Shore Excursion: Ho Chi Minh City Tour From Sai Gon Port
Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s biggest & busiest city, where modernity blends with history to fascinating effect. It’s home to a treasure-trove of historical delights dating from Chinese rule, to French-colonial Indochina and through to the infamous Vietnam War. This tour will take you to the historical highlights, whilst giving you facts that you wouldn’t have learned in history class!
Highlights:
- Admire the classical French-colonial architecture of 19th century buildings, including Notre Dame Cathedral and the City Centre Post Office
- Wander the vast halls of the beautifully preserved Reunification Palace
- Visit a 250 year-old Pagoda in China Town- built by the first Chinese settlers and still used as an important place of worship
Options
Private Tour
Private Tour
Pickup included
What's included in Shore Excursion: Ho Chi Minh City Tour From Sai Gon Port
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Ho Chi Minh CityPass-by Only
Pick up from Sai Gon Port for Ho Chi Minh City tour. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest, busiest and most exciting city in Vietnam. It is also filled with intrigue and culture. Ho Chi Minh City is considered as a “blending mixture of culture” city in Vietnam. You can discover a lot of interesting things through people’s daily life. Founded and developed over 300 years ago , today, Ho Chi Minh City is a fascinating tourist spot with various cultural and historical features.
War Remnants Museum
Operated by the Ho Chi Minh City government, an earlier version of this museum opened on September 4, 1975, as the Exhibition House for US and Puppet Crimes. In 1995, following the normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States and end of the US embargo a year before, the references to "war crimes" and "aggression" were dropped from the museum's title as well; it became the War Remnants Museum
The Independence Palace
Independence Palace, also publicly known as Reunification Convention Hall , built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, it was the site of the end of the Vietnam War, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.
Inclusions
- Entrance fees and Port fees
- Travel insurance
- Transportation with air-conditioning
- Port pick-up and drop-off
- Bottled drinking water
- English speaking guide (other languages available upon request with surcharge)
- Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
- Tips and gratuities
- Visa
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
- 75% off for children 0-5 years old ; 25% off for children 6-10 years old
- Booking should be made at least 7 days before departure.
- Please provide your passport details, cruise name, arrival and departure time at least 7 days in advance
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Sai Gon Port
