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Full-Day Hanoi City Highlights Tour

Museum & ExhibitionArts/Culture
4.5(20134 reviews)
Ba Đình, Vietnam

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Overview

Explore Hanoi's rich history, traditional cuisine, lively streets, and stunning evening stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake, capturing the essence of this vibrant, thousand-year-old capital.

Hanoi, the heart of Vietnam, boasts a rich tapestry of history and culture spanning over a thousand years. Strolling through the lively streets of the Old Quarter, you’ll witness local life bustling in markets, alleys, and cafes. Traditional cuisine invites you to savor dishes like pho and banh mi, while the city’s architectural heritage is visible in preserved temples, ancient pagodas, and colonial-era buildings. As evening falls, a serene walk around Hoan Kiem Lake offers a perfect blend of tradition, modernity, and reflection on this vibrant capital.
  • Explore Hanoi’s ancient temples and French colonial architecture.
  • Savor authentic Vietnamese street food like pho and banh mi.
  • Experience the hustle and charm of the Old Quarter's lively streets.
  • Enjoy a tranquil evening walk along the picturesque Hoan Kiem Lake.

  • What's Included

    Transfer by A/C Bus
    English speaking tour guide
    All entrance fees per itinerary
    Local lunch, bottle of drinking water
    Pick up and drop off at hotel located within Old Quarter area
    Tipping the guide
    Personal expenses

    Itinerary

    • Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi: 08:00 - 08:30: Tour guide and bus will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter or Hanoi Opera House.
    • Stop At: Chua Tran Quoc, 46 D. Thanh Nien, Yen Ph_, Tay H_, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam: First, you will set your foot at Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi from 6th century. The pagoda has a good position near West Lake. In Lunar New Year, the pagoda always attracts a big amount of people with good luck wishes before finishing the tour.
    • Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam: Next, we visit the Complex of President Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and Stilt house), this is place where our great leader lived and worked until the last years of his life. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about Uncle Ho's simple life. In addition, stop by One Pillar Pagoda to admire one of the 4 symbols of Hanoi. On Mondays, Fridays and yearly plan from 10 June 2024 until 13 August 2024, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed for maintenance under , we just visit outside.
    • Stop At: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam: This is the most recent yet probably the largest and undoubtedly the most interesting Museums in Ha Noi and Viet Nam. There are both indoors and outdoors section, while the in – housed exhibition is particularly informative, the outdoors display and activities make the museum stand out from the rest. There are a number of houses modeling after the traditional architecture of ethnic minorities, especially those who live in Northern and Central highlands. The Museum closes on Mondays and New Year Holidays, we visit Ho Chi Minh museum OR Vietnamese women museum instead
    • Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam: After lunch at local restaurant, we visit Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam (Imperial Academy), which was considered the first university in Vietnam. Literature lake, Khue Van Pavilion, stele house... are valuable highlight objects that you cannot ignore. The tour guide will tell you about of 82 doctor stele stones with names of 1306 people standing until nowadays. After that, we will have lunch at local restaurant.
    • Stop At: Hoa Lo Prison, 1 Hoa Lo St Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam: We will continue tour at Hoa Lo prison, one of the most “terrible hell” in Vietnam in 20th century. The prison was established 1896 by French colonial government to detain political prisoners. Spend your time to listen stories about Vietnam war from tour guide while observing items in the prison. The city tour ends. You can choose to continue with Cyclo ride or having Water Puppet show (select options)

    Location

    Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum
    1 Hùng Vương, Điện Biên, Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam
    Ba Đình, Hà Nội
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