Vietnam Trips Review: Vietnam Classic tour 7 days

Hanoi – Hue – Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels

Overview

Vietnam Classic tour 7 days is for tourists who have the short time in their vacation in Vietnam but they love to have an overview of the typical landscapes of the country. The tour is impressive by the best note relating to the destinations where the tourists can explore the special features of the land, people and local culture as well.

Itinerary in summary

Day 1: Welcome to Ha Noi. Overnight in Ha Noi

Day 2: Visit Ha Noi with the destinations like One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, Ha Noi Old Quarter. Overnight in Ha Noi

Day 3: Fly to Hue; visit Hue with the destinations like Dong Ba Market, The Imperial Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda, Tu Duc Emperor’s tomb. Overnight in Hue

Day 4: Hue – Hoi An, on the road have stop to visit Lang Co Beach. Visit Hoi An with the destinations like Hoi An Ancient Town, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, Japanese Bridge, Thu Bon River. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 5: Hoi An – Da Nang – fly to Ho Chi Minh City, free time. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 6: Visit Ho Chi Minh City with the destinations as Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, Ben Thanh Market – Cu Chi Tunnels. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 7: Departure.

Tour in Details

Day 1: Welcome day

The trip starts always with the first day to transfer from your home to the land where you love to discover. So the first day in Ha Noi will be the day for your relax to prepare the needed things for the trip in the day after.

Day 2: Visit Ha Noi

Ha Noi is the capital of the country. It has its important role in the economy, politic and culture. So the first place for tourists to come to Vietnam is usually Ha Noi. You will find out the serenity of the city through the architectures such as One Pillar Pagoda, The Temple of Literature and Ngoc Son Temple. One Pillar Pagoda is located in the center of the city. It is considered the heritage of the city about the unique architecture with one wood pillar in the shape of lotus. You have chance to know more about the unique architecture of Vietnam through The Temple of Literature also. This architecture is located in the center of Ha Noi too. It was built a thousand year ago nearly with the typical Vietnamese architecture at that time. One of the main points in all tours in Ha Noi is Hoan Kiem Lake. This is a great sightseeing attached with the legend of returning the sword to The Turtle God by the King named Le Thai To in 15^th century. Hoan Kiem Lake is the large freshwater lake in the center of Ha Noi. It is considered the fantastic area that makes the city to be more beautiful. Walking along the lake, you will see the tower landed uniquely in the center of the lake. After visiting Hoan Kiem Lake, it is convenient to you to visit Ngoc Son Temple that located in the north of the lake. The temple was built in the 19^th century attached some famous works such as Thap But, The Huc Bridge, Dai Nghien, etc. In the end of the day, you spend your time to go round Hanoi Old Quarter to have an overview of the capital with its long history in the past. Here in the old area, you will see the silent old houses with the calm paths located between. And you have chance to listen about the story of 36 streets in Ha Noi as a typical features that impress anyone.

Day 3: Ha Noi – Hue, explore Hue city

After a day for visiting Ha Noi, you will take a flight to Hue with the flight duration about an hour 15 minutes. Hue City is considered the center city of the Middle of the country. Hue is far from Ha Noi more than 600km. The city owns the rich historical story, especially about the famous dynasty in Vietnamese history – Nguyen Dynasty. However before the time to visit some destinations that related to this dynasty, you will visit the real Hue with Dong Ba Market. The market is in the center of Hue. You can find here the activities of Hue people in the normal life. From here you are easily to take a trip to discover the Imperial Citadel to understand more about Nguyen Dynasty that reigned the country during 140 years. And then you visit Tu Duc’s Tomb considered one of the incredible architectures in the Nguyen’s architecture system. After that you visit Thien Mu Pagoda that is symbol of Hue City. The pagoda was built along time ago. It is located in Ha Khe hill that has the fantastic view of Huong River. A day of visiting in Hue is not enough to understand all of things of the city, but you at least handle the main points that existed in this special city.

Day 4: Hue – Hoi An

The trip is continued with the nice time from Hue to Hoi An. You will have a stop in the road to watch Lang Co Beach that considered a great picture of Hue. Lang Co Beach belongs to Lang Co Town in Phuc Loc District of Hue city. The town is far from Hue center about 70km and owns the great nature with the blue sea and green forest. The bay here is famous with the position in the nice bay list of the world. After the moment to enjoy the best overview from Lang Co Beach, you will conquer Hai Van Pass that is one of the most spectacular passes of the country. You come to Hoi An in the noon and start to explore this ancient town. Hoi An was a busy commercial port in the period of 17-18 century, so there are a lot of things special for you to explore such as the city’s architectures, culture and people.

Day 5: Hoi an – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City

From Hoi An, you will transfer to Da Nang – one of the young cities of the Middle of the country. Da Nang is considered the best developing cities in the Middle. Hoi An is located far form Da Nang about 30km, so you do not spend a lot of time for transfer. From this city, you will take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City, with its duration about 45 minutes to an hour. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City; you have time to relax after the long road of travelling from the North to the Middle before the time of exploring the South.

Day 6: Visit Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels

Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest of the South of the Country. Together with Ha Noi capital, Ho Chi Minh City is one of two most important cities of the country. For the time of staying in this city, you have chance to visit some most famous destinations of the city such as Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, Ben Thanh Market and Cu Chi Tunnels. The Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office are three places that located closely together so you can walk from this place to the other one. The Reunification Palace will bring you to some details that relating to history of the country in the time war. Beside the Notre Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office will give you the overview of the architecture of the city base on the influence of French architecture. And then the trip takes you to Ben Thanh Market where you can find out the abundant products also the plentiful souvenirs. At last, you will have a trip to Cu Chi Tunnels that located far from Ho Chi Minh City about 70km. You will have a great time here to explore the tunnels that located underground and know more about its important role in the war time in Vietnam.