Half-Day Historical Sites Tour of Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Type: Historical & Heritage Tours
Duration: 4 hours
Vietnam’s thousand-year-old capital, Hanoi offers a bounty of fascinating historical sites that stand testament to its eventful ancient and modern history; from hundreds of years of foreign colonization to war. Come take a walk through its historical past.
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Vietnam’s thousand-year-old capital, Hanoi offers a bounty of fascinating historical sites that stand testament to its eventful ancient and modern history; from hundreds of years of foreign colonization to war. Come take a walk through its historical past.
Pick up at the hotel in the morning and drive to the historic complex of Ba Dinh. Visit Ba Dinh Square, where the late President Ho Chi Minh read Vietnam’s Proclamation of Independence on 2 September 1945. Visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and continue to One-Pillar Pagoda, a must-see monument in Hanoi. One-Pillar Pagoda is an ancient Buddhist pagoda supported by only one pillar. Built in the early 11th century during the reign of King Ly Thai Tong, the pagoda resembles a lotus blossom. We will also visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (temple of literature), the first Imperial school in Vietnam built in 1070 during the dynasty of King Ly.
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