Best of Hanoi: City Tour & Traditional Massage Experience

8:00-8:30 The tour guide picks you up at your hotel inside the Old Quarter or at the Ha Noi Opera House, departing for the Ha Noi city tour. Firstly You get off to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda - One of the most beautiful architecture and sacred pagoda in Ha Noi. It located on an island in the east of West Lake. The pagoda has a long history of 1,500 years old. with exceptional and beautiful traditional architecture. The pagoda was a Buddhist center of Thang Long Capital under the Ly and Tran Dynasties from the 11th – the 13th century.

The next stop will be President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex: Ba Dinh Square, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s house-on-stilts and the iconic One Pillar Pagoda. (the Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays). Visiting this site not only to visit beautiful scenery but you have opportunity to learn about simple life of president Ho Chi Minh.

Continue to visit the historic Temple of Literature - Vietnam’s first university built in the 11th century with beautiful traditional architecture and located inside a beautiful garden. Nowadays, the temple is still an educational symbol of Viet Nam. This is a very old historical site in Hanoi that is well worth a visit.

Lunch will be served with Hanoi's special and famous food in a nice local restaurant. You will have the opportunity to enjoy Phở Bò (fresh noodles with beef) or another renowned delicious dish called Bun Cha (fresh noodles with grilled pork and herbs).

Continue to visit Train street. If you've never heard of train track cafes, you might wonder what's so special about them? Well, they are special. This is the route to the train station, built over 100 years ago, so the tracks run right next to residential areas. They're so close that the old trains run right up to your table where you place your coffee. It's a unique feeling as people watch the trains go by, looking up at the passengers with a sense of wonder, and the passengers themselves look down at everyone drinking coffee amidst the cheers as the trains pass. You probably won't find this kind of scenery and atmosphere anywhere else. You'll have the chance to take beautiful, memorable photos of your trip.

Then moving to the center point of the capital - the iconic Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple ( view from outside). Walking around the beautiful lake to visit, observing the daily life of local people, and taking photos. If time permit, you may buy a ticket by yourself to go inside the temple. Where worship national hero Tran Hung Dao and some other legendary personalities.

15h00: The city tour program ends. Our car will bring you to a spa to experience body massage by herbal, warm stone method (it takes around 40-60 minutes/method) Body massage is a massage method on the acupuncture system and muscles of the human body. This is the fastest way to care for your body and recover positive energy effectively.

17:00 The tour ends. the car will drop you off at Fortuna hotel’s bar/ Dao Tan Street/your hotel inside the Old Quarter. Guests can also pay for a tricycle to go around the Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, or book a ticket for a water puppet show in a theater nearby.