This tour covers half-day or full-day visits to Hanoi's traditional villages and Hanoi City Tour. Please review the details carefully before booking.
Option HALF DAY: Visit 2 Villages: Conical Hat and Incense Craft Village ( No Lunch ) + Train Street (optional)
Duration: ~ 5 hours
Morning from 8:00~13:00
Afternoon from 12:00~17:00
Hotel Pickup at 8:00 AM or 12:00 PM Start with a pick-up and visit Quang Phu Cau Village to learn about incense-making. Then, explore a village, where artisans craft Vietnam's iconic conical hats. End at Train Street, enjoy a coffee, and explore (costs at your own expense). Note: You are responsible for your return from Train Street.
Please note: This half-day tour does not include lunch, so we recommend eating beforehand or bringing snacks to keep you energised
Option FULL DAY: Visit 2 Villages: Conical Hat and Incense Craft Village + Visit Hanoi City Tour ( Temple of Literature + Hoa Lo Prison, one of the largest and most solid prisons built by the French)
Hotel Pickup at 7:30 AM Start with a pick-up and visit Quang Phu Cau Village to learn about incense-making. Then, explore a village, where artisans craft Vietnam's iconic conical hats.
Continue to a local artisan’s house or a riverside restaurant for a meal . After bidding farewell to a hat-making village, depart for Highlight Hanoi city tour
Visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, The Temple of Literature (Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam) is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Northern Vietnam. The Temple of Literature was founded in 1070.
15h15: Keep going to visit Hoa Lo Prison, the prison was built by the French, from 1886 to 1901, When Vietnam was still a part of French Indochina.
16h30: Our Bus take you back to the Hotel. We finish the trip!
Option FULL DAY: Visit 3 Villages with home cooked lunch: Lacquer, Conical Hat and Incense + Train street ( optional drop off)
Duration: 8:00~16:30
After pickup from your hotel, meet your tour guide and head to your first stop, the incense stick-making village. Learn more about the techniques from local artisans as you walk through the village. Stop at some places in the village to take some awesome photos.
Then, get back on the bus, and hop to your next destination, just 15 minutes away, the traditional conical hat-making village. Not only observe but also get involved in the process of making and painting your own hat, a souvenir to remember your day.
Continue to a local artisan’s house or a riverside restaurant for a meal. After bidding farewell to a hat-making village, depart for the last stop, the lacquer art-making village. Observe and learn the quintessence of local artwork from the artisans as you visit a large family-run factory.
Visit the local artist house in the village to know the process of producing lacquer art products and have chance to paint a lacquer. Finally, get back on the bus and head back to Hanoi city centre and Train street ( optional drop off)