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About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Tea (or egg coffer) on the train street
- Lunch (Rice noodle soup with with or checken)
- Private transfer whole trip (air-conditioned vehicle)
- English speaking guide; Entrance tickets
Excludes
- Drinks during lunch
- Tips/gratuties
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- This private offer hotel pickup so you please be ready 5 minutes before pickup time and wait at your hotel lobby. In case you do not need hotel pickup, please go to the meeting point (Hanoi Opera House) to meet our tour guide and the vehicle join or WhatsApp the local tour operator for further support.
Itinerary
After you get picked up, the tour guide and the vehicle will take you here for the first place called Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (open only in morning time 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM and close on Monday & Friday weekly). It is the final resting place of Ho Chi Minh, the most iconic and popular leader of Vietnam, known to his people as ‘Uncle Ho’. His body is preserved here in a glass case at the mausoleum (albeit against his wishes). Started in 1973, the construction of the mausoleum was modeled on Lenin's mausoleum in Russia and was first open to the public in 1975. Security is tight and visitors should dress with respect (no shorts, sleeveless shirts and miniskirts) and everyone has to deposit their bags and cameras before getting in. PLEASE NOTE that the mausoleum is closed from June 10 to August 12 yearly for maintenance.
On program we will also visit One Pillar Pagoda where people worship the goddess of Mercy. Legend claims that The One Pillar Pagoda was built following a dream by the fatherless emperor in which the enlightened being Avalokiteshvara gave him a baby son resting on a lotus flower. Emperor Ly Thai Tong commissioned the pagoda to be created in resemblance of this lotus flower which is also the Buddhist symbol of enlightenment. The Emperor remained in gratitude to the bodhisattva and subsequently to to Quan Am, the Goddess of Mercy following the birth of his son. Inside the temple a richly gilded statue of Quan Am takes centre place at the main altar. Today, the concrete pillar that supports the tiny wooden pagoda is a replacement for the original one which was blown up by the departing French, it remains unclear how much of the wooden temple is the original one.
Visiting Hanoi Train Street in Hanoi is one of the Best Things To Do to learn and explore Hanoi local life. Rather than being a normal road with car or motorbike traffic, it has actual real railway lines running through it. Nestled in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, this narrow alley attracts travelers hoping to snap a picture on the active train track, and even catch a train whizz by! This alley is actually a residential area - many locals have converted their houses into quaint little cafes where you can sip on traditional egg coffee. It is a very wonderful experience once visting Hanoi city.
tart your first visit at Hanoi’s oldest pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda. Constructed during the 6th century under Emperor Ly Nam Đe, this over 1,500-year-old landmark is steeped in history and spiritual significance, located on the tranquil West Lake
Visitors to Quang Phu Cau incense village will get the chance to learn about the technique of making incense sticks traditionally and snap a ton of original check-in photographs. It is not difficult to find a great angle for a nice picture. If you finish this village without taking photos, then you haven't gone to this destination at all. Additionally, you also get to know the bustling lifestyle of the locals since you first arrived at the incense village: how villagers make incense sticks for a living, the process of production (Tour guide will explain the manufacturing process of the incense sticks in detail). The incense in this Hanoi incense village is particularly lovely and exceptional because it is red and yellow, the auspicious colors of the East. So many local and international photographers have used this town as a location for photo shoots for many years because it naturally has already a perfect background.
Visit Long Bien Station & Long Bien Bridge Step back in time at Long Bien Station, one of Hanoi’s oldest railway stations, before taking a stroll across the historic Long Bien Bridge. Built during the French colonial era, this iconic bridge offers stunning views of the Red River and a glimpse into Hanoi’s past. A perfect spot for photography and local life encounters.
St. Joseph’s Cathedral (JOSEP) The tour contine with a quick look to this striking neo-Gothic church, often compared to Notre-Dame de Paris, nestled in the heart of the Old Quarter. You just have a chance to shot picture and visit the outside of the building.
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We had a great day exploring the city of Hanoi. You get to attend some really interesting museums and landmarks and learn about the history of Hanoi. Our tour guide was super informative. Would recommend to anyone looking to do a tour of the city.
Wednesday April 5th US $ 40 : Too political ! The preformed guide explained to the english speaking group that the 2nd foreign language taught in Vietnam was not french as the group said but english ! ah ah ah . Our guide who was so proud to have got the possibility to study english thank to communist party told us that at his place a small shrine was dedicated to his ancestors and a second one to uncle Ho who was a bachelor only devoted to the cause of communism. Of course when visiting the french quarter he did not mention neither the wide tree lined boulevards , nor the opera house, the elegant district surrounding Hoan Kiem lake and the famous street trainwas ignored ... But everything you wanted to know about the misdeeds performed by the French colonialists during Indochina war you could gazez at " La Maison centrale " . So bad when it was run by VN PC that it was called Hanoi Hilton by John Mac Cain and his US fellows pilots and prisoners. SABENA ( Such a bad experience never again! )
Overall, this tour was a lot of fun and went very smoothly. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and explained the history of the sites really well, while also giving us additional context on the bus between stops. Tour went along as planned and was a great way to spend a day seeing some highlights of Hanoi.
I had a wonderful and unforgettable experience. The tour guide explained very well the history and culture of Vietnam. The tour guide is very friendly, and he guided us very well. And I enjoyed the company of other tourist. I am very satisfied. I had a great memories with them(tour guide and co-tourist). Good Job!
Very nice tour of Hanoi! Highly recommended! These guys are very accomodating, thanks to Lee the tour guide. We came to Hanoi on business and had nothing to do in between so we booked this day tour and it surely met our expectations! Will certainly be going back to Hanoi! - With love from the Philippines
Really enjoyed this tour. Very informative and enjoyed the sites we went to. Favorite was art using lacquer.
We booked this tour online and we had nice time un Hanoi. Our guide was professional, informative. He gave us lots of information about Hanoi, Vietnam culture & people. The lunch was also very good. We were happy and definitely recommend this tour to others
I had a great experience of Hanoi City Day Trip with this travel company. Our small group tour visited most of famous places recommended in guidebook of Hanoi. Our guide was so professional, informative. The lunch was nice. I absolutely recommend this tour for those who have only a short time in Hanoi.
We had wonderful experience small group tour. The guide was an excellent, knowlegeable tour guide. The tour itself was great. We visited most famous sites as recommended by travellers. Lunch was great. Thank you so much!
Our Full day city tour was really nice and well organized. It was amazing experience led by professtionla tour guide Mr. Doanh. Lunch was reall delicous, we saw many historical places, explained carefulmy by the guide. I really recommend all to have this tour.
Chuong was very patient and explained all the details of the places we visited. He got very good historical knowledge of Vietnam. The weather was too humid and it rained couple of times. Other than that he took good care of the entire group.
Very well organized and timely conducted, easy to approach and book the tour, guide is pretty good and nice to speak to
The tour was a very informative tour giving a lot of information on Hanoi and the Vietnamese people. Really great, would do again.
Very nice n good service been offered at a genuine price. The guide was well knowledgeable and updated us abput every place we visited.
The famous Ngoc Son Temple + Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake) IN THE PHOTO are not included and moreover they are very RUDE... on the part of Paradise Indochina Travel they continue to write to me preventing me from writing the negative review and it is not correct... THE REVIEWS ARE REAL AND FREE!!!! Continuing to write that we don't know how to read leads to nothing... we are 4 graduates and we still know how to read and write... Apologizing could have been the only intelligent solution.... I hope this overbearing attitude ends here otherwise we will also ask for a refund upon our return….
Escursione abbastanza modificata dalla realtà… Sul finale avevamo il famoso Ngoc Son Temple Il tempio di Ngoc Son da vedere e anche Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake) …( foto in copertina per pubblicità escursione ) invece sono stati completamente sostituiti dalla guida facendo la visita alla vecchia prigione…. senza neanche chiedere o informare i clienti del tour… abbiamo girato il mondo facendo migliaia di escursioni ma non ci era ancora capitata una situazione del genere….
The tour is very well organised, they came to pick me up at the hotel with the minibus and then we saw the first attractions, a typical Vietnamese lunch and in the afternoon we visited again... everything was perfect, the guide was friendly and competent... highly recommended.
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