Private Experience Hanoi City, Food Street, Bat Trang Ceramic
This city tour Hanoi is designed aiming to give you an opportunity to enjoy an absolute and adorable Hanoi. Small streets with old houses, friendly people with typical Vietnamese smiles offer you the true feeling of this capital city. Highlight:
- Ho Chi Minh complex, learn about his life of national hero
- The Temple of Literature – the first National University of Vietnam.
- Hoa Lo Prison - was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners
- Street food tour - will give you an insight into the intricacies and traditions of Vietnamese food culture. We eat as we go, sampling a tasty Hanoian street foods from a street cart.
- Bat Trang Ceramic village
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Private Experience Hanoi City, Food Street, Bat Trang Ceramic
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What's included in Private Experience Hanoi City, Food Street, Bat Trang Ceramic
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Ba Dinh Square
Located in front of the famous Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square is one of the popular historical relic sites in all Hanoi City Tour’s itineraries. It is a place to recognize many important landmarks in Vietnamese history, especially on September 2nd, 1945, the President of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam Democratic Republic Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence giving birth to the People’s Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Below is everything you need to know for a visit to this lively and animated spot.
Temple of Literature & National University
Located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, Temple of Literature was founded in 1070, almost 1000 years ago, by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong as a temple to worship the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Temple of Literature one of the most important monuments in Hanoi. In 1076, his son established the Imperial Academy as a royal school for only members of the elite such as princes, nobles, and bureaucrats. The Imperial Academy, which was considered as the first university in Vietnam, opened for about 700 years and educated hundreds of well-known scholars and mandarins. Despite continuous wars and disasters, the Temple of Literature remained its precious architectural and cultural value.
Hoa Lo Prison
Hoa Lo Prison (now it is called historic relic Hoa Lo Prison) is located at address 1 Hoa Lo Street, Hanoi. In the past, this land was a village specializing in making all kinds of casserole, portable earthen stove,…. so this place is called Hoa Lo village (Hoa Lo means “ fire earthen stove” in Vietnamese). When the French occupied Hanoi, this was moved to another place to get land to build courts and prisons. Because this prison was landed on Hoa Lo village, people called this place “Hoa Lo Prison”. Hoa Lo prison was built by the French in 1896 and was named “Central Prison”. The location of the prison was located on the full land of Phu Khanh village. The total area of Central Prison and the neighboring roads leading to the prison is 12.908m2.
Inclusions
- English Speaking Guide
- All Fees and Taxes
- Buffet lunch, Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch
- Making Pottery in Bat Trang Village +3$/person
- Drinks
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We can pick up around the Old Quarter. Once you book the trip, please send us your hotel address
