Ba Đình Trip Overview
Vietnam is famously known as the nation with a lengthy history of resistance
wars against oversea invaders. If you are a history lover, Hanoi War Sites Tour
should be on your must-see checklist.
This scenic tour will provide you an insight right into the period of the
Vietnamese Battles and its consequences. Our visiting sites will certainly be
the Hoa Lo Prison and Vietnam Military History Museum. Let’s dive in!
Can’t wait to see you.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Ba Đình, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Vietnam is famously known as the nation with a lengthy history of resistance
wars against oversea invaders. If you are a history lover, Hanoi War Sites Tour
should be on your must-see checklist.
This scenic tour will provide you an insight right into the period of the
Vietnamese Battles and its consequences. Our visiting sites will certainly be
the Hoa Lo Prison and Vietnam Military History Museum. Let’s dive in!
Can’t wait to see you.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Vietnam Military History Museum, 28A Dien Bien Phu St., Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Our first and foremost visiting destination is Vietnam Military History Museum. Established in 1956, this is the very first Vietnamese gallery regarding armed
forces, particularly about the Communist Party and People’s Army of
Vietnam. There are hundreds of artifacts like tanks, weapons as well as
aircraft wreckage.
The gallery not only enlightens Vietnamese people about their own patriotic
tradition but also supplies tourists with an insight into the hardships of
Vietnam via a lengthy history of the battles against the French, American and
Chinese army.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hoa Lo Prison, 1 Hoa Lo St Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Later, to continue our Hanoi War Sites Walking tour, we take a look to
discover Hoa Lo prison. Hoa Lo Prison which was formerly called “Hanoi Hilton” by the American
prisoners. Lots of Vietnamese revolutionaries such as political prisoners as
well as patriots against the French colonial Federal government were
captured right here. Throughout the Vietnam War period, American
detainees were kept in this jail.
French colonialists constructed this main prison of both Central and Tonkin in
suburb in 1896. The French name of Hoa Lo prison back then was Maison
Centrale. Its Vietnamese name was Nguc That Hanoi (Hanoi dungeon).
Its original area was more than 12000 square meters nut now it remains only
more than 2000. In the 1980s, the contemporary authority demolished the
whole complex but they kept the gatehouse as a sort of museum dedicated
to resembling the wartime
Exhibits at Hoa Lo Jail concentrate on the French colonial age consisting of
the guillotine chamber. The original device with a hefty blade that slides
down a wood framework is kept in the jail.
This is, of course, a best-chosen destination in Hanoi War Sites Walking Tour.
At this museum, you can obtain a deeper understanding right into the
difficulties of the Vietnamese throughout the battle period and the secrets
behind the victory over French and American.
Duration: 1 hour
