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Hanoi: Guided Half-Day City Highlights Tour with Transfers

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Activity provider:Crossing Vietnam Tour
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Hanoi: Guided Half-Day City Highlights Tour with Transfers

Activity provider:Crossing Vietnam Tour
4.8  / 5
86 reviews

From US$ 42 per person

Experience Hanoi's local culture while seeing the city's highlights and mingling with locals on this half-day tour by van. Choose from either the morning or afternoon departure.

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Duration 4 hours
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English
Pickup included
Pickup is provided for hotels in the Old Quarter.
Private group available

Experience

Highlights
  • Visit the sacred site of Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and the One Pillar Pagoda
  • Be guided around the mausoleum grounds learning about the history of the revolution
  • Visit the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam
  • Enjoy a cup of coffee while relaxing in a local Cafe in the Old Quarter
  • Visit the Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi which is more than 1,500 years old
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Explore Hanoi and see its highlights on a morning or afternoon city tour by van. See the Temple of Literature, Ho Chi Minh Complex, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and more.

Begin your tour at St. Joseph's Cathedral to learn about religion in Vietnam. The church was one of the first structures built by the French colonial government in Indochina when it opened in December 1886. Then head to the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam built in the 10th century under the Ly Dynasty and greatly influenced by Confucianism.

Make your way to the Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi, before concluding your tour at St. Joseph's Cathedral to learn about religion in Vietnam. Continue the visit with Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi and then head to Ho Chi Minh Complex, an important place for the Vietnamese. The complex is a traffic-free area full of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas. Stop outside Ba Dinh Square and take a look outside the mausoleum, then continue to explore the One Pillar Pagoda. Next we pass by Hanoi Opera House. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911. Let our guide help you capture this memory with some amazing photos. Our last destination is Cafe Minh, a local coffee places with the extraodinary egg coffee. Have a sip of the hot egg coffee while watching the Old Quarter and then head back to your hotel.

Includes
  • Guide
  • Transfers by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (within the Old Quarter area)
  • Entrance and sightseeing fees (Temple of Literature, Ba Dinh Square and outside Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Tran Quoc Pagoda, outside St. Joseph's Cathedral, outside Opera House)
  • All taxes and services
  • 1 drink per person
  • Other beverages and meals
  • Electric car and water puppet show
  • Entrance ticket for Ho Chi Minh Museum or Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House
  • Tips
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments

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Not allowed

  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Pets
  • Making fire

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  • This trip includes visits to temples/pagodas and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, travelers wearing shorts and miniskirts will not be allowed to enter
  • Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and for at least 2 months (June 15-August 15) for annual maintenance but you can still take pictures of the Mausoleum and walk around the area
  • Tour program is subject to change due to weather and operating conditions

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4.8 /5

based on 86 reviews

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  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Transportation
    4.9/5
  • Service
    4.8/5
  • Organization
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We had a morning tour of the main attractions in Hanoi with Ryan, a Hanoi born and raised young, professional guide. He picked us up from our hotel with a car that was reserved for us for the whole tour and we visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Tran Quick Pagoda at Ho Tay lake, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature and finished off with a coffee at train street. He was very knowledgeable about Vietnam, explained everything in fluent English and accomodated to all our questions! Even more, he was the perfect photographer! He took good care of us and the tour was very efficiently planned. I highly recommend him and the tour.

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April 12, 2023

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Worthwhile tour around the highlights of Hanoi. Bruno was full of information about both the sights and the history of Vietnam, and made this a very enjoyable experience. Timing was an issue as we did not see all the locations, but did flex the itinerary to see the prison which was an educational experience well worth the visit. Highly recommend the trip and Bruno as a guide.

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March 13, 2023

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We had a great time with Haley! She is very knowledgeable and kind. During the tour we visited the oldest Pagoda and the Mausoleum. At the end of the tour the egg-coffee was fantastic. I would higly recommend this tour and especially with Haley. Thank you Haley for the wonderful day!

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