Things To Do in Hanoi

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Locals’ Favourite Sights in Hanoi

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Hồ Tây (West Lake) (Hồ Tây)

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Hồ Tây (West Lake) (Hồ Tây)

The biggest lake in Hanoi

Hanoi old citadel-Northern gate

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Hanoi old citadel-Northern gate

World Heritage Site

Nhà Hát Lớn Hà Nội (Hanoi Opera House)

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Nhà Hát Lớn Hà Nội (Hanoi Opera House)

LOve this gorgeous building

Con Đường Gốm Sứ (Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural)

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Con Đường Gốm Sứ (Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural)

Good attempt at beautifying

Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) (Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám)

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Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) (Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám)

Interesting and beautiful place

Lăng Chủ Tịch Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum)

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Lăng Chủ Tịch Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum)

place of the country’s most oned history

Cầu Long Biên (Long Bien Bridge)

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Cầu Long Biên (Long Bien Bridge)

Amazing white knuckle bridge walk

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Cầu Long Biên (Long Bien Bridge)

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Cầu Long Biên (Long Bien Bridge)

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Amazing white knuckle bridge walk

Cầu Long Biên (Long Bien Bridge)

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Health and safety nightmare, and not for the faint heart hearted but really good adrenaline walk. Historic bridge with railway line in the centre, parts are still missing from bombing. Built by french architect Eiffel. Worthwhile walk in my view. Read more ›

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Bia Hoi culture & street

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Bia Hoi culture & street

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it's the drink represent Hanoi culture

Bia Hoi culture & street

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we will visit the most special, hidden Bia Hơi restaurant in Hanoi. It only opens from 4.30pm, normally crowded since 5pm and runs out of beer before 6.30pm (Except Sunday, we'll visit another hidden Bia Hơi place inside an ancient village of Hanoi) . We will taste the best Bia Hơi in Hanoi, discover beer history of this city, find out how Bia Hơi Read more ›

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Hanoi old citadel-Northern gate

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Hanoi old citadel-Northern gate

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World Heritage Site

Hanoi old citadel-Northern gate

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This is identified as world heritage site by UNESCO and it is a palace built in the 19th century and despite it being damaged it is worth seeing. Even after so many years it gives you an idea of how rulers in those days were living and had planned lot of things we plan for today. Read more ›

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Local Experience

Hanoi excursion

Hanoi excursion

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On your trip in Hanoi, do not miss these attractions to have a complete overview of the 1000 year-old-city.

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49 USD

Duration

6 h

Languages

English

Nhà Thờ Lớn (St. Joseph's Cathedral)

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Nhà Thờ Lớn (St. Joseph's Cathedral)

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Beautiful place of worship ...

Nhà Thờ Lớn (St. Joseph's Cathedral)

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As interesting outside as inside the Cathedral marks the boundary of the Old and French Quarters in Hanoi. The front courtyard is a favorite for wedding photos and there are always throngs of people, very fun and interesting. Walk around the side to enter and you will be wrapped in the cool quiet of a traditional cathedral. Read more ›

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Con Đường Gốm Sứ (Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural)

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Con Đường Gốm Sứ (Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural)

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Good attempt at beautifying

Con Đường Gốm Sứ (Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural)

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This mural cheers up travellers along the road by providing a bit of color in an otherwise mostly gray city. It features designs from Vietnamese mythology, childrens' art, and quilt patterns and is a delight to pass by. Read more ›

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Papers masks: Preserving Ancient Craft

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Papers masks: Preserving Ancient Craft

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to create soulful paper masks

Papers masks: Preserving Ancient Craft

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The traditional paper masks, as distinct and recognizable as the full moon during the Mid-Autumn festival, has for years been a favorite traditional toy among Vietnamese children. During the night of the festival, gleeful children parade around the neighborhood wearing colorful paper masks as they carry with them bobbing lanterns to illuminate Read more ›

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Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) (Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám)

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Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) (Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám)

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Interesting and beautiful place

Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) (Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám)

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We opted to pick up two audio guides to help us understand more about the location. I am so glad that we did as it gave us a better understanding of the history and importance of the temples and items in display. We enjoyed talking with the touring school children- they had a lot of questions for us. I would recommend visiting first thing in Hanoi. Read more ›

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Local Experience

Ultimate Street Tour on a Motorbike

Ultimate Street Tour on a Motorbike

First we will visit a hidden ancient and breathtaking little coffee shop that's sure to impress visually and in taste. We will eat pho in a fantastic restaurant, we'll walk around a banana farm and vegetable farm. We'll see a dancer monk in a temple and eat famous Banh My in the older quarter.

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30 EUR

Duration

3 h

Languages

English

Nhà Hát Lớn Hà Nội (Hanoi Opera House)

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Nhà Hát Lớn Hà Nội (Hanoi Opera House)

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LOve this gorgeous building

Nhà Hát Lớn Hà Nội (Hanoi Opera House)

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Resembling the Opéra Palais Garnier, Hanoi Opera House, built in 10 years since 1911 by two French architects. The magnificent building became one of the top landmarks in Hanoi. The Opera House hosts cultural entertaining performances, bamboo cirque, contemporary dance, orchestra concerts and government events. Read more ›

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Lăng Chủ Tịch Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum)

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Lăng Chủ Tịch Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum)

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place of the country’s most oned history

Lăng Chủ Tịch Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum)

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In the queue leading up to the mausoleum you are not allowed to take any photos and obviously not in the mausoleum itself. However after the visit you can approach the entrance from the other side and take photos of the outside from a discreet distance. Only other experience was a visit to Lenin’s tomb in Moscow so a similar experience to that. Read more ›

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Hồ Tây (West Lake) (Hồ Tây)

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Hồ Tây (West Lake) (Hồ Tây)

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The biggest lake in Hanoi

Hồ Tây (West Lake) (Hồ Tây)

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West lake is near to Tay Ho area, we call it " khu vuc Tay" because there are so many foreigners living there. You can sit by the lake to see people kayaking on the lake or just sitting there to feel fresh wind and hang out with friends, we call it " tra da". You can google west lake to see more beautiful pictures of the lake. Read more ›

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Hanoi biking with local guide

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Hanoi biking with local guide

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Experience your own style as the locals!

Hanoi biking with local guide

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We have the experience and I really want to show it to the tourists who really want to explore our culture, our local food. Combing bike with the food tour will be very special. You can do a little exercise, view some interesting places before enjoy the good food, special food from Hanoi. Read more ›

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Local Experience

Halong-Lanha Cruise 1 day Trip 8 hours on Bay

Halong-Lanha Cruise 1 day Trip 8 hours on Bay

Travel to Halong Bay and Lan ha Bay only in 1 day, there are 8 hours of exploring in a wide area with the most beautiful scenery, Our team is enthusiastic, dynamic, well trained and dedicated. We serve fresh, delicious meals prepared by our professional chef.

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59 USD

Duration

8 h

Languages

English

Postcard Experience Hanoi

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Postcard Experience Hanoi

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a very talented artist that wants

Postcard Experience Hanoi

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who love to create. I've organised many classes & events for both children and adults to encourage them to trust their curiosity & to appreciate their works. I believe everyone is creative and I love supporting others' creativity process as they support mine. through this experience, I hope to reconnect with our source of inspiration, calm our fear Read more ›

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Bookbinding workshop in Hanoi

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Bookbinding workshop in Hanoi

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create your own hand-sewn notebook

Bookbinding workshop in Hanoi

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- Get to know different styles of bookbinding and possibilities of materials. - Work with needles, threads, awls, glue, paper and cardboard to create your one-of-a-kind notebook. The process is broken down into simple & effective steps with reasonable pace. - Finish your notebook with decoration. Read more ›

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Hanoi in film : photographer tour

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Hanoi in film : photographer tour

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we will explore the city through analog

Hanoi in film : photographer tour

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If you need a local guide to experience the beauty of Hanoi in a different perspective, I can provide you not only a film camera with a film roll but also the joy of taking film photos while wandering around the city. I will guide you take a film photo, from choosing film, loading film to rewinding film, taking care of your negatives and practical Read more ›

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Leather craftsmanship-entry level

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Leather craftsmanship-entry level

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You can also personalize your card holde

Leather craftsmanship-entry level

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I'm Thao co-founder of Hanoi Papaya Homestay and Craft Studio. I was born in Hanoi yet spent most of my twenties studying in the US and UK. After coming back, together with my team, we organised a series of workshops to introduce Vietnamese artisanship to the world. I will be the one who lead the workshop along with my friend Thư who owns the place Read more ›

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Watercolor painting class in Hanoi

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Watercolor painting class in Hanoi

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Watercolors offer a lot of possibilities

Watercolor painting class in Hanoi

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Watercolors offer a lot of possibilities for creative self-expression. It is an art form that creates artistic representations, usually by brush on paper, using pigments that are water-soluble. Simply the colored blocks are swiped with a wet brush and the pigment transfers itself to the watered brush and thence to the paper. Read more ›

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Interactive adventure in Hanoi

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Interactive adventure in Hanoi

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You begin your own exploration Hanoi

Interactive adventure in Hanoi

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My long experience in the tourism industry in Vietnam combined with my passion for games & puzzles allows me to bring genuine urban experiences to people. The city of Hanoi still has lots of hidden parts to reveal, so I created an elaborated scenario for one scripted tour to explore it off the beaten tracks. Read more ›

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Vietnamese art street Hanoi

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Vietnamese art street Hanoi

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Graffiti-filled streets and contemporary

Vietnamese art street Hanoi

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Let’s go on an art-packed journey that spans Hanoi’s history from the Indochina College of Fine Arts, right up to today’s current local art scene, a colorful mix of graffiti-filled streets and contemporary art galleries. Read more ›

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Vietnamese Tea Ceremony

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Vietnamese Tea Ceremony

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Enjoys tea and appreciates !!!

Vietnamese Tea Ceremony

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Who won the first place at Tea Master Cup competition in 2016 and represented our country to participate the international one then. We make tea from different tea material areas in Northern Vietnam. Opening Hien Minh Tea House, we would like to share our passion and knowledge of tea to everyone Read more ›

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Lacquer painting in Hanoi

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Lacquer painting in Hanoi

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a traditional type of painting of Hanoi

Lacquer painting in Hanoi

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Lacquer painting offers a lot of possibilities for creative self-expression. At our art class, you will find deep inside your soul the creativeness that you might not have realized before. The class is suitable for both beginners who have no idea what lacquer painting is, and experts who want to discover more the different techniques. Read more ›

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Walk & learn secret Hanoi

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Walk & learn secret Hanoi

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Special motorbike photography trip !!!

Walk & learn secret Hanoi

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This experience combines the classical city-walks, photo-tours with photo lessons and authentic experiences and places. It's a 4-in-1 kind of experience. You will have the chance to finally learn what your expensive DSLR is capable of, or your phone's Pro-mode, find out photography tips&tricks, uncover fantastic locations within the city Read more ›

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My village Lang Toi show

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My village Lang Toi show

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ONE WORD " AMAZING" !!!

My village Lang Toi show

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"Illustrating delicately the poetic Vietnamese village through its stunning cirque, the cultural show My Village draws viewers to the world of top-notch art creativity, where whoever stepping into will bring home unforgettable memories of the charm of Vietnam. Be highly appreciated by locals and considered as a precious present for art-lovers. Read more ›

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Wooden Stamp Crafting Workshop

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Wooden Stamp Crafting Workshop

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The master carver was so amazing

Wooden Stamp Crafting Workshop

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Hung graduated from Hanoi Art University hoping to make a living as an artists some 20 years ago but when things didn't work out for him as an artist, he took a drastic turn and and went to find inspiration in a childhood hobby of making wooden stamps. Now a master craftsman who has been carving for more than 20 years, Read more ›

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Awesome Photoshoot Hanoi

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Awesome Photoshoot Hanoi

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It’s someplace that only local people !!

Awesome Photoshoot Hanoi

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Hanoi Old quarter, Catholic Church or French Old Quarter area as sufficient for both of us. I will invite you a drink to dicuss about the photo-taken plan. After that we could walk around Old Quarter to take massive unique background scenes or the Church with vintage French colonies style. Read more ›

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Survival vietnamese lesson for travel

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Survival vietnamese lesson for travel

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Vietnamese is a very complex language

Survival vietnamese lesson for travel

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I am a Vietnamese and English teacher living and working in Hanoi. I have been teaching for 4 years now, both English for Vietnamese students and Vietnamese for foreigners. I also had 3 years working for non-profit organizations and 7 months studying in Europe. I am really interested in cultural exchange and sharing my knowledge with others. Read more ›

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

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52 ethnic groups in Vietnam!!!

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a unit under Vietnam Academy of Scocial Sciences. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic. Read more ›

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Bến Sông Hồng

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Bến Sông Hồng

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Horseback Riding in Hanoi Countryside

Bến Sông Hồng

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Our guests will enjoy a unique experience with our amazing ponies and experienced staff. We will meet at a cafe in the Old Quarter for a traditional Vietnamese coffee (Nau or Egg Coffee), then a car will bring you to our barn. After getting acquainted, spend the morning or afternoon riding our well-trained ponies through traditional villages Read more ›

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Hanoi Urban Adventures

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Hanoi Urban Adventures

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Great way of experiencing Hanoi

Hanoi Urban Adventures

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An easy to find meeting point we had a good couple of hours wandering the streets and night market, sampling a great range of food ending with a rooftop egg coffee (try it!) at cafe accessed though a silk shop that we would never have found on our own. Sorry,can't remember the name of our guide but he was great, giving us lots of local info as well Read more ›

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Vietnamese Women's Museum

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Vietnamese Women's Museum

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Best Museum in Hanoi!!!

Vietnamese Women's Museum

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Focused on the contribution of women to Vietnam's history and culture, this museum highlights their roles in Vietnam's many military conflicts as well as in commerce, including features on female street vendors, women's role in the family, and more recently, single mothers in Vietnam. Read more ›

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Cycle, local food & foot massage

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Cycle, local food & foot massage

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it's "too cheap, too little money"

Cycle, local food & foot massage

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Be picked up at your hotel and enjoy a one-hour cyclo ride through the Old Quarter and pass by: Hanoi Opera House, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi Central Cathedral…Just relax on this unique type of transportation and taking photos until you reach the street food tour meeting point. Read more ›

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Hoàng Thành Thăng Long (Imperial Citadel of Thang Long)

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Hoàng Thành Thăng Long (Imperial Citadel of Thang Long)

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Amazing for all ages

Hoàng Thành Thăng Long (Imperial Citadel of Thang Long)

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A really great place and extremely popular. It's very large though so it's still very pleasant. Lots of history both thousands of year old and 10s of years old. Lots of information both in Vietnamese and English. Lots of toilet stops are dotted around too. There are also many small exhibition sites all over the place with artefacts. Read more ›

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Ga Hà Nội (Hanoi Train Station)

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Ga Hà Nội (Hanoi Train Station)

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Hanoi Train Track Cafe

Ga Hà Nội (Hanoi Train Station)

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We went there without a clear idea of how it was going to be. The street is a very interesting place and despite the amount of tourists in such a small place, the experience was great. This cafe was an important part of the experience. The decoration extended beyond the limits of the building and covered part of the railway. Read more ›

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Hỏa Lò (Hoa Lo Prison or "Hanoi Hilton")

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Hỏa Lò (Hoa Lo Prison or "Hanoi Hilton")

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"Hanoi Hilton," this famous prison

Hỏa Lò (Hoa Lo Prison or "Hanoi Hilton")

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Loved the museum, a must see for everyone. Makes you question the everyday frenzy if you sit for a while on a concrete bed, in near complete darkness and think how would that be to stay there for a year, or for eternity. Also good historic insight into the French and the Americans in Vietnam. Seems that the Vietnamese are proud of treating American Read more ›

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Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long (Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre) (Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long)

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Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long (Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre) (Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long)

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Worthy Traditional Vietnam show

Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long (Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre) (Nhà Hát Múa Rối Thăng Long)

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This was part of our tour. I had low expectations and it was confirmed. The only people inside were tourists. The musicians were talented and the puppets are literally in the pool but I can't say I’d watch it again. Read more ›

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Cafe Sách Đinh Lễ

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Cafe Sách Đinh Lễ

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It is a nice view

Cafe Sách Đinh Lễ

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Have you ever felt like you needed a space? Sometimes I want to "hide" in a corner so quiet to regain balance, arrange things "disordered" in life and I have found a few corners like that right in the middle of the bustling capital. No need to be a "bookworm" girl, come to the Hanoi book cafés below. Read more ›

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