Inclusion:
– English speaking guide
– 2 bottles of water (500ml each)
– 40 min cyclo ride
– Entrance tickets to Hoa Lo prison, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Temple of Literature
– Food tour (3 dishes)
Itineary (The tour is customized to suit your schedule)
We will pick you up from your hotel. In the morning, we will visit:
Visit the Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and Stilt house – Where the great leader lived and worked until the last years of his life. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about Uncle Ho’s simple life. In addition, stop by One Pillar Pagoda to admire one of the 4 symbols of Hanoi.
Note: with departure days which Mausoleum Management Board will carry out maintenance of the mausoleum, you will visit only outside of Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, stilt house and One Pillar Pagoda.
Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam – The Imperial Academy – the first university in Vietnam. Literature lake, Khue Van Pavilion, stele house… are valuable highlight objects that you cannot ignore. The tour guide will tell you about of 82 doctor stele stones with names of 1306 people standing until nowadays
Noon: Eat local lunch
Afternoon: We will visit:
Hỏa Lò Prison: It is a former prison located in Hanoi Vietnam, also called Central House or ironically Hanoi Hilton. It was built when Indochina was an integral part of the French Empire. Partly destroyed in 1990, it is now a museum.
Then, you will visit Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword lake) on a cyclo – center of Hanoi with Turtle tower, Ngoc Son Temple, furthermore, you could discover the Vietnamese traditional and French colonial architecture through buildings surrounding the lake. You will also enjoy 2 to 3 street foods here.
End of Hanoi City tour, the car will take you back to the hotel or you can buy water puppet show… at your own expense. (performance schedule may change depending on the specific period).