Hoàn Kiếm Trip Overview
You can choose:
Option 1: Small Group Food Tour & Free Old Quarter Walking Tour (6 hours) – Include 2 tours:
1. Small Group Food Tour
– Type of tour: Small group (6 – 8pax)
– Guide: Professional
2. Free Old Quarter Tour:
– Duration: 2,5 – 3 hours
– Type of tour: Private
– Guide: Volunteer guide
– Note: You will only pay what you try (about 2,1 usd/person)
[RECOMMENDATION] Option 2: Small Group Food Tour & Free Old Quarter Walking Tour & Water Puppet Show (7 hours) – Include 3 Services:
1. Small Group Food
– Duration: 2,5 – 3 hours
– Type of tour: Small group (6 – 8pax)
– Guide: Professional
2. Free Old Quarter Tour:
– Type of tour: Private
– Guide: Volunteer guide
– Note: You will only pay what you try (about 2,1 usd/person)
3. Water Puppet Show
– Duration: 50 minutes
– Theater: Lotus Water Puppet Theater (16 Le Thai To, Hoan Kiem)
Additional Info
Duration: 3 to 7 hours
Starts: Hoàn Kiếm, Vietnam
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
You can choose:
Option 1: Small Group Food Tour & Free Old Quarter Walking Tour (6 hours) – Include 2 tours:
1. Small Group Food Tour
– Type of tour: Small group (6 – 8pax)
– Guide: Professional
2. Free Old Quarter Tour:
– Duration: 2,5 – 3 hours
– Type of tour: Private
– Guide: Volunteer guide
– Note: You will only pay what you try (about 2,1 usd/person)
[RECOMMENDATION] Option 2: Small Group Food Tour & Free Old Quarter Walking Tour & Water Puppet Show (7 hours) – Include 3 Services:
1. Small Group Food
– Duration: 2,5 – 3 hours
– Type of tour: Small group (6 – 8pax)
– Guide: Professional
2. Free Old Quarter Tour:
– Type of tour: Private
– Guide: Volunteer guide
– Note: You will only pay what you try (about 2,1 usd/person)
3. Water Puppet Show
– Duration: 50 minutes
– Theater: Lotus Water Puppet Theater (16 Le Thai To, Hoan Kiem)
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake), Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Let an expert lead the way to the best food stands or local restaurants in Hanoi Old Quarter. While filling up on the flavors that made Hanoi one of the world best destination for hungry travelers, you’ll also learn more about the culture, history…
+ Enjoy the real local street foods with a local guide
+ Learn how to grab food, how to make food like a local
+ Relax and have fun with locals by sharing local tips
+ Reasonably customizing your tour
Beside the attraction of the street food in Hanoi, water puppet show is one of must-do things here. The unique puppetry performance is done on the water, accompanied by storytelling and music. You seem to be excited about it, don’t you?
How about a walking tour with volunteer students to discover Old quarter where is widely known with its ancient beauty? Let’s go to visit Hanoi ancient house, traditional market or historical bridge, etc. I am sure that it will be amazing experience for you.
Our tours are customized according to tourists’ schedule. In some case, tourists have visited some places, we recommend other sites to help tourists discover every corner in Hanoi. When it comes to time, supposed that tourists have landed in Hanoi at 9am and they want to take Street food tours or city tours at 10 am, we are glad to provide customized tours. Here are out-standing destinations in Hanoi that you should pay a visit to and traditional foods you should taste.
We make a short conversation to discuss tour’s itinerary which depends on tourists’ schedule.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Our tour will continue with Hanoi Old Quarter with 36 bustling streets. Wandering around the narrow alleys of Hanoi Old Quarter, tourists can see many ancient houses preserving their original charm since 19th century. Enjoy a cup of egg coffee, a specialty of Hanoi. Egg coffee is a perfect combination of dark coffee and fat egg.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient House, 87 Ma May Street Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The next destination in our trip is Ancient House, This house in the Old Quarter was restored in 1999, as an example of an ancient Hanoian home. It represents the architecture of the Old Quarter, and is decorated to reflect ancient houses of Hanoi.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Long Bien Bridge, Tran Nhat Duat Street, Hanoi Vietnam
The Long Bien bridge across the Red River connects Hanoi with the main port of Haiphong. Designed by Gustave Eiffel, the bridge sustained significant damage during the Vietnam War. Only half of the bridge retains its original shape, but a rebuilding project supported by the French government is currently in progress to restore the bridge to its original appearance.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dong Xuan Market, Dong Xuan and Hang Chieu Sts., Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Dong Xuan market was constructed in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, only 600meters north of Hoàn Kiếm Lake. The covered area of the market was about 6.500 m² with a large roof of corrugated galvanised iron supplied by the French contractor Poinsard Veyret. The most recognizable feature of the market was the 5-arch entrance corresponding to Dong Xuan Market’s five domes, each dome was measured 19 meters in height and 25 meters in width.
Nowadays, the market is run by the Đồng Xuân Shareholding Company, its three stories are divided in stalls for wholesale and small traders who sell clothes or household goods, foodstuffs of every kind from fresh vegetables to Vietnamese dishes are also found at the rear of the market.
Duration: 30 minutes
