Full-Day Art of Living Within Hue's Aristocratic Garden Houses
tp. Huế, Vietnam
Trip Type: Full-day Tours
Duration: 6 hours
The garden houses are a unique feature of Hue. The houses are traditional, privately owned, and set in attractive formal gardens. Some have connections with the old Royal Imperial Court. Hue’s original Garden Houses used to be the private residence of princes and princesses, or the premises of high ranking mandarins and rich families. You will learn different stories about the orthodox of preservation and development. A day within the Garden Houses delivers a deep understanding of landscape architecture, Feng Shui and ancient philosophies in construction.
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The garden houses are a unique feature of Hue. The houses are traditional, privately owned, and set in attractive formal gardens. Some have connections with the old Royal Imperial Court. Hue’s original Garden Houses used to be the private residence of princes and princesses, or the premises of high ranking mandarins and rich families. You will learn different stories about the orthodox of preservation and development. A day within the Garden Houses delivers a deep understanding of landscape architecture, Feng Shui and ancient philosophies in construction.We will pick you up from your Hue hotel in the early morning and head first to a local village by bike (named Kim Long, cycling trip will take approximately 15 kilometers on a flat road).
Kim Long village is a journey back in time: it resembles the great glory of the Imperial Great City (1636-1687) with a cluster of important cultural relics and the nostalgic architecture of the garden houses. This part of Hue and the set-up of this eco-tour giving each visitor an insight in the family atmosphere, which runs deep into the roots of this village. Admire locally cooked meals , followed by an afternoon tea party with the aristocratic etiquette in a nostalgic cultural atmosphere, will open up a cultural space in which you will truly perceive Hue’s art of living. All this around the stunningly beautiful garden houses of these families that remain call this home.
Lunch is included and what other way to have lunch that is prepared home-style, surrounded by the garden houses.
Your experience will be more memorable when you are cycling on the paths lined with vegetables, flowers and rice fields on both sides, promising moments of utmost peace. Hue traditional architecture has long been close associated with the natural environment and during this afternoon, this again will be shown in the best way possible. The garden houses reflect this association. Each is highly individual - house and garden, people and scenery, plants, clouds and water co-exist and blend with each other in a harmonious context.
In the late afternoon, after a day of exploring and discovering the aristocrat times of Imperial Hue through its garden houses, your guide and driver guide you back to your hotel in Hue.
Kim Long village is a journey back in time: it resembles the great glory of the Imperial Great City (1636-1687) with a cluster of important cultural relics and the nostalgic architecture of the garden houses. This part of Hue and the set-up of this eco-tour giving each visitor an insight in the family atmosphere, which runs deep into the roots of this village. Admire locally cooked meals , followed by an afternoon tea party with the aristocratic etiquette in a nostalgic cultural atmosphere, will open up a cultural space in which you will truly perceive Hue’s art of living. All this around the stunningly beautiful garden houses of these families that remain call this home.
Lunch is included and what other way to have lunch that is prepared home-style, surrounded by the garden houses.
Your experience will be more memorable when you are cycling on the paths lined with vegetables, flowers and rice fields on both sides, promising moments of utmost peace. Hue traditional architecture has long been close associated with the natural environment and during this afternoon, this again will be shown in the best way possible. The garden houses reflect this association. Each is highly individual - house and garden, people and scenery, plants, clouds and water co-exist and blend with each other in a harmonious context.
In the late afternoon, after a day of exploring and discovering the aristocrat times of Imperial Hue through its garden houses, your guide and driver guide you back to your hotel in Hue.
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