Ha Noi City Tour - Full Day

From 08:00 - 08:30 to 16:00 - 16:30

• Hochiminh Mausoleum _ In the tradition of Lenin and Stalin before him and Mao after him, Hochiminh Mausoleum is the final resting place of Hochiminh in a glass sarcophagus set deep in the bowels of a monumental edifice that has become a site of Pilgrimage. (Note*: closed on Monday and Friday). You also visit: 
• His very interesting small personal house.
• One Pillar pagoda, first built in 1049 by the Emperor Ly Thai Tong, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. Constructed of wood on a single stone pillar, it was designed to resemble a lotus blossom in the honor of Buddha.
• Strolling through the area around Badinh Square, where there are many temples, pagoda, as well as colonial style buildings and villas, used for government offices & foreign embassies.

Continue to visit: 

• Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
• Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where you will 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.
• Have lunch in a restaurant in the old quarter.

After lunch, you’ll continue to visit: 

• Temple of Literature, which is built in 1070 by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong, who dedicated it to Confucius in order to honor scholars and men of literary accomplishment.
• Ngocson pagoda on the isle in the middle of the Restored Sword Lake, the petit lake in the heart of Hanoi, where legends grow thicker than water lilies. 
• Our favorite is the central Hangdao, Hangbac and Hanggai Street with all the silk and jewel shops...etc; there is also plenty of time for shopping, for independent walking and street photography in the old quarter of the city. Strolling through the St. Joseph Cathedral, a neo-Gothic Cathedral finished in 1886, noted worthy for its square towers, elaborate altar and stained-glass windows either.
• In the afternoon, return to the hotel.