Quận 1 Trip Overview
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Ice coffee with sweet condensed milk
• Thien Hau Temple
• Central Post Office
• Notre-Dame Cathedral
• Colorful flower market
• Textile material street market
• Wedding service street market
• Motorbike spare part street market
• China Town in District 5
• War Remnant Museum
• Reunification Palace ( photo stop outside )
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Quận 1, Vietnam
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Ice coffee with sweet condensed milk
• Thien Hau Temple
• Central Post Office
• Notre-Dame Cathedral
• Colorful flower market
• Textile material street market
• Wedding service street market
• Motorbike spare part street market
• China Town in District 5
• War Remnant Museum
• Reunification Palace ( photo stop outside )
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: War Remnants Museum, 28 Vo Van Tan Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
You will be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. Joining “Saigon Highlights Tour” is the best way to discover Ho Chi Minh City. Sitting behind a motorbike, you will be taken around the city for admiring its beauty.
First of all, you will be taken by a motorbike to visit “Thien Hau Temple” which was built in 1760 to honor Mazu as the “wife of the sea”. Outside of the temple was designed with beautiful curved roofs and small statues which are made of porcelain to represent religious as well as legends in China. Inside of the temple, the roofs are decorated with colorful dioramas to present the landscapes of Chinese cities in the 19th Century. Besides, you can also see the interior design, especially, three statues of the “Lady of the Sea”; which are placed on the main altar. Come to Thien Hau Temple, you will have the opportunity to explore the temple with many sculptures, statues, as well as admire the artwork.
Next, you will come to Chinese Town in District 5. It occupies an area of 4 square kilometers on the West of the Saigon River, which is the largest shopping center – a luxury shopping center in Vietnam.
Come to “Textile material street market” where there are 500 cloth counters. This market is known as the largest fabric supplier in Saigon. It provides the following items: clothing, yarn, elastic, cotton and chiffon… Everyday, it is opened early in the morning and closed in the evening when the sun sets. This place is called “shopping paradise and cheap food center”. “Textile material street market” is listed as one of the five most popular shopping destinations in Ho Chi Minh City. Saigon’s people or tourists come here not only to go to the wonderful shopping but also to spend time for enjoying the fresh cream or drinking coffee, and feeling a part of the cultural of Saigon space.
Where is your next visiting place? You will explore step by step “Colorful flower market”, “Wedding service street market”, and “Motorbike spare part street market” … You can stop at a place to have a cup of coffee and enjoy local food. And then, you continue to visit the rest of places like “War Remnant Museum” and take some beautiful photos outside Reunification Palace.
In addition, you will visit “Notre-Dame Cathedral” and “Central Post Office”. These two cultural sites can help you learn more about the Vietnamese’s lives during the Indochinese Empire period.
At the end of your visit, you will be taken back to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Duration: 4 hours
