• 8:30: Our car & guide ready at your hotel for Hanoi City Tour. Firstly, visit Ho Chi Minh Complex with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his house on stilt, the botanical garden and the Presidential Palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities. This used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked until he passed away in 1969
• On the way out visit One Pillar Pagoda. The pagoda was constructed in 1049 by King Ly Thai Tong according to his dream of Bodhisattva sitting on a lotus flower and led him to the pagoda. In 1954, the pagoda was destroyed by the French before their withdrawal. After taking over the city on October 10th 1954, Vietnam Ministry of Culture restored the pagoda. The pagoda of today remains since this restoration.
• 11:00: Visit the Temple of Literature. This is the combination of the Confucius Temple worshiping Confucius which was built in 1070 and the first Royal National university in Vietnam built 6 years later in 1076. Considered as “an escape” from the bustling city, this temple and its beautiful garden provide an opportunity to learn more about education in Vietnam in the last 1000 years ago until recent history.
• 12:00: Enjoy lunch with Vietnamese cuisines.
• 13:00: Continue to visit the interesting Ethnology Museum. Located west of the city Centre, this museum offers informative and well-documented display on the country’s 54 ethnic groups, include elaborate and colorful hill-tribe costumes, weaving designs, musical instruments, fishing implements, work tools and other functional objects. The display continues on to the garden outside with fascinating examples of minority housing from the King’s to the ones of the ethnic groups in Central
Highlands.
- 16.00: We will visit the most ancient pagoda in the North of Vietnam, Tran Quoc pagoda from 545. It is a famous pagoda as the Buddhist relic of Vietnam in Ha Noi. A Cyclo tour around the Old Quarter to experience the exciting local daily life of Hanoians
- 17:00: Return to hotel. Finish unforgettable full-day Hanoi sightseeing!
