Introduction Joining a full-day tour of Hanoi with a private guide and get a local's insight into Vietnam’s mythology, traditions and customs. Enjoy a traditional water puppet show and visit the most highlight attractions of Hanoi such as Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One-Pillar Pagoda, Temples of Literature and more tinerary 08:15: We will pick up from your hotel( located in Hanoi Old Quarter or nearby Hanoi Old Quarter) Then we start visiting first place named Tran Quoc Pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake. 09:15: Visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father, walking along Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived and worked from 1958 to 1969. 10:30 Visit One-Pillar Pagoda – the one modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi city. 11:00: We leave for Ho Chi Minh water puppet theater to enjoy water puppet show. The show starts at 11:15. 12:30: Enjoy a special set menu lunch at Orchid restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter. 14:00 Visit Temple of Literature, the most famous temple situated in Hanoi, also functioned as Vietnam's first university. It was first constructed in 1070 under King Ly Nhan Tong and dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. A vast structure that has existed to present day. 15:30 We will take you to St. Joseph's Cathedral. Its a late 19th-century Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic style) church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi to nearly 4 million Catholics in the country. Then leave for legendary Hoan Kiem Lake, visit turtle tower. You also see the beautiful Vietnamese and French architecture around the lake, take photo at French Quarter and Hanoi Opera House if you want. 16:30: We will drop you off at your hotel. Trip ends. Note: Ho Chi Minh mausoleum closes every afternoon, Monday and Friday. So we will visit Vietnamese Women's Museum located in Hanoi, in Ly Thuong Kiet Street, near the central Hoan Kiem Lake and the old quarter. This museum is dedicated to Vietnamese women. The museum opened to public in 1995 and had been renovated between 2006 and 2010 instead of visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.