Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
Make like a local and experience Saigon ( Ho Chi Minh City ) using your own two feet and from the seat of a cyclo! With a combination of foot power and pedal power, you’ll see the classic sights and quintessential markets of Saigon like you’ve never seen them before!
Our cyclo tour, arranged by Cyclo Travel & Leisure, takes us past the Reunification Palace, previously referred to as the Presidential Palace.
Now it’s time for some fun! From the museum, we’ll embark on a cyclo tour of Saigon, rolling around the city on a traditional three-wheeled bicycle with a carriage at the front for passengers. Drivers use pedal power to push us along, and gives us the opportunity to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of Saigon without the barrier of being trapped behind a car window .
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Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam
Make like a local and experience Saigon ( Ho Chi Minh City ) using your own two feet and from the seat of a cyclo! With a combination of foot power and pedal power, you’ll see the classic sights and quintessential markets of Saigon like you’ve never seen them before!
Our cyclo tour, arranged by Cyclo Travel & Leisure, takes us past the Reunification Palace, previously referred to as the Presidential Palace.
Now it’s time for some fun! From the museum, we’ll embark on a cyclo tour of Saigon, rolling around the city on a traditional three-wheeled bicycle with a carriage at the front for passengers. Drivers use pedal power to push us along, and gives us the opportunity to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of Saigon without the barrier of being trapped behind a car window .
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ben Thanh Market, Le Loi, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 is a great place to buy local handicrafts, branded goods, Vietnamese art and other souvenirs. Here, you’ll find eating stalls inside the market where you can get a taste of hawker-style Vietnamese cuisine or simply cool off with a cold drink when the bargaining becomes too much.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Central Post Office, 125 Hai Ba Trung, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam
The Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh is a beautifully preserved remnant of French colonial times and perhaps the grandest post office in all of Southeast Asia. Located next door to Notre Dame Cathedral, the two cultural sites can be visited together and offers visitors a chance to imagine life in Vietnam during the times of the Indochinese Empire. The building was designed by Alfred Foulhoux and features arched windows and wooden shutters, just as it would have in its heyday in the late 19th Century.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, 01 Cong xa Paris Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the late 1880s by French colonists, is one of the few remaining strongholds of Catholicism in the largely Buddhist Vietnam. Located in Paris Square, the name Notre Dame was given after the installation of the statue ‘Peaceful Notre Dame’ in 1959.
In 1962, the Vatican conferred the Cathedral status as a basilica and gave it the official name of Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica. Measuring almost 60 metres in height, the cathedral’s distinctive neo-Romanesque features include the all-red brick façade (which were imported from Marseille), stained glass windows, two bell towers containing six bronze bells that still ring to this day, and a peaceful garden setting in the middle of downtown Ho Chi Minh City District 1.
Duration: 20 minutes
