Immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Hanoi’s local culture with our captivating half-day tour, designed to showcase the city’s highlights and provide an authentic daily life experience. Choose between a morning or afternoon departure to suit your schedule and embark on a journey that seamlessly blends sightseeing with genuine interactions with the locals.
- Understand more about the history and culture of the Capital
- Discover Hanoi’s lively streets and see local daily lives
- Try traditional cuisines
- Observe the specialized architecture reserved for thousands of years
- Stunning evening stroll on the lanes around Hoan Kiem Lake
Full-Day Hanoi City Highlights Tour, Hanoi
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 foot at Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi from the 6th century. The pagoda has a good position near West Lake. In Lunar New Year, the pagoda always attracts a large 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 a 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 plans from 10 June 2024 until 13 August 2024, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed for maintenance, 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 Museum in Ha Noi and Vietnam. There are both indoor and outdoor sections, while the in-housed exhibition is particularly informative, the outdoor display and activities make the museum stand out from the rest. There are several houses modeled 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 the Ho Chi Minh Museum or Vietnamese Women’s Museum instead
- Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam: After lunch at a local restaurant, we visited 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 82 doctor stele stones with names of 1306 people standing until nowadays. After that, we will have lunch at a local restaurant.
- Stop At: Hoa Lo Prison, 1 Hoa Lo St Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam: We will continue the tour at Hoa Lo prison, one of the most “terrible hells” in Vietnam in the 20th century. The prison was established in 1896 by the French colonial government to detain political prisoners. Spend your time listening to stories about the Vietnam War from tour guides while observing items in the prison. The city tour ends. You can choose to continue with the Cyclo ride or have Water Puppet show (select options)
