Hanoi Trip Overview
Discover many of the famous sites in Hanoi in a day with a private-group setting that ensures personal service. Explore the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology before enjoying a cycle ride around Hanoi Old Quarters at the end of your tour. See the sights and uncover the culture that surrounds not only the sites, but the city itself.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam
Discover many of the famous sites in Hanoi in a day with a private-group setting that ensures personal service. Explore the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology before enjoying a cycle ride around Hanoi Old Quarters at the end of your tour. See the sights and uncover the culture that surrounds not only the sites, but the city itself.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Start your journey by traveling to the Ho Chi Minh Complex with a hotel pickup at 8am. Here you’ll see Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house and Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (closes on Monday and Friday morning. And closes during October), the final resting place of the beloved national hero. At 9:30am you’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, a group of structures that collectively make up the pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chua Tran Quoc, Thanh Nien, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Afterwards, explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of Hanoi’s West Lake
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Quan Thanh Temple, Thanh Nien Street Quan Thanh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Heading to visit the Quan Thanh Temple
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Enjoy lunch at a restaurant before moving on to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university and was dedicated to Confucius.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Street Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Continue to visit the Museum of Ethnology. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam including maps, displays and dioramas. Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony complete with videos of the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There’s also a center for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake), Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Finally, you’ll see Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake), the heart and soul of Hanoi including a visit to the Ngoc Son Temple.
Note: On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed
Duration: 30 minutes
