Premium Handicraft Shopping Tour - Hanoi

✅ Inclusions
🔹 Standard Package Includes
• All transportation, bilingual cultural guide , lunch, and entry
• Visits to 3–4 curated artisan sites
• Bottled water, towels, welcome kit
🔸 Premium Package Adds
• Appointment-based access
• Personalized shopping support
• Complimentary gift wrap & delivery coordination
• Signature artisan souvenir
🌟 VIP Experience Adds
• Luxury transport (SUV or executive van)
• 1-on-1 artisan session or studio visit
• Custom lunch with wine or live music
• Full filming or photography
• Certificate & private interpreter if needed

❌ Exclusions
• Shopping, drinks not on the menu, phone, laundry, etc.
• Tips for tour guide and driver (optional).
• Travel insurance.
• Other meals not included in the program

Departure point: Pick up point in Ha Noi city center hotel.
End point: drop off at original pick up point - Ha Noi city center area.

DETAILED ITINERARY WITH VENUES

🕚08:30 – 09:00 | Hotel Pickup & Cultural Briefing

• Your bilingual guide introduces the heritage of Vietnamese craftsmanship: 1,000-year-old ceramic tradition, the embroidery lineage of Hue, and lacquer arts evolving from dynasties to galleries.
• Receive a premium itinerary brochure and welcome kit.

🕚09:00 – 10:30 | Bat Trang Ceramic Studio Visit – Hien Van Ceramics

• Skip the touristy zone and head straight to a curated space blending ancient Vietnamese motifs with modern minimalist form.
• Watch a live demo of ceramic wheel throwing, hand-glazing, and firing in gas kilns.
• Enjoy tea with the artisan founder (on request) and explore exclusive handmade vases, tableware, and bonsai pots.
• Optional: Paint your own ceramic tile ($80 add-on).

🛍 Recommended buys: Celadon-glazed vases, hand-thrown tea sets, imperial-style jars.

🕚10:45 – 12:00 | Hand Embroidery Showcase

• Visit Hanoi’s most legendary artisan embroidery house with 4 generations of craft.
• Explore a museum-like space showcasing embroidered paintings, silk robes, linen homewares, and personalized couture.
• Learn about the process of hand-stitching using natural silk threads over months of labor.

🛍 Recommended buys: Hand-stitched scarves, pillow covers, framed lotus paintings.

🕚12:15 – 13:45 | Gourmet Lunch – Home Hanoi Restaurant

• Nestled in a French colonial villa, this fine dining restaurant offers upscale Vietnamese cuisine.
• Set menu includes: Hanoi spring rolls, caramelized fish in clay pot, lotus root salad, and traditional dessert.
• Optional add-on: live đàn tranh or sáo trúc (zither/flute) performance during lunch.

🕚14:00 – 15:30 | Lacquerware Studio

• Visit Hanoi’s most prestigious luxury lacquer brand, favored by global designers.
         o Learn about 25+ layers of polishing, use of quỳ vàng (gold leaf), and mother-of-pearl inlays.
         o Optional private visit for studio experience.
• Visit an alternative studio (for contemporary art lovers): vibrant modern lacquer art in collaboration with young artists.

🛍 Recommended buys: Jewelry boxes, trays, lacquered wall décor, collectible objets d’art.

🕚15:45 – 17:00 | Artistic Souvenir Shopping

• Visit a concept store featuring authentic, curated Vietnamese goods with clean design: incense kits, journals, tea accessories.
• Visit a well-known shop for Decor and lifestyle showroom with hand-woven baskets, textiles from ethnic minorities, ceramics from Mekong artists.

🛍 Recommended buys: Silk scarves, artisan candles, journals, rattan trays, hill tribe embroidery.

🕚17:00 – 17:30 | Return to Hotel & Farewell Gift

• Receive a souvenir keepsake: artisan bookmark, batik pouch, or mini ceramic charm.
• End of tour.

🎁 OPTIONAL ADD-ONS

• Cancellation up to 24 hours before departure is free of charge.
• Cancellation within 24 hours 100% tour price.