Day 01
Hanoi Landmarks, Museums, and Old Quarter
- Pick up from the hotel in the morning.
- Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and explore the architectural and historical aspects of his final resting place.
- See Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts, lying on one side of the Mausoleum.
- Continue to the Presidential Palace, built between 1900 and 1906 to house the French Governor-General of Indochina.
- Travel to the Temple of Literature, the place that houses a temple dedicated to Confucius.
- Hear the traditional music of Vietnam and proceed to a local restaurant for lunch.
- Head to the Ethnology Museum, where there is a display of around 54 ethnicities of Vietnam.
- Explore the Women's Museum, dedicated to the heroic women in Vietnam and their special roles during wartime.
- Move to Hoa Lo Prison, sarcastically named the Hilton Hotel by an American prisoner of war.
- Drive to the History Museum, which covers most of Vietnam's history, focusing on the Vietnam-America wartime period.
- Stop at Hoan Kiem Lake and sit by its peaceful waters.
- Walk through Hanoi's Old Quarter and buy some souvenirs.
Return to the hotel.
