ITINERARY
In the morning: From 7:15 to 7:30 am, picking
you up at hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter & taking 1,5 hour - drive to Incense
Village Quang Phu Cau, there, you can see the process that the artisans make
the incense with beautiful color and dry them under the sun and making the best
photos ever.
Note: If it rains you cannot see the incense so you will visit
Bat Trang pottery village (45 minutes driving) instead with pottery workshop
where the artisans produce ceramics products for domestic use and exporting.
You also practice to make 1 sample with the instructor.
Before 11:30 am, you will be at Train Street to get
ready for taking photos/videos of the train coming back to Hanoi Railway
station. This is the most expected part of the trip. Then you have lunch there.
In the afternoon:
Visiting Hoa Lo Prison which
is known as Maison Centrale in Hanoi or the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ which housed
Vietnamese revolutionaries & American POW during the Vietnam War, then
Temple of Literature - the first university of Vietnam in The 10th Century,
learn more about Confucianism and Viet Nam traditional education with Khue Van
Pavilion and Doctor Stelas on turtle's back, visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
(visit the outside of the mausoleum), Ba Dinh Square where president Ho Chi
Minh declared Independence of Vietnam on September 2nd, 1945. Driving to West
Lake to visit the most ancient pagoda Tran Quoc which was built in 528 to
understand about Buddhism in Vietnam.
Tour ends with special Egg
coffee that you never try before.
17:30 Dropping you of at your hotels or meeting point. Trip
ends.