Hanoi City Highlights Tour: Culture & History

5.0
(3 reviews)
Hanoi, Vietnam

1 day (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Hanoi City Tours is one of the most famous destinations of Vietnam. Hanoi capital owns its ancient beauty for a thousand years of development with many historical buildings mingling with scenic natural beauty. Traveling with BC Family Tour, the tourists will have the exciting experience to enjoying the various flavors of the most iconic dishes of Hanoi, or walk in bustling old quarter beholding its characteristic of an ancient capital city.

Highlights
- Sighseeing with a local guide
- Visit Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Museum, Presidential Palace, and Temple of Literature

What's Included

Bottled water
Vietnamese lunch
Lunch
Pick-up and drop-off by air-conditioned bus from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter
Professional English speaking guide
Travel insurance, tax
Drinks, tips & others not indicated in the package
Cyclo / water puppet ticket (optional with surcharge, please let us know in special requirements)

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
OR
Meeting point

If you stay outside Hanoi Old Quarters, please come to the meeting point: Hanoi Opera House.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 1 day (approximately)
  • 1
    Chua Tran Quoc

    07h45 - 8h15: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel in Hanoi old quarter area. 08h30: Visit The Tran Quoc Pagoda - the oldest pagoda in Hanoi, originally constructed in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De under Ly Dynasties.

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • 2

    09h15: Arrive Ho Chi Minh complex, The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh. You have chance to see the Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the Asia’s most unique piece of architecture.

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

    11h00: Visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, which focuses on the 54 officially recognized ethnic group in Vietnam. Note: The Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on every Monday. 12h30-12h45: Have lunch with Vietnamese cuisine at our restaurant

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Temple of Literature & National University

    13h45-14h00: The next destination to explore Hanoi City today is 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.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 5
    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.

    2 hours Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • THING YOU TAKE:
  • Long sleeve clothes, a hat or an umbrella, sunscreen, sunglasses, cash
Supplied by BCFamilyTour.com

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Overnight Tours
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Cultural Tours
City Tours
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Cancellation Policy

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

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