Hanoi in a day from Halong city

Meeting point

Where

Hon Gai Cruise port is the 3rd port that customer's ship can dock, The cruise port in Bai Chay is the 2nd port that an international cruise can dock, This is one of the 3 ports that customers's ship can dock

Departure

22 start times between 06:00 and 18:30 daily; scheduled year-round (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Return

This activity ends back at the meeting point

Pickup

Hotel pickup included

Operator

Vietnam Tour Tailor Company; booking and payment are completed on Viator

1. Bai Chay

   Pick up in Halong city with Private vehicle (notice for Port Of Call option our driver has your name on the card at the foot of your cruise. For tour starts from the hotel in Halong city, our driver finds you with the name at the reception.

   Pass by, no stop
2. 2
   Hanoi Opera House

   Private driver takes you to Hanoi after 2 hours drive, Our Hanoi private guide greets and meet you at Hanoi Opera House for the start point.

   3 min
3. 3
   Duờng Tau

   A short stop at Hanoi train street for a glimpse of Vietnam famous railways system.

   10 min
4. 4
   Temple of Literature & National University

   The 1st university of Vietnam from 1000 years ago

   55 min · Admission included
5. 5
   Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

   We queue up to visit our father of Vietnam - The one who gave birth to Vietnam nation in 1945.

   25 min · Admission included
6. 6
   Ba Dinh Square

   Visit the place where Ho Chi Minh read the declaration to give birth the nation in 1945. Opposite to Congress House and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

   3 min · Admission included
7. 7
   One Pillar Pagoda

   Unique pagoda in the middle of the lake looks like a lotus flower. It was built from 11th century

   20 min · Admission included
8. 8
   Hoa Lo Prison

   Place Vietnam kept American pilots during the War. From here we start the drive back to Halong city/port

   50 min · Admission included
9. 9
   Old Quarter

   Have a lunch in a Fine Vietnamese Food Restaurant in City Center + Rickshaw tour (2 hours) OR Enjoy the food tour around the Old town of Hanoi as below: Start our walking tour to the main stops are at the most Only-One-Dish-famous shops or restaurants owned by families who have been making certain famous traditional dishes for years. These experience will come one after one during the walking tour in this Hanoi National Heritage area. We will not only bring you the real local Hanoi dishes but also show the special way of enjoying them as parts of the daily culinary life in Hanoian. The journey will get you down to the local markets to learn about Vietnamese cooking and eating habits. This industrialized haste and busy life creates a lot of fast foods. Hanoians are lucky to be able to eat delicious home-cooked meals in a busy city at any time! The walking takes you to smaller walkways which you would not normally enter. It is time we find "A City Inside A City".

   2h · Admission included
10. 10
    Egg coffee or a local coffee of Vietnam

    Enjoy the Old Quarter in style

    30 min · Admission included
11. 11
    Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake)

    Center of Hanoi city

    30 min · Admission included
12. Bai Chay

    After Guide's goodbye, Our driver takes you back to your Halong city port/Location. End of the day tour following your wished time

    Pass by, no stop

About this tour, from the operator