09:00: Our tour guide picks up at your hotel and start to discover Hanoi city

09:30: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Hanoi built in the 6th century.

10:30: Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho. You have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969.

Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Goddess of Mercy – Hanoi’s Unique Buddhist Icon, known for its unique lotus-inspired architecture and deep spiritual significance.

 

– Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

– Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays. But still can take picture of the mausoleum and visit around that area

*Note: Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15th June -15th August) for the annual maintaining.

12:00: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, The Temple of Literature (Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam) is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Northern Vietnam. The Temple of Literature was founded in 1070. In 1076, Emperor Lý Nhân Tông established the Quốc Tử Giám, Vietnam’s first university.

13:00: Have lunch at local restaurant

14:00: Then, Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”.

 

Our car takes you back to old quarter.

Visit Hoan Kiem Lake & Ngoc Son temple from outside.

Watching water puppet show at the end.

Back to the hotel.

Finish the tour.