Hanoi Private Shore Excursion from Halong Bay/ Hanoi (Cai Lan), Vietnam

Adventures Travel Vietnam offers the best private Hanoi Shore Excursions for cruise ship passengers from Halong Bay/ Hanoi (Cai Lan), Vietnam. We guarantee a local perspective that will give you and your family a once in a lifetime experience.
ITINERARY:
07:00 – 08:00 Pick-up from Cai Lan port and transfer to Hanoi city
10:00 Visit the Temple of Literature
11:00 Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (outside to take photos) and his former residence, the One Pillar Pagoda, Quan Thanh Temple
12:00 Visit the Hanoi Hilton Prison Museum
13:00 Have lunch at local restaurant
14:00 Take panoramic cyclo along 36 streets (Old Quarter) and Hoan Kiem lake
15:00 Visit Ngoc Son temple
16:00 Transfer back the Cai Lan port
18:00 Drop off at the Cai Lan port and finish your shore excursion.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

The Temple of Literature or Temple of Culture is a Temple of Confucius in Hanoi, northern Vietnam. The temple hosts the Imperial Academy, Vietnam's first national university. The temple was built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader & President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hoa Lo Prison, 1 Hoa Lo St Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam

Hỏa Lò Prison was a prison used by the French colonists in French Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period it was known to American POWs as the Hanoi Hilton

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street, Around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Hồ Gươm, is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. In the past, the lake was variously name "Luc Thuy Lake" or "Thuy Quan Lake

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ngoc Son Temple, Dinh Tien Hoang St. Old Quarter - Hoàn Kiêm Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

Ngoc Son Temple was built in 19th century. Initially, the Temple was called Ngoc Son Pagoda. Later on, the Temple was renamed as Ngoc Son Temple because the place was only used to worship a scholar Van Xuong and Tran Hung Dao, a hero of Vietnam in 13th century, who defeated Nguyen invaders (China). In 1985, Confucian Nguyen Van Sieu took in charge of remodeling the Temple. Some other structures like Pen Tower, Tran Ba Temple, The Huc Bridge were constructed in this time.

Duration: 1 hour