Hanoi city tour 1 day

The colonial capital city Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental pagodas and temples dating back thousand years ago. This full day city tour will take you to visit the most interesting tourist sites in Hanoi.

Let’s experience the essential Hanoi attractions where you can immerse in the historic and cultural space of the city which is now more modern. Hop-on hop-off at major attractions in Hanoi including Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temple of Literature and Museum of Ethnology, you will have a chance to discover Hanoi in a full day tour with all iconic landmarks.

ITINERARY OF HANOI ATTRACTIONS

8:00-8:30: Pick up at your hotel. Transfer to visit following attractions.

Ho Chi Minh Complex: Beginning your day by visiting the Uncle Ho’s resting place, completed in 1975, the complex includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, House-on-Stilts, and the Ho Chi Minh Museum. At first you enter to visit the Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum where putting Uncle Ho’s body, then having a round to look at the rest points. 

The Temple of Literature: the next point of Hanoi tour is the Temple of Literature which is originally built as a temple to Confucius, this is also the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The whole temple lies in straight pathway so it’s quite easy for you to visit. Inside the temple are the stone steles mounted on the backs of turtles, inscribed with names of Vietnam best scholars long time ago between 1484 & 1780. 

After visiting these two attractions, you have lunch at traditional local Vietnamese “Pho” Restaurant. 

In the afternoon, the tour continues with Museum of Ethnology which is widely acknowledged as the best in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minority peoples. 

Continue to visit Tran Quoc pagoda.

The tour ends about 16:00 – 16h30.

Request for Thu Le Zoo instead of Tran Quoc pagoda is always accepted when you traveling with children.