Option : Hanoi City Highlights Half-Day ( No Lunch )

14:00: Start with pickup at hotels inside Hanoi old quarter by our guide and begin your exploration of Hanoi. Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located at West Lake.
Then visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which is located in the middle of Ba Dinh Square, where President Ho Chi Minh used to preside over rallies. We will walk in front of the mausoleum while hearing the history of Uncle Ho and get time for some memory picture here.

Continue to visit the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century.As the first university of Vietnam, the Temple of Literature is a popular cultural and historical relic in every Hanoi travel tour.

Not only is it a cultural and historical relic, it is also where many students come to pray for luck in their upcoming exams and studies. Visiting this place, you will be enchanted by its grandeur and serenity. Here, you will have a deeper understanding of Vietnam’s history of development from the early days.
17:00 – 17:30:Tour finishes. Back to hotel
Option: Hanoi City Highlights Full-Day with Lunch
8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City
08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake
It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, 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 Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique Padoga in the world
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.
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area
11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam
Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays
12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.
14:30: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century
15.15: Leave for 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 of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton
16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel