Hanoi Half Day City Tours – 3 Options

Option 1: Hoan Kiem Lake – Old Quarter Area – Hoa Lo Prison – Temple of Literature

8.00: Our driver and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and begin a half-day tour of the city.

Our journey will begin with a 1-hour cyclo (xích lô) tour around Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter of Hanoi. You can visit some of the ancient district’s 36 streets, which are named by the item produced and sold on each street, such as sugar, bamboo, leather, or silver, etc. Even if some of the streets’ names have changed, many of them retain their original characteristics.

9.15: Continue the journey to Hoa Lo Prison. Hoa Lo Prison, known to American prisoners of war as “Hanoi Hilton”, was a prison in Vietnam that was used by the French colonialists for political prisoners and then by North Vietnam for POWs during the Vietnam War.

After that, we’ll go to the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam, Vietnam’s oldest university, which was manufactured in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved structures provide a tranquil glance into Vietnam’s history.

We’ll stop at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to observe the structure from the outside. Uncle Ho’s ultimate resting place has architectural and historical significance that you may appreciate. The tour will end at around 12.30.

Option 2:  Vietnam History Museum – Hoan Kiem Lake – Old Quater Area – Temple of Literature 

8.00: Our driver and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and begin a half-day tour of the city.

We begin at the Tran Quang Khai Street location of the Vietnam History Museum. You may see our magnificent Hanoi Opera House on your way to the museum. The museum with two floors gives us an overview of Vietnam’s history from ancient times until the day President Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence that gave birth to Vietnam.

After that, we will go on a 1-hour cyclo (xích lô) tour of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s Old Quarter. You can visit some of the ancient district’s 36 streets, which are named by the item produced and sold on each street, such as sugar, bamboo, leather, or silver, etc. Even if some of the streets’ names have changed, many of them retain their original characteristics.

Then we will go to the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam, Vietnam’s oldest university, which was manufactured in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved structures provide a tranquil glance into Vietnam’s history.

Option 3: Van Phuc Silk Village OR Bat Trang Ceramic Village

At 8.30 a.m. or 2 p.m., we will pick you up from your hotel, then we drive 15 kilometers north of Hanoi to the Van Phuc silk village. Upon arrival, you have a fantastic chance to visit numerous silk stores and shop for silk items at reasonable prices. You may also see most of the procedures involved in the manufacturing of handmade silk, including spinning, gluing, weaving, and finishing. Deep within the village, we may experience the old landscape of a northern Vietnamese village with community homes, wells, lotus ponds, ancient banyan trees, and a people’s market, as well as modernized buildings. We will have time to shop before returning to your hotel in Hanoi. Get back to your hotel around 12.30P.M or 6.00P.M. The trip ends.

Bat Trang Ceramic Village is located in the Red River Delta, in the northwestern part of Vietnam. It is located 13 kilometers from Hanoi’s center and is part of Bat Trang Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi. For almost a thousand years, it has been known for its ceramics, notably dinnerware and ornamental ware. You may have a chance to visit a local workshop to interact with the craftsmen and watch the entire manufacturing cycle, from clay preparation through product shape, painting, and kiln burning. Purchase some pottery to take home and recreate your Hanoi Bat Trang Ceramic Village trip at home. Get back to your hotel around 12.30P.M or 6.00P.M. The trip ends.