Hanoi Luxury City Half Day Tour In The Afternoon
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Hanoi Luxury City Half Day Tour In The Afternoon
🗓️ Duration: Half Day
📍 Best place to visit: Tran Quoc Pagoda – Temple of Literature – Hoa Lo Prison
Overview
Hanoi, the land of a thousand years of culture, is a place to store and save long historical values. Therefore, this place is still imprinted with the ancient features of an ancient capital, besides modern high-rise buildings. If you visit Hanoi in the afternoon, you will visit famous destinations such as Hoa Lo prison, Temple of Literature, Tran Quoc pagoda,… Especially, when you go on Hanoi Luxury City Half Day Tour in the Afternoon of Smile Travel, you will be able to see the ancient architectural works and immerse yourself in the unique culture, interference between modern and classic here.
Itinerary
12h15: Our Tour guide and our Bus pick up at your hotel and transfer to the restaurant.
12h30-12h45: Have lunch at a local restaurant in Hanoi. Here, you have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese food. Vegeterian foods also are available.
⚠️ Note: In case, guests don’t have lunch with the tour, Smile Travel’s Bus will pick up at your hotel at around 13h30.
13h30: The first place of Hanoi luxury city half day tour in the afternoon is Tran Quoc Pagoda. This is a pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake. It is the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi built in the 6th century.

14h30: Continue the Hanoi luxury city half day tour in the afternoon to visit Temple of Literature (Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam). This is the first university of Vietnam and is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Northern Vietnam. It was founded in 1070 from the Ly Dynasty.

15h30: Keep going to visit Hoa Lo Prison. This prison was built by the French, from 1886 to 1901, when Vietnam was still a part of French Indochina. It was called the prison Maison Centrale by the French and “A Hell on Earth” by the prisoners. Now, Hoa Lo prison is like a war museum for those who want to understand more about the war against French colonial empire of Vietnamese people.

16h30: Bus of Smile Travel take you back to the Hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, finishing your Hanoi luxury city half day tour in the afternoon.
Optional: You can request Cyclo and/or Water Puppet Show with additional fee.
Option 1: Cyclo 45 minutes (5usd/person) around Hanoi Old Quarter after exploring Hoa Lo Prison
Option 2: Water Puppet Show 50 minutes (5usd/person) .
✔️ Recomended time: 16h10 or 17h20
Option 3: Cyclo 45 minutes and Water Puppet Show 50 minutes (10usd/person).
✔️ Recommended time for Water Puppet Show at 17h20 or 18h30
Inclusions and Exclusions
Inclusions | Exclusions |
✅ Shuttle Bus/Limousine during the trip
✅ A bottle of water / person
✅ Entrance tickets
✅ English speaking guide
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❌ Drink for lunch
❌ Cyclo (USD 5/person)
❌ Water Puppet Show (USD 5/person)
❌ Tips for tour guide & driver
❌ Personal expenses or anything not mentioned above
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⚠️ SPECIAL NOTES
- For Hanoi City tour in the afternoon, if guests don’t have lunch, Smile Travel will deduct USD 5/person and pick up at your hotel at 13h30.
- Bring the necessary things including cash, cellphone or cameras, raincoat/ umbrella, sunscream, etc (depending on the weather).
- The order of the itinerary can be changed depending on the specific situation.
Contact Smile Travel to book a tour:
Address: No. 140 Hong Tien, Bo De, Long Bien, Hanoi, Vietnam
Mobile: +84 865382168 Whatsapp/Line/Viber/KakaoTalk/Line/Wechat
Website: https://smiletravel.net/
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