Discover Ha Noi city and Insence village: Train street - Hoa Lo prison - Temple of literature - Ho Chi Minh mausoleum - Tran Quoc pagoda
Discover Ha Noi city and Insence village: Train street - Hoa Lo prison - Temple of literature - Ho Chi Minh mausoleum - Tran Quoc pagoda
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Highlights
- Experience incense village with taking beautiful photoes and learn the way
of making traditional incense
- Visit Train street, enjoy egg coffee near by the train track with special
feelling
-Discover higliht of Ha Noi City: First university, Tran Quoc pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hoa Lo prison museum.
— What You Can Expect —
Quang Phu Cau incense village is a wonderful place to discover daily
activities of Local people, taking special pictures of colourful incense
sticks and experience process of making incense.
Only one day trip but you also can visit almost highlight of Ha Noi to
understand about history and culture of Ha Noi. For example: The first
university of Viet Nam, Hoa Lo prison museum, Ho Chi Minh Mausomleam, Tran
Quoc pagoda, Train street. Which attracts many tourists come here for fun,
enjoy coffee and may be can see trains pass.
— Important Info —
• Pick-up point: Hanoi Old Quarter, Hanoi City (For guests staying outside the
Old quarter, please gather at Hanoi Opera House)
• Pick-up time: 7:15–7:45 am
• Tour duration: 10 hours
• Returning time: 7:30 pm
Itinerary
07:15
7:15 -7:45 Get picked up at hotels in the Old Quarter and then Hanoi Opera House before departing to Quang Phu Cau Incense village09:30
When the car has just passed the village gate, you start to see countless coloufull incense sticks are drying on the two sides of the road. You start to walk along village road lead to a big workshop to provide incense sticks for many other areas. Especialy you have opportunity to take memorable photoes and see how local people make incenses with many steps. You also can try to make some incenses. Then go back Ha Noi city for city tour in the afternoon.12:00 Arrive at Train Street and get ready to capture photos or videos of the train passing by this unique, narrow residential street – a true highlight of the trip. Then you enjoy lunch at a nearby local restaurant.
13:00
In the afternoon: Visit Hoa Lo Prison. It is also known as Maison Centrale in Hanoi or the ‘Hanoi Hilton hotel.” This historical site once housed Vietnamese revolutionaries and American POWs during the Vietnam War. The next one is Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university, founded in the 11th century. Discover more about Confucianism and Vietnam’s traditional education system while admiring Khue Van Pavilion and the Doctor Steles placed on stone turtles’ backs. Continue visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (view from outside of the mausoleum), where Vietnamese people honor President Ho Chi Minh as a national hero. The Ba Dinh Square, where President Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. The last one is Tran Quoc pagoda. This is one of the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi with beautiful architecture. which was built in 528 on a small island of the west lake. Walking around the pagoda to learn about Buddhism in Vietnam.16:30
16:30: Enjoy a cup of Vietnamese special Egg coffee – a perfect treat to refresh yourself.17:30
Transfer back to your hotel. Tour ends.End the trip.
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