Vietnam · City Tours

Highlights of Hanoi City Full Day Guided Tour, Entrance & Lunch

8 Hours Round trip from Hanoi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit Hanoi’s key cultural, religious, and historical landmarks in one day
  • 02 Explore Tran Quoc Pagoda, One Pillar Pagoda, and the Temple of Literature
  • 03 See the Ho Chi Minh Complex with your English-speaking guide
  • 04 Discover Hoa Lo Prison and learn about its complex history
  • 05 Enjoy a Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant
  • 06 Includes entrance fees and pickup/drop-off in Hanoi Old Quarter

Discover Hanoi’s cultural and historical landmarks on a full-day guided tour designed to help you see the city’s essential sights with ease. Travel by shared transport and visit notable attractions including Tran Quoc Pagoda, the Ho Chi Minh Complex, One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, and Hoa Lo Prison, with a museum visit also included.

Along the way, learn more about Vietnam’s heritage from your English-speaking guide and enjoy a Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant. With entrance fees included and pickup available in Hanoi Old Quarter, this tour offers a convenient way to experience the highlights of the capital in one day.

Discover Hanoi’s cultural and historical landmarks on a full-day guided tour designed to help you see the city’s essential sights with ease.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 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

We pick up all the guests in Hanoi Old Quarter from 07.45 to 08.15 AM. Please be ready at your hotel/airbnb/apartment's lobby.

If you stay outside Hanoi Old Quarter, you can come to our meeting point: Hanoi Opera House or come to our TRAVEL DESK- AUTHENTIC HANOI TRAVEL✔️ Morning : Have breakfast at hotel & ready for the trip at lobby. ✔️ Our guide will pick you up from 7:45 – 8:30, depending where you stay. ✔️ 08:30: Start the trip by visiting Tran Quoc Pagoda – was first built in Ha Noi in 6th century. You will see the oldest Bodhe Tree in Vietnam✔️ 09:00 : Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around Ho Chi Minh garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969.Visit One Pillar Pagoda where worshipping the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world10:45 : Visit one of these : ✔️ Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

✔️ 12:30: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university in Vietnam in the feudal system.Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Hanoi 1 city · 8 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Pick Up/Drop Off in Hanoi Old Quarter Area by Bus/Limousine
  • Experienced and Knowledgeable English Speaking Tour Guide
  • Lunch Meal with Vietnamese Traditional Foods
  • All Entrance Fees and Sightseeing during the tour
  • A small bottle of moneral water/pax

What's Not Included

  • Drinks for Lunch is not included
  • Personal Expenes & Tips for Guide/Driver

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
  • We will pick up all the guests inside Hanoi Old Quarter Area or Hanoi Opera House or Authentic Hanoi Office if outside between 8h00 AM to 8h30 AM.

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 8 hours finish where they began, in Hanoi.

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