Ho Chi Minh mausoluem - Tran Quoc Pagoda - Ceramic Mosaic - Long Bien Bridge - Hanoi Opera House - Hoan Kiem Lake - Hoa Lo prison museum
Vietnam is recognized as the country of motorcycle due to very high number of motorbike used. Motorcycle is used as the main transportation in the whole Vietnam and especially in Hanoi because it is not too expensive and easy to travel in the small streets and alleys. Therefore, Hanoi motorcycle tours are the best way to explore this bustling and hustling city. During the trip, you will be taken to famous sites of Hanoi such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Long Bien bridge, Tran Quoc pagoda…as well as enjoy delicious Hanoi street food
(7.30 am or 14.00) be welcomed and picked up at your hotel (in the center)/meeting point. Before the trip, our guide will give you a brief guidance of how to safely sit at the back of motorbike as well as itinerary of your tour. Then start your today tour:
Ho Chi Minh mausoleum (outside) to get more information about the life of former Vietnam’s president and structure of this construction
Tran Quan pagoda – over 1500 years old and the oldest pagoda in Hanoi
Ceramic Mosaic – listed in the Guinness World Record for being the largest ceramic mosaic in the world
Long Bien Bridge – the oldest bridge in Hanoi built from 1899 to 1902 and was one of the longest bridges in Asia during that time
Visit a local market and its surrounding of Ngoc Thuy ward
Hanoi Opera House – located in a beautiful intersection downtown and remains its original French architecture. This structure was inaugurated in 1911 and has seen many important events of the country such as establishment of National Liberation Front, the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam held its first meeting
Lý Thái Tổ Statue and Hoan Kiem Lake
Hoa Lo Prison Museum (Hanoi Hilton) - was a prison used by the French Colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for U.S Prisoners of War during the Vietnam War. During the later period it was ironically known to American POWs as the Hanoi Hilton.
(This site can be replaced by The Temple of Literature or the other places in this city with 5 km from Hoan Kiem lake)
12:00 or 18.00: Lunch time or Dinner with a Vietnamese Traditional dish such as Phở or Bún Chả (grilled porlk with noodle) or Bún Bò Nam Bộ (South beef noddle)…
Tour ends at the hotel in the Old Quarter.
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