Incense Village & Hanoi Heritage Tour – Real Local Experience

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8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Discover the heart of Hanoi with a unique day tour. Visit a traditional Incense Craft Village, where you’ll see how colorful incense sticks are handmade and try making your own. Explore the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, rich with ancient architecture and Confucian heritage. Then, reflect on Vietnam’s past at the powerful Hoa Lo Prison, known as the “Hanoi Hilton.”
With expert guides, comfortable transport, and authentic experiences, this tour offers a deep look into Hanoi’s traditions and history.

Book now for a memorable cultural journey!

What's Included

Limousine transfer
English speaking guide
Set menu Vietnamese lunch at Luxury restaurant
Free Wifi, 01 bottle of mineral water/1 way on the limousine
Entrance & sightseeing fee
Beverages on lunch
Tips for tourguide & driver

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We offer free pick-up at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarters, please give us your hotel name and address. Tour guide will come hotel lobby and ask your name to pick-up at that travel date.

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Meeting point

If you are staying outside Hanoi Old Quarters, please come to the meeting point: Hanoi Opera House, address: 1 Trang Tien Street; tour guide will come and ask your name.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Hanoi

    7h45 - 8h15 Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel in Hanoi old quarter area. 8h30 Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. 10h00 Arrive center of the village. Take a walk to see how locals make incense on the artisanal, family scale. Meet a family who specializes in dyeing incense sticks and take in the colorful bundles of incense. Learn how incense is made from scratch and more about the lives of manual workers. Take home memories of your visit with incense souvenirs from the place they’re produced before returning to Hanoi. 11h00 Get on limousine back to Hanoi City

    5 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    12h30 Have lunch with Vietnamese cuisine at our Luxury restaurant 13h45 - 14h00 Visit Temple of Literature - the Vietnam’s first national university, the temple was founded and first built in 1.070 at the time of Emperor Ly Thanh Tong.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Hoa Lo Prison

    15h00 We continue to visit Hoa Lo Prison - was built in Hanoi by French in dates ranging from 1886 to 1889 to 1898 to 1901, when Vietnam was still part of French Indochina. The French called the prison “Maison Centrale” which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for United States prisoners of war during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973. 16h00 - 16h30 Tour ends. Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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