In the morning
From 7:00 to 7:15 am, picking you up at hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter & taking 1,5 hour – drive to Incense Village Quang Phu Cau, there, you can see the process that the artisans make the incense with beautiful color and dry them under the sun and making the best photos ever.
Before 11:30 am, you will be at Train Street to get ready for taking photos/videos of the train coming back to Hanoi Railway station. This is the most expected part of the trip. Then you have lunch there. You will taste the well-known dishes of Hanoi as Bun Cha & Banh Mi on the street restaurant by the train street.
If you join half day tour, tour guide says goodbye to you at hotel.
In the afternoon
Visiting Hoa Lo Prison which is known as Maison Centrale in Hanoi or the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ which housed Vietnamese revolutionaries & American POW during the Vietnam War, then Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam in The 10th Century, learn more about Confucianism and Viet Nam traditional education with Khue Van Pavilion and Doctor Stelas on turtle’s back, visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (visit the outside of the mausoleum), Ba Dinh Square where president Ho Chi Minh declared Independence of Vietnam on September 2nd, 1945. Driving to West Lake to visit the most ancient pagoda Tran Quoc which was built in 528 to understand about Buddhism in Vietnam.
Tour ends with special Egg coffee that you never try before.
17:30 Dropping you off at your hotels or meeting point. Trip ends.
Useful Info
- We do not go inside Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, you can wear casual clothes.
- The itinerary can be changed due to weather. Quang Phu Cau Incense village could be changed into Bat Trang Pottery Village
- If you are a vegetarian, please inform us as soon as you make the reservation to well prepare.
