Had a tour with Thomas around Hanoi. Short, but very informative and fun! Would recommend to others :) learnt all about the different spiritualities, beliefs, and history of popular landmarks. Very good and relaxing experience! The coffee at the end is very nice, get the salted coffee!!
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What's Included
Includes
- All taxes & services charge
- A/C Transportation with pick-up and drop-off at the Old Quarter area.
- English speaking guide
- Entrance fee & Sightseeing tickets
- Bottle of water
Excludes
- Other beverages and meals
- Entrance ticket for Ho Chi Minh Museum or Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House
- Personal expenses
- Tip/ Gratuities (Optional)
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
The Chairman Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh) is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a large building located in the center of Ba Dinh Square, where Ho, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam from 1951 until his death in 1969, read the Declaration of Independence on 2 September 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It is also known as Ba Đình Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Ba Đình) and is open to the public. Note: The Mausoleum just opens in early morning, except Monday and Friday
It is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. The temple is located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. The various pavilions, halls, statues and stelae of doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict exams of the Đại Việt took place. The temple is featured on the back of the 100,000 Vitnamese đồng banknote
Hanoi Opera House is an architectural work in Hanoi City, Vietnam, serving art performances. The theater is located on the August Revolution Square, the head of Trang Tien Street, not far from Hoan Kiem Lake and the Vietnam History Museum. The construction was started by the French in 1901 and completed in 1911, following the form of the Opéra Garnier Theater in Paris but bearing smaller stature and using materials suitable for local climatic conditions.
Tran Quoc Pagoda located by Thanh Nien Road has a history of about 1400 years, which is the oldest temple in Thang Long – Hanoi in particular and in Vietnam in general.
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Short but full of knowledge, very good experience and fun all rolled up in one.
We chose this half day tour of Hanoi on our first full day in the city to help us get our bearings and to understand a little bit more about this city’s history. Our guide for the afternoon was Mac and he was excellent, very knowledgeable, kind and helpful. He made our afternoon really interesting and answered questions along the way. Would definitely recommend this tour as an introduction to some of the sights of the city. Thank you Mac.
Amazing tour, Thomas had great knowledge. Fantastic sights. Highly recommend.
Devin is really a nice and fluent English speaking tour guide. He is very knowledgeable, helpful and understand our personal needs (muslim travellers). Being a fluent English speaking guide is a plus point to him and the travel agent should keep him.
Great informative tour- thanks Thomas you were great!!!
Thomas is very good tourist guide . I learned a lot from Vietnamese history and culture . Sometimes is it so hard to understand their accent but Thomas has a perfect accent . Very knowledgeable about vietnam. Very respectful and has a good sense of humor
Thomas very pogi tour guide! Amazing tour guide! We learned a lot!
It was a fan and enjoying tour, with our handsome and humble tour guide sir Thomas🙏❤️
Amazing tour experience with our tour guide Thomas! He is really friendly and smart! He speaks english so well thats why we enjoyed the our so much!
We had an amazing experience on the Hanoi Half-Day City Tour and thoroughly enjoyed every moment. The itinerary was well-organized, informative, and covered some of the city’s most iconic attractions. A special thank you to Thomas, our guide, who was absolutely incredible—knowledgeable, engaging, friendly, and passionate about sharing Hanoi’s history and culture. His enthusiasm and attention to detail made the tour both enjoyable and memorable for our group. We highly recommend this tour, especially if you’re lucky enough to have Thomas as your guide!
Our tourist guide was very knowledgeable, friendly, and professional. They shared interesting facts and local insights that made the tour enjoyable and informative. Highly recommended for anyone looking to learn more about the area!
Excellent half-day tour of Hanoi! Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and very informative. We learned a lot about the city’s history and culture while visiting key attractions. The tour was well-paced and enjoyable. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Hanoi.
The tour is great. Thomas is very knowledgeable and accommodating. He explains every detail well. We'll book him again if given another chance.
Thomas is a very good guide 😊😊😊
An excellent tour to jumpstart my Vietnam Experience. Thank you so much! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I recommend it! And I recommend Thomas as a guide - he was stellar from A to Z. He made sure we could ask any questions and could bring the best Vietnamese stories you should know. Go for it!
Devin is a fantastic tour guide. He was very informative and had great knowledge of the city.
We had a wonderful and informative tour led by Pilko. It was a nice afternoon for our 3 generation travelling family.
My wife and I took this tour with Thomas, it was a great afternoon and Thomas was incredibly knowledgeable and fun. Would highly recommend this tour.
Pilko provided an excellent summary of the history surrounding the Temple of Literature!!!
Iris was a great guide and truly knowledgeable with all things. She also knew how to get the most out of the time we had plus helped me at the chemist and get money out of a free ATM.
We enjoyed a lot.. we got detailed information of History behind the place we visited
Had a great city tour with Pilko. So very knowledgeable and shared so much information about the city and country. The highlight had to be the train steeet, wow what an experience! We have a flattened coin we put in the track! We highly recommended the tour with Pilko!
We were with Walter He's amazing Had a very good day He showed us around. He has a very good attitude, he's polite.
We really made the most of our short tour time. Thomas, our guide, was super knowledgeable about all the places we went, really respectful, and communicated everything so well. The tour stops were planned perfectly, so every trip felt meaningful and no time wasted.
Stella was an absolutely fantastic tour arranger. She worked with us for nearly a year prior to our visit and made sure every detail was taken care of. She visited us in Hanoi and kept in touch the entire two weeks of our trip. I can’t say enough good about Stella‘s professionalism and creativity in planning a highly memorable and spectacular trip.
The experience was really good and Thomas was a great guide. Explained us everything in detail with small jokes around and that kept the vibe really fun.
the tour was very informative and the guide was so kind. we loved the tour so much and would love to do this tour again. the best!
Hi Thomas, you did an amazing job as a tour guide! I loved how you made everything interesting and fun—it really felt like we were on an adventure.
Thomas was an amazing and interesting guide. Tour was fascinating and fun. I highly recommend Thomas and this particular tour
Thomas was an amazing tour guide! He was so personable and so knowable Really enjoyed and I learned so much on the tour Don’t miss this tour!
The tour destinations were greatly curated to provide a wholistic overview of Hanoi. Along with a great tour guide, an interactive, informative, catered explanation and guidance was provided, enriching us with local cultural perspectives. Our tour guide Conor was very friendly and helpful, creating a great tour experience, would 100% recommend when visiting Hanoi.
The tour is so good we have a chance to know more about Vietnamese culture , he is very nice and we know more about Yin And Yang - We really enjoy that Guide Pilko- An
Our tour guide Pilko was very easy to talk to in English and made everyone feel comfortable right away. He was very relatable and friendly, which made the tour more enjoyable. The guide shared many interesting insights about the places we visited, not just facts but meaningful stories as well. Overall, it was a fun, informative, and memorable experience. Highly recommended!
My son and I had a great time on this tour, our guides and motorbike riders were Walter & Baron, they were very informative and they both knew there history on Hanoi, and also very safe riders, we would definitely recommend this tour and recommend that you ask for these 2 guys as they made our day even better. Thank you
what a great experience we had on this tour ! our tour guide Walter and Selena was very helpful and knowledgeable about our tour ! they made us feel comfortable and safe . they are very accomodating and we experienced a lot during half day tour ! the information they gave us was very interesting ! thank you we've seen a lot during that tour and it's perfect t for just a half day tour...
We had a great experience with kelvin. He was knowledgeable and well versed in all things Vietnam. I highly recommend him.
Got taken on the half day tour by Walter and Rose and it was lovely! We got picked up at our hotel and driven to the 5-6 of the most popular spots in Ha Noi. Our tour guides were so friendly and joyful. They offered to cater the tour to how we wanted it, as in whether we wanted to go into certain museums and attractions or spend more time or not at one area over another. We learned a lot of history and fun facts, and they took so many great photos of us. They even treated us to some egg coffee and coconut coffee. Then when we asked for a lunch recommendation they even brought us to a popular spot and helped us order (since my Vietnamese is so bad haha). We loved our time and really felt like we knew the city much better. Highly recommend!
Thomas was very friendly, informative during the tour. He is very energetic, have good knowledge about culture, history. We strongly recommend him.
Andrew was an exceptional tour guide who gave us so much extra information about Hanoi. We were so lucky to have him as our guide. This was our first time in Hanoi Noi and we look forward to visiting again. We fully endorse using Crossing Vietnam Tours.
Mac was knowledgeable, passionate and kind. We learned a ton! And enjoyed his company all afternoon.
Despite the very wet morning we had a thoroughly enjoyable trip. Harley was our trip guide who was excellent. He sent us confirmation of collection time the night before which we found reassuring. We thoroughly enjoyed the temple but the highlight of the day was the visit to Ho Chi Min burial site.
Andrew was great! He was very helpful in all ways. Very informative as well. Transport was smooth; it was raining the entire day but was thoughtful enough to lend us umbrellas.
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Lee was very knowledgeable about all of the sites we visited and took time to explain the culture and history for each place. It was very enjoyable.
Our tourguide was Thomas, and he learned us a lot about the places we visitied. He took the time and the tour didnt feel rushed. Very informative. Would recommend .
We had a truly amazing experience on this tour. Our guide was very friendly and easy to communicate with. He spoke excellent English and shared not only the most important facts, but also interesting stories that really brought the place to life. The tour was well-organized, and we visited all the key sights without feeling rushed. Everything was clear, informative, and enjoyable from start to finish. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone – it was definitely worth it!
Thank you for making our tour unforgettable, you were an amazing tour guide, so manageable and engaging, we learned so much and had fun.
We had a great time. Andrew is very accommodating and helpful. We appreciate his kindness all throughout the tour. We learned a lot about Hanoi.
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