Discover Hidden Hanoi by Walking in French Quarter - Small Group Tour
included with
All Entrance Fees
Qualified English-speaking tour guide
excluded by
Tips and other personal expenses
Essential
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Note:
• Start time could be earlier due to the weather or later due to client’s requirement.
• Meeting point – Xo Viet Friendship palace 91 Tran Hung Dao street .
Detailed Description
At 08:15, we gather at the meeting point - Xo Viet Friendship palace 91 Tran Hung Dao street .
At 08:30, we start walking to discover the diversity of Hanoi’s Twentieth-century architecture, French colonialism, Vietnamese Buddhism.
Hanoi’s French quarter, the grid of streets south of Hoan Kiem Lake, is unique amongst Asian capital cities. It is packed with buildings from different eras in the city’s history. It features ancient pagodas; classical European architecture; international modernist architecture (avant-garde Art Deco residences) as well as a fusion between Asian and French style architecture. Each of these styles is a tangible sign of the ideological shifts, which have influenced Vietnamese culture over the centuries. Much more than just bricks and mortar, they are monuments to the vision of French, Vietnamese and Soviet thinkers and architects.
This tour is perfect if you like: to discover and experience the hidden in Hanoi French quarter with a short walking tour.
