Vietnam · Cycling Tours

BIKING TOUR around Hanoi City Center and Country Side with Local Tour Guide

4 Hours Round trip from Hanoi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Cycle through Hanoi’s backstreets, alleyways and local markets
  • 02 Cross historic Long Biên Bridge with insights from your local guide
  • 03 Visit West Lake and the 1,500-year-old Trấn Quốc Pagoda
  • 04 See B52 Lake and the outside of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
  • 05 Experience Hanoi Train Street and its café-lined railway setting
  • 06 Explore Banana Island on day tours or the wholesale market on night tours
  • 07 Includes bike, entrance fees, water, and Old Quarter pickup and drop-off

Discover Hanoi from a different perspective on this guided biking tour through the city centre and beyond. Ride through lively backstreets, local markets, narrow alleyways and contrasting neighbourhoods, then head toward quieter corners where everyday life unfolds along the river and around the countryside edge of the city.

Along the way, visit some of Hanoi’s most memorable landmarks, including Long Biên Bridge, West Lake, Trấn Quốc Pagoda, B52 Lake, the outside of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the famous Hanoi Train Street. With a local guide leading the way, this tour offers a fun and active introduction to Hanoi’s history, culture and hidden gems.

Discover Hanoi from a different perspective on this guided biking tour through the city centre and beyond.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Hanoi
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

ITINERARY

· PICK UP TIME IN HANOI OLD QUARTER (ONLY):

- 7.30 A.M – 7.45 A.M

- 1.30 PM – 2:00 P.M

(WITH BICYCLE TOUR : After being picked up from hotel, we will take you to our bike garage to choose bikes + tell you brief guidance how to use bicycle, how to cross the street…then cycle to visit: )

· LONG BIÊN BRIDGE- It was built from 1899 to 1902, At 1.68 kilometers (1.04 mi) in length, it was one of the longest bridges in Asia (at that time )

· LOCAL MARKET/ BACKSTREET ROAD

1. BANANA ISLAND ( AVAILABLE AT DAY TOUR ONLY ) where you have chance to see banana plantation, fruit farm, vegetable farm and visit floating village.

2. OVERNIGHT LONG BIEN WHOLE SALE FRUIT VEGETABLE MARKET ( AVAILABLE FOR NIGHT TOUR ONLY)

· QUANG AN FLOWER MARKET- A wholesale flower market which is really busy from 9 pm till 6 am the next day but it is still very colourful at day time

· ½ ROUND OF WEST LAKE- The biggest lake in Hanoi with stunning view

· TRAN QUOC PAGODA- the more than 1500 year old pagoda, a symbol of Vietnamese buddhism.

· B52 LAKE - On the night of December 27, 1972 during the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” campaign, an American B-52 bomber was shot down by Vietnamese soldiers and part of it landed where it still remains today in Huu Tiep Lake in Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District.

· OUTSIDE HO CHI MINH MAUSOLEUM- to learn about his life and the structure of this construction.

· HANOI TRAIN STREET – a new tourist site in Hanoi where has lots of cafes nearby the train track.

( WITH BICYCLE TOUR : We cycle back bike garage to return bikes and be transferred back to hotel by motorbike)

DROP OFF TIME:

- MORNING TOUR: 11:00 PM- 11:30 PM

- AFTERNOON TIME 5:00 PM – 5: 30 PM

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Hanoi 1 city · 4 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Good quality bikes
  • English speaking guide
  • Entrance fees (Places mentioned in the itinerary )
  • 01 bottles of pure water/person
  • Pick up/ Drop off (Hanoi old quarter only)

What's Not Included

  • Beverages, travel insurance & tax, personal expense, tips
  • Holiday surcharge

Know before you go

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Ticket provides direct entry
  • We pick up from any hotels/stays inside of Old Quarter Area. If outside, please come to Our Tour Office at 39 Ngo Huyen Street for pick up point

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Hanoi, VN
Tour start
Hanoi, VN
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Hanoi.

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