Ho Chi Minh City Tour – Explore Viet Nam’s Busiest City

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Duration

5 hours

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

Ho Chi Minh City is Viet Nam’s biggest & busiest city, where modernity blends with history to fascinating effect. It’s home to a treasure-trove of historical delights dating from Chinese rule, to French-colonial Indochina and through to the infamous Vietnam War. This tour will take you to the historical highlights, whilst giving you facts that you wouldn’t have learned in history class!

Highlights

  • Admire the classical French-colonial architecture of 19th century buildings, including Notre Dame Cathedral and the City Centre Post Office
  • Wander the vast halls of the beautifully preserved Reunification Palace
  • Visit one of the oldest Chinese temples in China Town- built by the first Chinese settlers and still used as an important place of worship

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest, busiest and most exciting city in Viet Nam. It is also filled with intrigue and culture. On this tour we will visit some of the most interesting sights that Ho Chi Minh City has to offer, such as:

  • The War Remnants Museum: This is a lively display of the futility of the war. 
  • The Reunification Palace: This beautifully preserved palace was the residence of the President of the Republic of Viet Nam. 
  • Notre Dame Cathedral was built in 1880 and the Old Post Office was built between 1886 – 1891. It is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture.
  • Thien Hau Pagoda in Cho Lon: This is a Chinese style temple located on Nguyen Trai Street in Cho Lon (China town) district. It is dedicated to Thien Hau, the Lady of the Sea, also known as “Mazu” (“Tian Hou” in Chinese). 
  • Our last stop would be at the Lacquer ware factory where you can observe the process of making these traditional Vietnamese products.

  • Transfer and transportation as per itinerary
  • Entrance fee
  • Bottled drinking water
  • English speaking tour guide (other languages available upon request)
  • Travel insurance
  • Tipping for local guides
  • Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.

English

Tour's Location

from $32,00

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