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Best of Hanoi City Highlights Tour with Expert Local Guide

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Best of Hanoi City Highlights Tour with Expert Local Guide

About this activity

Hanoi City Tours is one of the most famous destinations of Vietnam. Hanoi capital owns its ancient beauty for a thousand years of development with many historical buildings mingling with scenic natural beauty. Traveling with BC Family Tour, the tourists will have the exciting experience to enjoying the various flavors of the most iconic dishes of Hanoi, or walk in bustling old quarter beholding its characteristic of an ancient capital city.

Highlights

  • Sighseeing with a local guide
  • Visit Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Museum, Presidential Palace, and Temple of Literature
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At a glance

Duration
one day
Confirmation
Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 15 people
People per booking
1–15
Guide
English
Operated by
BCFamilyTour.com

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Children (4–8 years) · Adults (9–70 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: Bottled water
  • Included: Authentic Local Lunch (Vegetarian & Vegan Options Available Upon Request)
  • Included: Pick-up and drop-off by air-conditioned bus
  • Included: Professional English speaking guide

Not included

  • Not included: Travel insurance, tax
  • Not included: Drinks, tips & others not indicated in the package
  • Not included: Cyclo / water puppet ticket (optional with surcharge, please let us know in special requirements)
  • Not included: Holiday surcharge (Tet holiday, New Year...)

Itinerary

  1. Chua Tran Quoc

    one hour

    07h45 - 8h15: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel in Hanoi old quarter area.

    08h30: Visit The Tran Quoc Pagoda - the oldest pagoda in Hanoi, originally constructed in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De under Ly Dynasties.

  2. Ho Chi Minh Museum

    2 hours Admission included

    09h15: Arrive Ho Chi Minh complex, The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh. You have chance to see the Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the Asia’s most unique piece of

    architecture.

  3. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

    2 hours Admission included

    11h00: Visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, which focuses on the 54 officially recognized ethnic group in Vietnam.

    Note: The Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on every Monday.

    12h30-12h45: Have lunch with Vietnamese cuisine at our restaurant

  4. Temple of Literature & National University

    one hour Admission included

    13h45-14h00: The next destination to explore Hanoi City today is Temple of Literature - the Vietnam’s first national university, the temple was founded and first built in 1.070 at the time of Emperor Ly Thanh Tong.

  5. Hoa Lo Prison

    2 hours Admission included

    15h00: We continue to visit Hoa Lo Prison - was built in Hanoi by French in dates ranging from 1886 to 1889 to 1898 to 1901, when Vietnam was still part of French Indochina. The French called the prison “ Maison Centrale ” which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for United States prisoners of war during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973.

    16h00-16h30: Tour ends. Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • If you stay outside Hanoi Old Quarters, please come to the meeting point: Hanoi Opera House.

End point

  • If you stay outside Hanoi Old Quarters, please come to the meeting point: Hanoi Opera House.

Pickup points

  • Splendid Jupiter Hotel
  • Golden Silk Boutique Hotel
  • Grand Minerva Hotel
  • Nha Nghi Diem Quynh
  • Hotel Emerald Waters Classy
  • Serenity Villa Hotel
  • Rising Dragon Cathedral Hotel
  • Au Lac Hanoi Hotel
  • 7S Hotel Merci Hanoi
  • Hanoi Golden Plaza Hotel
  • Golden Buffalo Hotel
  • Viet Fun Hotel

and 300 more pickup points

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel You get back
At least one day before 100%
Less than a day before 0%

Good to know

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

  • THING YOU TAKE:

  • Long sleeve clothes, a hat or an umbrella, sunscreen, sunglasses, cash

Options

  • Hanoi half day afternoon

    Half day afternoon

    Pickup included

  • Hanoi half day morning

    Half day in the morning

    Pickup included

  • Deluxe Group Tour

    Deluxe Group Tour

    Pickup included

  • Luxury group tour

    Limousine, smaller group

Traveller ratings

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