itinerary: 

8.00 – 8.30: We’ll pick you up from your hotel take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. 

9.30: You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake. 

After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of West Lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Vietnam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius. 

12.30: You have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake – Ngoc Son Temple – the heart and soul of Hanoi. 

Afternoon: 

You’ll stop in at MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labeled in Vietnamese, French and English. Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There’s also a centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures. 

After visit Museum Of Ethnology Enjoy Water Puppet Show from 15.30 to 16.15 or Electric Car or Cyclo around Hanoi’s Old Quarter

Come back your hotel at 17.00 

Notes: 

  • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum closes on Monday and Friday morning. 
  • The itinerary can be changed due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions. 
  • Special request (diet or vegetarian …) should be sent before your departure date. 
  • Water Puppet Show for Deluxe option only, a traditional performance that dates back as far as the 11th century in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Then the tour will finish around 17h00 – 17h30.

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