Tour Overview
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Hanoi Capital Arrival
Arrival at Noi Bai International Airport. Complete customs and meet your private guide and driver. Lunch at a local restaurant. Transfer to Hanoi (approximately 45 minutes) and check in at the hotel. Free time to settle in.
Your driver takes you to the Hanoi Old Quarter for a walking tour and a taste of the city's most famous street dishes. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight in Hanoi
Hanoi City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour of the historic Ba Dinh district: visit Ba Dinh Square, where President Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam's Independence on 2 September 1945, and Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (closed Mondays, Fridays, and throughout October and November; photo stop from outside). Continue to the One Pillar Pagoda, an ancient Buddhist pagoda built in the early 11th century during the reign of King Ly Thai Tong, its entire structure supported by a single pillar in the shape of a lotus blossom. Continue to Tran Quoc Pagoda.
Visit the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first university. Continue to the Museum of Ethnography (open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday). Stroll across the Huc Bridge and past the Ly Thai To Monument to Hoan Kiem Lake. Free time for shopping at Trang Tien Plaza or the Old Quarter and Dong Xuan Market. Optional relaxation at a massage or nail spa (at your own expense).
Dinner at a local restaurant or join a Street Food Tour of the Old Quarter.
Overnight in Hanoi
Hanoi Departure
Breakfast at the hotel. Last chance for shopping in the city.
Lunch at a local restaurant. Transfer to Noi Bai International Airport for your departure flight to Singapore.