One of the Imperial City Gates

Exploring Hue's citidel, imperial city and forbidden purple city

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August 21st 2013
In Hanoi, we weighed up our onward travel options and decided on a North - South open bus ticket... 6 stops, about 1,200km, flexible dates - £30. The first stop after a 15 hour overnight sleeper bus was Hue, a nice first stop with an easy to navigate new town, south of the river and main attraction old citidel north of the river. The 19th century citidel area is contained within a moat and cit ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more