Itinerary

1. Morning Tour

   • 8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.
   • 08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake.
   • It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi, which was built in the 6th century.
   • 09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, then walk around the garden to see two houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda, where one worships the Goddess of Mercy – It is the unique Ladoga in the world.
   • 11.15: Visit the Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam (For tours on Mondays, we will visit the Women's Museum because the Ethnology Museum closes on this day).
   • 12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with eight delicious dishes. Then back to your hotel.

2. Afternoon Tour

   • 12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with eight delicious dishes.
   • 14.00-14.15: Continue to visit the Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century.
   • 15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum, which was initially 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. It was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton " during this later period.
   • 16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to the hotel.