QUICK DETAILS:
Duration: 3.5 hours from starting time
Time: 7.30 am – 11 am, 1.30 pm-5 pm, 6 pm-9.30 pm
Group Size: 1-10 people
Meeting Place: Hotel Pick-up in Hanoi Old Quarter
Private/Customized Tours: Available upon request with extra fee
No food included
HIGHLIGHTS:
Quickest way to visit Hanoi famous tourist sites, backstreets and the bad, the good of the city
Attractive itinerary with real-life experiences
ITINERARY:
PICK UP TIME IN HANOI OLD QUARTER (ONLY):
7.30 A.M – 7.45 A.M
1.30 PM – 2:00 P.M
6 PM (NOT AVAILABLE WITH CYCLING TOUR )
( After being picked up from hotel, our guide will tell you brief guidance of safe seating on the back of motorbike + Itinerary of your tour that day, then drive to visit: )
LONG BIÊN BRIDGE - It was built from 1899 to 1902, At 1.68 kilometers (1.04 mi) in length, it was one of the longest bridges in Asia (at that time )
LOCAL MARKET/ BACKSTREET ROAD
- BANANA ISLAND ( AVAILABLE AT DAY TOUR ONLY ) where you have chance to see banana plantation, fruit farm, vegetable farm and visit floating village.
- OVERNIGHT LONG BIEN WHOLE SALE FRUIT VEGETABLE MARKET ( AVAILABLE FOR NIGHT TOUR ONLY)
QUANG AN FLOWER MARKET - A wholesale flower market which is really busy from 9 pm till 6 am the next day but it is still very colourful at day time
½ ROUND OF WEST LAKE - The biggest lake in Hanoi with stunning view
TRAN QUOC PAGODA - the more than 1500 year old pagoda, a symbol of Vietnamese buddhism.
B52 LAKE - On the night of December 27, 1972 during the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” campaign, an American B-52 bomber was shot down by Vietnamese soldiers and part of it landed where it still remains today in Huu Tiep Lake in Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District.
OUTSIDE HO CHI MINH MAUSOLEUM - to learn about his life and the structure of this construction.
HANOI TRAIN STREET – a new tourist site in Hanoi where has lots of cafes nearby the train track.
( WITH BICYCLE TOUR : We cycle back bike garage to return bikes and be transferred back to hotel by motorbike)
(WITH MOTORBIKE TOUR: we keep continue to visit 2 more stops below , please note that these stop can be visited at the beginning or at the end of the tour)
- ST. JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL : Construction began in 1886, with the architectural style described as resembling Notre Dame de Paris. The church was one of the first structures built by the French colonial government in Indochina when it opened in December 1886. It is the oldest church in Hanoi.
- HANOI OPERA HOUSE- One of the remains of French architectural construction left in Vietnam
Tour ends at the hotel in the Old Quarter.
DROP OFF TIME:
- MORNING TOUR: 11:00 PM- 11:30 PM
- AFTERNOON TIME 5:00 PM – 5: 30 PM
- EVENING TIME: 9.30 PM (AVAILABLE WITH MOTORBIKE TOUR ONLY)