At 8:00 am, we pick you up from your hotel and start our trip. The first destination is Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. You also visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake. After that, we continue going to Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Vietnam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.
At 12:30 pm, you have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake - the heart and soul of Hanoi.
OPTION 1: TUE, THU, SAT, SUNDAY
You’ll stop at MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labeled in Vietnamese, French and English. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a center for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.
OPTION 2: MONDAY, WED, FRI
We will go to Bat Trang ceramic village which is about 20 km away from Ha Noi. This is pottery village with a half-milleary historic development.
From 3:30 pm, you will take the car coming back to your hotel. We finish unforgettable full day Hanoi Sightseeing and say farewell to each other.
Highlights
- Ho Chi Minh Complex
- One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda
- Temple of literature
- Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem lake)
- Museum of ethnology
- Bat Trang ceramic village
- Water Puppet Show/ Electric car/ Cyclo around Old Quarter (optional)
Is this a deal or an ad ? I can do all this for much less.