Hanoi City Tour Full Day – Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temple of Literature & Hoa Lo Prison

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Hanoi City Tour Full Day – Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temple of Literature & Hoa Lo Prison

A full day in Vietnam's thousand-year-old capital with an English-speaking guide: Tran Quoc Pagoda on West Lake, the Ho Chi Minh complex and One Pillar Pagoda, the Museum of Ethnology, an 8-dish Vietnamese lunch, the Temple of Literature and Hoa Lo Prison.

Illustrative photos: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Itinerary

  1. Day 1 · 08:00-08:30 – Hotel pickup – Your guide picks you up from your hotel in central Hanoi.
  2. Day 1 · 08:45 – Tran Quoc Pagoda – Hanoi's oldest pagoda, founded in the 6th century, on a small peninsula in West Lake.
  3. Day 1 · 09:30 – Ho Chi Minh complex and One Pillar Pagoda – See Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, walk through the gardens to the stilt house where he lived and worked from 1954 to 1969, then visit the unique One Pillar Pagoda.
  4. Day 1 · 11:15 – Vietnam Museum of Ethnology – Learn about the cultures of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups through exhibits and traditional houses in the outdoor garden.
  5. Day 1 · 12:45 – Vietnamese lunch – An 8-dish Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant.
  6. Day 1 · 14:00-14:15 – Temple of Literature – Vietnam's first university, founded in 1070.
  7. Day 1 · 15:15 – Hoa Lo Prison – Built by the French for political prisoners and later known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton".
  8. Day 1 · 16:15-16:30 – Tour ends – Drop-off back at your hotel.

Included

  • Shuttle bus throughout the tour
  • Experienced English-speaking guide
  • A bottle of water
  • Entrance tickets
  • Vietnamese lunch

Not included

  • Drinks with meals
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips and personal expenses

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