Shore Excursion: DISCOVER CHINA TOWN BY CYCLO from SAI GON PORT

Quận 4 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 Chinatown and you experience pre-war Saigon on this 4-hour tour. Get an immersion into local life; taste street food, 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
– Stop to taste street foods sold by local vendors
– Wander around a 250-year-old Chinese temple dedicated to the goddess of the sea-Lady Thien Hau

Additional Info

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Quận 4, Vietnam
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours

What to Expect When Visiting Quận 4, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, 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 Chinatown and you experience pre-war Saigon on this 4-hour tour. Get an immersion into local life; taste street food, 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
– Stop to taste street foods sold by local vendors
– Wander around a 250-year-old Chinese temple dedicated to the goddess of the sea-Lady Thien Hau

Itinerary
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Stop At: Ba Thien Hau Temple, 710 Nguyen Trai Cho Lon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Pick up at Sai Gon port. 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: 30 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: 30 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: 30 minutes

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