Hanoi Cultural Tour

Hanoi is worldwide known as the capital of Vietnam for thousand years, and also is considered as one of the main cultural centers of Vietnam. The city has many interesting cultural and historic monuments that really attract visitors. This cultural Hanoi tour will provide you all about the culture, the history and the daily life of Hanoian as well as Vietnamese from the pass until now.

By Day	Destinations	Activities	Meals
Day 1	Hanoi Arrival	Welcome to Hanoi, visit the Ethnology Museum, watch a traditional...	D
Day 2	Hanoi - Duong Lam - Tay Phuong - Hanoi	Visit Duong Lam village, and Tay Phuong Pagoda	B, L
Day 3	Hanoi - Craft Villages	Explore traditional villages of Hanoi	B, L
Day 4	Hanoi City Tour	Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, One the Pillar...	B, L
Day 5	Hanoi Departure	Your leisure time before onward flight	B

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Hanoi Arrival

Meals:
Dinner
Activities:
Welcome to Hanoi, visit the Ethnology Museum, watch a traditional performance of water puppetry

The guide and driver will warmly welcome you at Noi Bai Airport and then transfer you to the hotel for check in. After freshen up you will visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to get more knowledge about Vietnam's diverse culture and ethnic groups. You will enjoy dinner at a famous local restaurant then have chance to watch a traditional performance of water puppetry. Finally have an overnight stay in Hanoi.
Note: The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is closed on Monday.

Hanoi - Duong Lam - Tay Phuong - Hanoi

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch
Activities:
Visit Duong Lam village, and Tay Phuong Pagoda

Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel. Next, you will have a tour around the countryside of Hanoi. Visit the ancient Duong Lam village and enjoy the lunch with local style in a century-old house. In the afternoon, you will explore the surrounding areas by visiting famous temple sites, including Mia Pagoda, Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung temples, and Tay Phuong Pagoda. At last transfer back to Hanoi for an overnight stay.

Hanoi - Craft Villages

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch
Activities:
Explore traditional villages of Hanoi

Today you will have an opportunity to travel outside the city to take a tour of crafts villages. Hanoi is surrounded with many handicraft villages, each of them is famous for it traditional products, such as pottery-ceramic, silk, traditional painting,furniture,lacquer ware, ect. All of them are very interesting destinations for tourism. There you can meet the artisans and observe handicraft-making. Back to the center of Hanoi in the afternoon, have free time to explore Hanoi.

Hanoi City Tour

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch
Activities:
Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, One the Pillar pagoda, cyclo around Hanoi Old Quarter

Start of the day will be visiting Ho Chi Minh Complex, includes the Presidential Palace, the House-on-stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, and understand more about life of Uncle Ho as well as the reason why he spent all his life for the Nation. Then you have chance to visit the Temple of Literature, the first University of Vietnam. After that you will have lunch with Vietnamese traditional food and following by taking a cyclo tour around the Hanoi Old Quarter. Overnight stay in Hanoi.