Duration: Full day City Tour
Operation: Daily departure
Tour type: Joint group
Highlight of tour: Ho Chi Minh mausoleum – Temple of literature – Ethnology museum – Hoan Kiem Lake – Old quarter – Water puppet show.

Price: 25 USD
Tour code: VNET-HN-001B
Contact: (+84) 988-529-949
Email: info@vietnam-easytravel.com

Detailed tour itinerary

AM: Getting started from your hotel at 8.30 AM, driving to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the Vietnamese great father or uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt House – where he lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, the next place to move to is One Pillar Pagoda – a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake. Leave One Pillar Pagoda and transfer to West Lake, visit Tran Quoc pagoda. Having lunch.



PM: After lunch, you will be transferred to visit the Temple of literature. Continue to visit Museum of Ethnology – the most interesting museum in Hanoi with many different things relating the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. After that, you will visit Hoan Kiem Lake (Restore Sword Lake). The last place of the tour is taking a walk for few minutes to visit the old quarter of
Hanoi, then will enjoy watching water puppet show and coming back hotel at 6.30 PM.

Included tour services:
Car / Van, tour guide, lunch, entrance fee (s), water puppet show

Deluxe Tour
Hanoi City Tour full day

Duration: Full day City Tour
Operation: Daily departure
Tour type: private
Highlight of tour: Ho Chi Minh mausoleum – One Pillar pagoda - Temple of literature – Ethnology museum – Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword lake) and Ngoc Son temple – Old quarter such as Hang Bac (Silver Street), Hang Gai (Silk Street), Hang Tre (Bamboo Street) etc… – Water puppet show.

Price: from 51 USD
Tour code: VNET-HN-002A
Contact: (+84) 988-529-949
Email: info@vietnam-easytravel.com

8.00: Tourguide & Car pick up at hotel to take part in Hanoi City Tour, firstly visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his house on stilt, the botanical garden and the Presidential palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities. This used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked until he passed away in1969.
On the way out visit One Pillar pagoda. The pagoda was constructed in 1049 by King Ly Thai Tong according to his dream of Bodhisattva seating on a lotus flower and led him to the pagoda. In 1954, the pagoda was destroyed by the French before their withdrawer. After taking over the city on October 10th 1954, Vietnam Ministry of Culture restored the pagoda. The pagoda of today remains since this restoration.

Around 10.30, arriving at the Temple of Literature. This is the combination of the Confucius Temple worshiping Confucius which was built in 1070 and the first Royal National university in Vietnam built 6 years later in 1076. Considered as “an escape” from the bustling city, this temple and its beautiful garden provide an opportunity to learn more about education in Vietnam since 1000 years ago until recent history.
12.00 lunch time in local Restaurant with local Vietnamese traditional Cuisines
13.00 continue to visit the interesting Ethnology Museum. Located west of the city centre, this museum offer informative and well-documented display on the country’s 54 ethnic groups, include elaborate and colorful hill-tribe costumes, weaving designs, musical instruments, fishing implements, work tools and other functional objects. The display continues on to the garden outside with fascinating examples of minority housing from the King’s to the ones of the ethnic groups in Central Highlands.
15.30 visit Hoan Kiem lake (Restored Sword lake) and Ngoc Son temple. Situated in the heart of Hanoi, the lake got its name according to a legend story. In the 15th century during the Ming Chinese invasion, general Le Loi was presented with a holy sword. With the help of this sword he expelled the Chinese from Thang Long, present-day of Hanoi and proclaimed himself as king Le Thai To. One day, when the king was sailing on the lake, suddenly a golden turtle emerged from the water and claimed back the sword which has been believed given to him by God. Since then, the lake has been known as Ho Hoan Kiem or the lake of the Restored Sword.
On as island at the northern part of the lake stands Ngoc Son or Jade Mountain temple, one of the most beautiful and religious site in the capital. The temple was established by a mandarin named Nguyen Van Sieu and is dedicated to the spirits of the soil, medicine, literature, and also to Tran Hung Dao, the general who defeated the Mongols in the 13th century.
16.15 take the 1hour-cyclo tour around the Old quarter through its streets which are named after the guilds that used to represent such as Hang Bac (Silver Street), Hang Gai (Silk Street), Hang Tre (Bamboo Street) etc…
17.15 The amazing time for Water Puppet Show!
18.10 Return to hotel. The Trip ends!

Group size	1	2-3	4-6	7-9	10-up
Price Per Person	83 USD	51 USD	40 USD	32 USD	30 USD

Trip inclusive:
Private Car pick up from hotel around Hanoi City Tour & finish at hotel.
English/French speaking Tour Guide
Entrance fees & sightseeing tickets
Lunch in local restaurant with local Vietnamese traditional Cuisines
Water Puppet Show
Visiting Hanoi Old Quarter by Cyclo.
All taxes & services charge.

By A/C BUS (Joint-Group Tour) = $11 /person; 

half day = $8 /person

Hué - former capital city (1802-1945) - the city that attracts millions of visitors every year due to its identity, culture, natural landscape and unique architecture including the Old Citadel, the Perfume river, Royal Tombs, Buddhist pagodas and many traditional handicraft villages has been struggled for becoming the first Festival City in Vietnam in the coming years!



AM
08:30 Pick up at your hotel

- Minh Mang tomb: Said to be the most majestic of all of the Royal Tombs. Renowned for its architecture, which harmoniously blends into the nature surroundings.
- Khai Dinh tomb: unlike Hue’s other tombs, being a synthesis of Vietnamese and European elements. Even the stone faces of the mandarin honour guards are endowed with a mixture of Vietnamese and European features.

- Poetic conical hat and incenses stick making village: learning the traditional career of local people here and you can buy some for souvenirs…

- Tu Duc tomb: Tu Duc, the longest ruler for 36 years, designed the exquisitely harmonious tomb, which was constructed between 1864 and 1867, for use both before and after his death.

12h00: Back to the city to enjoy Vietnamese food (having lunch and end half day tour at 13h00)

PM:
- Visit the Imperial City of Hue Citadel
Walk to see the 9 Holy Cannons, the tallest flag pole of Vietnam (37m-hight), Ngo Mon gate where Bao Dai of Nguyen dynasty abdicated in August 1945, Thai Hoa palace ( Palace of Supreme Hamony), Hall of the Mandarins, the ruins of Forbidden Purple city and the worship temples of the Emperors…

- Thien Mu pagoda (400 years old): built on a hillock overlooking the Perfume river, this pagoda is an icon of Vietnam and the symbol of Hue city.

Cruise the beautiful Perfume river by dragon boat to see daily life along the way and enjoy sunset on the river

16:00 End tour. Thanks