This city tour of Hanoi offers a comprehensive experience of the city's cultural and historical sites. Starting between 8.00-8.30, the tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the first destination: the Ho Chi Minh museum. Here, visitors can learn about the remarkable contributions that President Ho Chi Minh made to Vietnam and other countries and gain insight into his life and legacy.
Next, visitors will move on to the One Pillar Pagoda, a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake. The tour then proceeds to the Temple of Literature, Van Mieu, which was Vietnam's first college dedicated to Confucianism.
After exploring these historical sites, it's time for lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, visitors have a choice between visiting the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology or Bat Trang Ceramic Village. The museum provides an opportunity to learn about the unique customs, languages, and houses of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam. At Bat Trang Ceramic Village, visitors can observe the daily life of locals and learn how to make perfect ceramic products.
The last stop of the tour is Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as the Restored Sword Lake, with Ngoc Son Temple. If visitors want to enjoy a traditional water puppet show, they can inform their guide, who can purchase tickets for them. The show lasts for approximately 50 minutes.
The tour concludes between 16.00-16.30 at the visitor's hotel if they do not join the water puppet show. However, if visitors choose to participate in the show, the tour ends at the water puppet theater.
