Hue Imperial City Private Tour with Perfume River Cruise

Itinerary
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Stop At: Thien Mu Pagoda, Kim Long Road, Hue Vietnam

Our English Speaking Driver will pick up you at your hotel in Hue City and depart to the Boat Station. From here, you will take a Dragon Boat on Perfume River to the Thien Mu pagoda - Located beside the picturesque Huong River, Thien Mu Pagoda, with its ancient architecture, adds its charm to this beautiful natural setting. The sound of Thien Mu bell is like the soul of Hue, ever resounding over the Huong River flow winding its way in front of the Citadel to the sea, resonating in the hearts and minds of the people and of visitors to Hue, the ancient capital.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of Minh Mang, Huong Tho, Hurong Tra, Hue 530000 Vietnam

After you visited the Thien Mu pagoda, our driver will bring you to the Tomb of Minh Mang - The tomb is located in La Khe Bai Village, Huong Tho commune, Huong Tra district, 12 km to the west of Hue City centre. To reach the tomb, visitors can travel by road or take a boat upstream on the Huong River. Visiting Minh Mang’s Tomb, many people will be astonished to find a place of art, poetry and philosophy. The solemn and quiet architecture set in a poetic landscape demonstrates both the Emperor's strictness and deep beliefs. Twenty years on the throne, Minh Mang brought Dai Nam country (the former name of Vietnam) and the Nguyen royal family a strong and prosperous future. This man was laid to rest within an ''earthly paradise'' full of bird songs and flowers.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tomb of Khai Dinh, Thuy Bang Commune, Huong Thuy, 530000 Vietnam

After you finished to visit the tomb of Minh Mang, our driver continue to drive you to the tomb of Khai Dinh for you sightseeing - As a result, in his tomb, several elements of the western architecture have been intermingled with the nation’s traditional art, particularly the use of concrete in place of wood, ardoise slates for roofing, iron gates, lightning rods, electric lamps, etc.

Mountains, hills and rivulets round the tomb are exploited to fulfill the geomantic requirements thus offer the tomb a majestic environment.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Hue Imperial City (The Citadel), Hue Vietnam

After yo finished to visit the tomb of Khai Dinh, our driver will drive you back to Hue city for you discover the Hue Imperial city - Hue Citadel is the most grand of the structures built in recent Vietnamese history. Its creation required ten of thousands of builders; millions of cubic meters of soil and rock; dangerous activities such as building wall embankments and digging the moat while the river was in full flow; removing and re-locating graves; and so forth lasting from 1803 under Gia Long’s reign until 1832 during Emperor Minh Mang’s period.

When you finished, our driver will drop you off at your hotel in Hue. End of service


Duration: 2 hours