Hanoi is an attractive tourist destination with many cultures, very distinct cuisine. But to be able to learn all those things in a short trip is a real challenge.
Hanoi Old Quarter is a great place to stroll and admire the busy pace of life, do not mistake anywhere is. This is also a great place to start your trip, just select the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake as a landmark, you can tour Hanoi without missing anything. To be able to discover all this area, you need the best is from 4 to 5 hours, so start early offline.
If you're a coffee fanatic, visit and taste Hanoi coffee, especially weasel coffee with characteristic taste. Another tip is not to enter the luxury cafe with air conditioning and an armchair, visit cafes with roadside millwork seat to feel the taste of coffee in the very way that people perceive Hanoi.
Hanoi is a place famous for its street food, and a blessing is most appealing snacks here are in the Old Quarter and around Hoan Kiem Lake. If you are not so important issues food safety, and passion to learn the local culture, you can pull over any small shops here, and taste culinary elite Hanoi for less than VND20,000 (less than USD1).
If the first day you just get used to Hanoi, then today you will learn the unique point in the history of its thousands of years of civilization. It is very convenient that most of the famous sites are located near the center of Hanoi, so you can easily walk to it, or if you want to go by cyclo.
Ngoc Son Temple is a great place to start the journey today. You can take a lap around the lake, enjoying the fresh air of the early morning, just may take some photographs as a commemoration. If you have time, go into the house and watch the giant tortoises tentatively be stored in the house - a historical part of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Temple of Literature is a relic and a rich diversity of the city's leading Hanoi, located in the south of Thang Long. Currently, it was the Prime Minister of Vietnam bringing into the ranking list 23 special national relics.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, also known as President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which housed the remains of President Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum was officially kicked off September 2, 1973, at the former location of the stage between the Ba Dinh Square, where he had presided over the rally. In addition, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a place to be able to comfortably take pictures with the uniforms of the Army troops in Vietnam.
Everything here can bargain. That's the first thing you should know when shopping here. Maybe at your place, the items are sold right with its price, and you can buy if the price is pleasant, in Hanoi is not so. Seller here not sell price equal to the value of the item, which is based on how they value their customers. This means that if you have the luxury, or accompany withh luxury Western guests, they will get very expensive.
Therefore, it is best that you go along with someone Hanoi, or at least a voice speak Hanoi to bargain, because the "tight guillotine" not only "reserved" for guests foreign buyers, but also for people from other places come, such Saigon. There is a cultural understanding accompany Hanoi also help you know what to buy food, eat something to capture the culture of Hanoi.
The future if there is more time, make sure that you will come to the end of Hanoi.
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