HANOI HALF DAY TOUR

Today you’ll take a look at Hanoi’s fascinating historic sites: 
• Hochiminh Mausoleum (Note*: closed on Monday and Friday and for the period from September until end of November closed for maintenance). 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: 
• 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.
• The Fine Art museum: with approximately 10,000 works, objects, restored articles, reproductions, pictures and paintings are displayed (closed Monday).
• Quan Thanh Temple, an important historical and cultural place in Hanoi, where there is the giant black bronze statue of Huyen Thien Tran Vu, according to the legend, is the figure, who helped King An Duong Vuong chased away demons during the construction of Co Loa Citadel. It is also one of Four Gateways of the Ancient Thanglong citadel, which honors the holly figures guarding at four main directions (East – West – South – Norht) of the ancient Thang Long Citadel. 
• The History Museum, founded in September 1958, where exhibits many collections and objects, which belongs to the different periods of Vietnam’s history, since the prehistory.