Half-Day Hanoi Private City Tour
Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Type: Half-day Tours
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country’s second largest city. As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centers of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint. Unlock Vietnam’s rich history in its capital and cultural center. Discover a few of Hanoi’s most popular sights during this half-day highlights tour with a Hanoi local tour guide.
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Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country’s second largest city. As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centers of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint. Unlock Vietnam’s rich history in its capital and cultural center. Discover a few of Hanoi’s most popular sights during this half-day highlights tour with a Hanoi local tour guide.Get picked up at your hotel to visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, which reflects the historic figure and father of modern Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh (no entry Mondays or Fridays). After that, we go on to a wooden stilt house which was his temporary residence from 1954 till his deat, followed by a visit to One Pillar Pagoda, founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049. It has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.
Your next stop will be the Temple of Literature, which was built in honor of Confucius and is also Vietnam’s first university. This large temple and its meditative grounds functioned as a university for nearly a millennium and the names of its laureates remain carved into the tops of countless stone turtles.
Continue to West Lake and one of the oldest Buddhist pagodas in Hanoi, Tran Quoc which dates from the Ly Dynasty then walk to visit Quan Thanh temple.
Finish the tour with your guide by walking the busy old quarters of Hanoi to see and learn how locals make a living before being returned to your hotel.
Your next stop will be the Temple of Literature, which was built in honor of Confucius and is also Vietnam’s first university. This large temple and its meditative grounds functioned as a university for nearly a millennium and the names of its laureates remain carved into the tops of countless stone turtles.
Continue to West Lake and one of the oldest Buddhist pagodas in Hanoi, Tran Quoc which dates from the Ly Dynasty then walk to visit Quan Thanh temple.
Finish the tour with your guide by walking the busy old quarters of Hanoi to see and learn how locals make a living before being returned to your hotel.
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