Description
Car Hire Hanoi 1 Day – City Tour is a one day car rental package we provide for travelers to visit Hanoi city, Vietnam. The package includes a private car with driver for one day. Rent a car with driver to explore Hanoi highlights your own way. We have a big fleet of cars including both standard cars for tour, travel and executive cars for your business trip. Please have a look at our car rental deals and our suggested itinerary for your full day in Hanoi.
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Itinerary
8.00 am: Our car & driver will be ready at your hotel for Hanoi City Tour today. Firstly visit Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his house on stilt, the botanical garden and the Presidential palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities. This used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked until he passed away in1969.
On the way out visit One Pillar Pagoda. The pagoda was constructed in 1049 by King Ly Thai Tong according to his dream of Bodhisattva seating on a lotus flower and led him to the pagoda. In 1954, the pagoda was destroyed by the French before their withdrawer. After taking over the city on October 10th 1954, Vietnam Ministry of Culture restored the pagoda. The pagoda of today remains since this restoration. (Note: Please be aware that the One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi is closed for renovation work until January 2015).
Around 11:00:Arriving at the Temple of Literature. This is the combination of the Confucius Temple worshiping Confucius which was built in 1070 and the first Royal National university in Vietnam built 6 years later in 1076. Considered as “an escape” from the bustling city, this temple and its beautiful garden provide an opportunity to learn more about education in Vietnam since 1000 years ago until recent history.
You will be brought to a local restaurant in town for lunch.
In the afternoon, continue to visit the interesting Ethnology Museum. Located west of the city centre, this museum offer informative and well-documented display on the country’s 54 ethnic groups, include elaborate and colorful hill-tribe costumes, weaving designs, musical instruments, fishing implements, work tools and other functional objects. The display continues on to the garden outside with fascinating examples of minority housing from the King’s to the ones of the ethnic groups in Central Highlands.
Visit Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword lake) and Ngoc Son Temple. Situated in the heart of Hanoi, the lake got its name according to a legend story. In the 15th century during the Ming Chinese invasion, general Le Loi was presented with a holy sword. With the help of this sword he expelled the Chinese from Thang Long, present-day of Hanoi and proclaimed himself as king Le Thai To. One day, when the king was sailing on the lake, suddenly a golden turtle emerged from the water and claimed back the sword which has been believed given to him by God. Since then, the lake has been known as Ho Hoan Kiem or the lake of the Restored Sword.
On as island at the northern part of the lake stands Ngoc Son or Jade Mountain temple, one of the most beautiful and religious site in the capital. The temple was established by a mandarin named Nguyen Van Sieu and is dedicated to the spirits of the soil, medicine, literature, and also to Tran Hung Dao, the general who defeated the Mongols in the 13th century.
Watch the water puppet show, a unique art which has it origin in the delta of the Red river in the tenth century.
Dinner in a local restaurant in town.
After dinner, you will be brought back to your hotel. End.
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Vietnam Car Hire (vietnamcarhire.com) is a local transport company. We have a big fleet of vehicle including 4, 5 seat cars, sedan, 7, 8 seat mpv, suv, 15, 16 mivivan, minibus, 29, 35, 45 coach, buses offering a wide selection of car rental packages in Hanoi. Options include airport pick up, private transfer, car rental with driver, private car hire. We also have pickup trucks and box trucks to rent out (with driver) for self-guided bicycle, motorbike tours. The car rental package above – Car Hire Hanoi 1 Day – City Tour is only a sample we design for travelers to visit Vietnam’s capital – Hanoi. It might need to be adjusted to fit your personal requirements. Please visit our FAQ page or contact us for more information about rates and availability.
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