This trip offers us a great chance to explore the colonial capital city of Hanoi. It is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial style buildings; daily life in the old quarters and more over the city is full-energy moving forward.
 

Duration: One day
Departure date: Any time you wish
Start/End: Your hotel in Hanoi
Group size: Private only – 1 people and above
Code: THC 01

 
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Morning program

We are picked up from our hotel and start the city tour with a visit to the Soviet style Ba Dinh square where Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of the Nation’s Independence in 1945. We visit the museum dedicated to Ho Chi Minh before passing through his Mausoleum, escorted by the soldiers in full regalia. As we leave, we will able to walk through the gardens of the Presidential Palace before seeing “ Uncle Ho’s ’’ house, the humble dwelling he built ( based on a traditional Vietnamese stilt house ) and where he lived for the last ten years of his life. We will then continue to One Pillar pagoda and the 900- year old Temple of Literature the principle Vietnamese Confucian sanctuary and its historical center of learning.. Made up of five courtyards, this is one of the few remnants of the original city. Lunch will be at a fine local restaurant in Hanoi.

Temple of Literature

Temple of Literature

Afternoon program
We visit the Hoa Lo prison, the highest security prison of Indochina during the French colony. It was where the Vietnamese patriotic soldiers were detained by the colonialists and was later known as “Hanoi Hilton” for American pilots during American War. After wards we proceed to one of the museums in Hanoi: the Women’s Museum, Museum of Ethnology or the history Museum.

Prison dormitory in Hoa Lo Prison

Prison dormitory in Hoa Lo Prison

After that we will be attending a water puppet show, a typical art unique to North Vietnam with traditions dating back over a thousand years.
We finish the day with riding cyclo (rickshaw ) tour of the Old quarter of Hanoi, where each street is named after the trade ( or guild) that has carried on there for centuries such as Hang Bac ( Silver Street) and Hang Trong ( Drum street) . The trade spills onto the street, mixing with the herbal scents for sale and the atmosphere is lively and sociable.

36 Streets region, Hanoi

36 Streets region, Hanoi

The service will conclude once we return to our hotel.

What’s Included?

  • English speaking guide (other language/s upon requested)
  • Entrance fees & permits for places listed in itinerary
  • A/c Transportation with experienced driver
  • Lunch at local restaurant (please advise if you have special request for food)
  • Reasonable supply of bottled of water

What’s Excluded?

  • Tips and gratuities
  • Personal expenses
  • Optional activity costs
  • Others not mentioned
36 Streets region, Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
National Museum of Vietnamese History Building

Prison dormitory in Hoa Lo Prison
Temple of Literature
One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi