Vietnam · Street Food

4-Hour Saigon Market and Food Tour with Fito Museum and Vot Cafe

4 Hours Round trip from Ho Chi Minh City Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the Fito Museum, the biggest traditional herbal museum in Vietnam
02 Stop at Vot Cafe, one of Saigon's oldest family-run coffee shops
03 Explore the Saigon Cambodian back street market and hidden streets
04 Walk through Dai Quang Minh, Saigon's biggest material and silk market

Discover a different side of Saigon on this 4-hour tour through hidden streets, historic markets, and local food spots. Wander through the city's biggest material and silk market at Dai Quang Minh, explore the Saigon Cambodian back street market, and learn how people built their daily lives in these lesser-known areas during the Vietnam War. Visit the Fito Museum, the biggest traditional herbal museum in Vietnam, and stop at Vot Cafe, one of Saigon's oldest local family coffee shops still using cotton nets to make typical Vietnamese coffee. The experience also includes Banh Mi Thit, one of the best Vietnamese baguettes in Saigon.

Discover a different side of Saigon on this 4-hour tour through hidden streets, historic markets, and local food spots.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Ho Chi Minh

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Saigon Markets, Hidden Streets, Coffee and Fito Museum

Pick up by your Ho Chi Minh tour guide or driver at 7 am from the hotel lobby.
Drive straight to the Saigon Cambodian back street market.
Proceed to Vot Cafe (net cafe), one of the oldest local family coffee shops in Saigon, which still uses cotton nets to make very typical Vietnamese coffee - something very rare nowadays.
Enjoy a cup of typical Vietnamese coffee.
Move to Dai Quang Minh for a walk through the biggest material and silk market in Saigon, from the Vietnam War era until now.
Explore the hidden streets of Saigon.
Proceed to the Fito Museum, the biggest traditional herbal museum in Vietnam, created by the Doctors' Association in Vietnam.
Eat Banh Mi Thit, one of the best Vietnamese baguettes in Saigon.
Return to the hotel.