Experience Hanoi cuisine such as egg coffee, Obama Bun Cha, Pho,...
Special water puppet art culture
Historical and cultural relics
Space and people of Hanoi city
You’ll start at Hanoi opera house - 8AM
Multiple pickup locations offered.
1. Tran Quoc Pagoda ( Chùa Trấn Quốc )
Stop duration : 30 minutes
Chùa Trấn Quốc (or Tran Quoc Pagoda) is located beside the dazzling West Lake, on Thanh Nien Road, Hanoi. Particularly, it is seated on an island linked by a bridge to the causeway between the two most romantic lakes of Hanoi: West Lake and Truc Bach Lake.
2. Ho Chi Minh Museum ( Bảo Tàng Hồ Chí MInh )
Stop duration : 120 minutes
Welcome to Ho Chi Minh Museum! President Ho Chi Minh - Vietnamese hero of national liberation and great man of culture. After he passed away on September 2nd 1969, in compliance with the Vietnamese people’s aspiration, the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Politburo decided to build the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Ho Chi Minh Museum. After 20 years of preparation and building, the Ho Chi Minh Museum was inaugurated on September 2nd 1990, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the President. Ho Chi Minh Museum has more than 170,000 documents, objects and films about President Ho Chi Minh’s life and revolutionary work. They are invaluable assets of the Vietnamese people in educating patriotism, studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thought and moral qualities; and encouraging the Vietnamese generations to succeed faithfully and excellently in his great revolutionary work.
3. Enjoy lunch with Vietnamese specialties.
Lunch will be your choice at a certain price.( Talk to our consultants for the best experience)
Stop duration : 120 minutes
4. Temple of Literature & National University ( Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám )
Stop duration : 60 minutes
Temple of Literature & National University was originally built as a university in 1070 dedicated to Confucius, scholars and sages, the building is extremely well preserved and is a superb example of traditional-style Vietnamese architecture. Visiting the Temple of Literature you will discover historic buildings from the Ly and Tran dynasties in a revered place that has seen thousands of doctors’ graduates in what has now become a memorial to education and literature.
5. Hoa Lo Prison ( Di tích nhà tù Hỏa Lò )
Stop duration : 60 minutes
Hoa Lo Prison – nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton”, the prison was used to house Vietnamese political prisoners, as well as French and American prisoners of war, and offers a fascinating and chilling glimpse of prison life. Most of the original prison was demolished in 1996 to make way for the Hanoi Towers (now Somerset Grand Hanoi) serviced apartment and office complex, but the southernmost corner has been preserved and reopened to the public as a memorial to the revolutionaries who died here in atrocious conditions. Visitors can view the original cells, complete with leg-irons, along with a selection of bilingual (Vietnamese and English) displays illustrating the horrors of life in the prison during the French colonial period.
6. Thang Long Water Puppet ( Múa rối nước Thăng Long )
Stop duration : 60 minutes
Experience the Best Local Art Show of Water Puppetry in 50 minutes for your own group with the Fixed Times of the show. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition. The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large bamboo rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.
You'll return to the starting point
The tour guide will assist you on your way home or you can continue exploring the area you just visited.
- Tour Guide
- Egg coffee and lunch are included
- Entry/Admission - Temple of Literature & National University
- Entry/Admission - Ho Chi Minh Museum
- Entry/Admission - Tran Quoc Pagoda
- Entry/Admission - Hoa Lo prison
- Entry/Admission - Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
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