Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
We will meet you at your accommodation with warm greeting, put on helmet, instruct you on safety notice and start our adventure:
1. LOCAL WET MARKET: walk around the market to see how people sell and buy their groceries and fresh ingredients for their meals.
2. OLD APARTMENT AREA: we will walk deep to the alleys and places that people live and make money for their life.
3. TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS PAGODA: then will visit a great designed pagoda by dragons and ten thousand Buddha.
4. MONUMENT OF THE MONK WHO BURNED HIMSELF TO DEATH: The story of a hero
5. LOCAL LIFE THROUGH THE BACK ALLEYS
7. COLORFUL WHOLE FLOWER MARKET
8. LOCAL COFFEE SHOP (day tour) or FOOD EATERIES (night tour)
*For the night option: We will do sight seeing in the local places and also do some food tastings in street food area hidden in the back alleys serving the best foods in town. 3 best street foods and 2 drinks are included in our price.
Additional Info
Duration: 180 to 210 minutes
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Vespa, Scooter & Moped Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam
We will meet you at your accommodation with warm greeting, put on helmet, instruct you on safety notice and start our adventure:
1. LOCAL WET MARKET: walk around the market to see how people sell and buy their groceries and fresh ingredients for their meals.
2. OLD APARTMENT AREA: we will walk deep to the alleys and places that people live and make money for their life.
3. TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS PAGODA: then will visit a great designed pagoda by dragons and ten thousand Buddha.
4. MONUMENT OF THE MONK WHO BURNED HIMSELF TO DEATH: The story of a hero
5. LOCAL LIFE THROUGH THE BACK ALLEYS
7. COLORFUL WHOLE FLOWER MARKET
8. LOCAL COFFEE SHOP (day tour) or FOOD EATERIES (night tour)
*For the night option: We will do sight seeing in the local places and also do some food tastings in street food area hidden in the back alleys serving the best foods in town. 3 best street foods and 2 drinks are included in our price.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Saigon Back Alley Tours, 200/25A Xom Chieu Street, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
After warm greeting with our friendly guide, we will put on your helmet. then start the adventure.
Our first stop is at a hero monument – the monk Thich Quang Duc who burnt himself during the Vietnam War. You will learn more about the history of the city and the very hard time of the local people during the war.
Next is the time to explore the local life, you may be the only tourists there. We will walk together through Old Apartment Area – beautiful old part of the town and the colorful wholesale Flower Market, get refreshed with local sugarcane juice or a fresh coconut. Your guide will explain for you about local life and how people lives, has fun and makes a living.
Continue your adventure by motorbike through the back alley of Saigon through District 10, 5 and 4, see and learn more about local life through the slum area, and wet markets.
We next go to visit District 5, a part of the china town. on our motorbike you will see the markets and local life of a strong community and neighborhood connection. After stopping at a pagoda, You will be amazed when you see the most beautiful Buddha pagoda in town with ten thousand Buddha statues and beautiful detailed design.
The last stop is at a local coffee shop, the guide will introduce you the art to make the best coffee in the world – Vietnamese coffee. You will enjoy the best Vietnamese coffee while getting to know more about each other, our life as local university students and yours.
Hightlights:
• Old Apartment Area,
• Wholesale Flower market,
• Local wet market
• Thich Quang Duc monument – the famous here burning monk
• Amazing alleyway system of the city.
• Try the best Vietnamese coffee
• Thousand Buddha pagoda.
*For the night option: We will do sight seeing in the local places and also do some food tastings in street food area hidden in the back alleys serving the best foods in town. 3 best street foods and 2 drinks are included in our price.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Chua Van Phat – Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas, 66 Nghia Thuc Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam
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Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ho Thi Ky Flower Market, Ho Thi Ky Ward 1, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
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Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument, Corner of Cach Mang Thang Tam & Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam
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Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Ban Co Market, 664 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ward 3, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
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