Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
Take a ride through Ho Chi Minh City the most traditional way – by cyclo (pedicab)! Relax and take in the sights as your driver trundles along the streets of China Town and you experience the pre-war Sai Gon on this 3-hour tour. Get an immersion into local life; learn about traditional Chinese medicine, and visit an ancient Chinese temple.
Highlights:
– Take a relaxing cyclo (pedicab) ride through the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City to visit the famous China Town
– Visit shops selling traditional Chinese products
– Learn about Chinese herb medicine
– Wander around one of the oldest Chinese temples dedicated to the goddess of the sea – Lady Thien Hau
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam
Take a ride through Ho Chi Minh City the most traditional way – by cyclo (pedicab)! Relax and take in the sights as your driver trundles along the streets of China Town and you experience the pre-war Sai Gon on this 3-hour tour. Get an immersion into local life; learn about traditional Chinese medicine, and visit an ancient Chinese temple.
Highlights:
– Take a relaxing cyclo (pedicab) ride through the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City to visit the famous China Town
– Visit shops selling traditional Chinese products
– Learn about Chinese herb medicine
– Wander around one of the oldest Chinese temples dedicated to the goddess of the sea – Lady Thien Hau
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Ba Thien Hau Temple, 710 Nguyen Trai Cho Lon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
The tour will begin with a ride to the Lady Thien Hau Temple. This temple, built to worship Lady Thien Hau (the goddess of the sea), is one of the most interesting and ancient temples in the China Town area. Thien Hau is the Vietnamese transcription of the Chinese name Tianhou (“Empress of Heaven”), an epithet of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu, the deified form of Lin Moniang, a medieval Fujianese girl credited with saving one or some of her family members from harm during a typhoon through her spiritual power
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Chinatown (Cho Lon) – District 5, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
After visiting the temple, you will relax on cyclo (pedicab) going around China Town and visiting some local shops, where you can find many traditional Chinese products including medicinal herbs and clothing. China Town is an interesting place to see classical Chinese architecture reminiscent of years gone by with plenty of Chinese restaurants
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Nha Tho Cha Tam (Cha Tam Church), 25 Hoc Lac Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam
We then visit Cha Tam Church (or Saint Francis Xavier Parish Church), is the first church for the Catholic parishioners of the local Chinese community in Ho Chi Minh City
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Binh Tay Market, 57 Thap Muoi, Ward 2, District 6, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
Last stop is Binh Tay Market, constructed by the French in the 1880s, is located in the centre of Vietnam’s largest China Town district.
Duration: 1 hour
