8:00 – 8:30 am: The driver and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel, start the day visiting the ‘Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum’, the final resting place of the beloved Vietnamese hero, Uncle Ho (inside tours available). At about 10:30 am, we will take a visit to the One Pillar Pagoda, an ancient historic temple.
11:00: Visit the ‘Temple of Literature’ (constructed in 1070 – dedicated to Confucius, sages, and talented scholars), which is the most famous temple in Hanoi, also functioning as Vietnam’s first university and one of the first in the world!!!
12:30: We have lunch at a local restaurant with local Vietnamese food.
13:30: After lunch, we have 2 options for a visit
- Option 1: Bat Trang ceramics & pottery village
(On Mondays – Wednesdays – Fridays )
- Option 2: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
(On Tuesdays – Thursdays – Saturdays & Sundays)
15:00: Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – was first built in Hanoi in the 6th century. You will see the oldest Bodha Tree in Vietnam.
15:45: Leaving for Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son Temple, where worship General Tran Hung Dao, who defeated the Mongolian invaders in the 13th century.
16:15: Return to your hotel. End of our services!