Day 01
Hanoi Landmarks, French Quarter Views and Train Street
- Meet your tour guide, who will share some of the major historical sites and the charming beauty of Hanoi city.
- Begin at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam, built between 1900 and 1906 to house the French Governor-General of Indochina. It was constructed by Auguste Henri Vildieu, the official French architect for French Indochina. Like most French colonial architecture, the palace is distinctly European in style.
- Next, visit President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the resting place of the great Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, in Hanoi. It is a large building located in the center of Ba Dình Square, where President Ho, also known as Uncle Ho, read the Declaration of Independence on 2 September 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- Continue to the National Assembly Building of Vietnam, also known as the New Ba Đình Hall, a public building located on Ba Đình Square across from the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The building is used by the National Assembly of Vietnam for its sessions and other official functions. While walking around, your guide will also show you a full panoramic view of this area, well known as the French Quarter site in Hanoi.
- On the next leg of the tour, ride on a scooter to experience the traffic of Hanoi, which may seem crazy and chaotic but is a lot of fun to be part of.
- Finally, end the tour at Hanoi Train Street, where railway tracks run for about 1 km alongside residential buildings. The highly unusual sight of a train passing along these tracks charms and fascinates hundreds of thousands of tourists from within and outside the country every year. This is the perfect place to conclude the tour and say your goodbyes.
