Things to See and Do in Hanoi

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  • Photo of Temple of Literature & National University Hanoi

    Temple of Literature & National University Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    235 reviews 12 travel blogs 13 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 25, 2009 ... of kind Old Town - most shops are closed Temple of Literature & National University - the whole examination process was ...
    • Dec 14, 2010 ... in the bus. We then went to the Temple of Literature, National university and the museum of ethnology (ethnic groups of ...

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    Halong Bay Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    273 reviews 1733 travel blogs 2468 photos
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 28, 2011 Our 3 day cruise in Halong Bay was the best investment of our 60 day SE Asia trip. Everything exceeded my lofty expectations ...
    • Aug 7, 2011 AMAZING - Went with APTtravel. V high standard, boat was lovely and crew v accommodating and price was very reasonable. ...
    • Jul 21, 2011 Junk boat tour with swimming, kayaking and cave visit. The boat facilities were excellent, the food very good, the guide did ...
    • Jan 1, 2010 Emotion Halong Cruise 2Days/1Night * Duration: 2 days/1 nights. * Rate: 149 USD. DETAILED ITINERARY Day 01: ...

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    Ocean Tours Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    49 reviews 8 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Tours
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Oct 20, 2009 ... in it, we went for a more professional looking one called Ocean Tours. As they needed some information from our hotel I had ...
    • Apr 21, 2009 ... list items. For the tour we signed up with Ocean Tours. The copious amounts of Vietnamese food was available at ...
    • Feb 20, 2006 ... a "Champagne Cruise" around the Bay with a friends company (Ocean Tours). Although the champagne turned out to be some sort ...
    • Feb 22, 2008 ... Bay and Sapa areas as we want to go to both. Ocean tours runs good tours we were told by other travellers so we checked a ...

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    Just Massage Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    24 reviews 2 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Indoor Sports and Fitness
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    • Mar 19, 2009 ... 4 of us treated ourselves to massages! We went to a place called Just Massage that employs visually impaired people. I had a ...
    • Jul 24, 2008 ... local hotels - a very nice roof-top pool. Swedish massage at Just Massage with partially sighted masseurs - should've ...

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  • Photo of Ho Chi Minh's Residence (Nha Bac Ho) Hanoi

    Ho Chi Minh's Residence (Nha Bac Ho) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    104 reviews 3 travel blogs 4 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites

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  • Photo of Old Quarter Hanoi

    Old Quarter Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    559 reviews 1308 travel blogs 650 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Dec 24, 2011 The Old Quarter is a cluttered yet elegant area in Central Hanoi. It is a great place for shopping, sightseeing, eating out ...
    • Aug 14, 2011 What a strange, caotic but interesting place to visit and discover such an exotic culture!
    • Apr 30, 2005 ... all assertiveness and just received. On the border of the old quarter is a charming area called Hoan Kiem Lake.  It's ...
    • Dec 4, 2010 ... here, based at Hotel Splendid Star www.splendidstarhotel.com in Hanoi‘s Old Quarter, and here’s what we got up ...

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  • Photo of Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Hanoi

    Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    485 reviews 17 travel blogs 10 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Performances
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 28, 2011 Once again Vietnam has exceeded my expectations. The popular water puppet show was dramatic, amusing and skillfully ...
    • Dec 3, 2007 ... up and eat the damn stuff. Okay, the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater - the original presentation of this kind of theater ...
    • Jul 12, 2009 ... We finished our evening at the famous Thang Long Water Puppet Theater.  Water puppetry originated in the 11th ...
    • Jul 15, 2011 ... On our last day we decided to go to the 'Thang Long Water Puppet Theater', its not something I would rush to do again but ...

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  • Photo of Hoa Lo Prison Hanoi

    Hoa Lo Prison Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    158 reviews 199 travel blogs 207 photos
    Distance: 1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 13, 2007 ... a baby eater of massive proportions. We also went to Hoa Lo Prison Museum. Essentially the museum is all that remains of ...
    • Jan 28, 2004 ... do a load of Museums today. First stop Hoa Lo Prison, otherwise known as The Hanoi Hilton by American guests during the ...
    • Jan 3, 2008 ... fields. Next, on our tour was the Hoa Lo Prison Museum (or nicknamed by US POW's-Hanoi Hilton). Two thirds of the ...
    • Mar 10, 2008 ... but the most interesting for me was what remains of the Hoa Lo Prison.  Or as the U.S. pilots called it who were held ...

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  • Photo of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Hanoi

    Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    275 reviews 345 travel blogs 297 photos
    Distance: 2 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 24, 2011 A fascinating monument to the monument which is great to visit if you are overdosed on older, far less relevant history. The ...
    • Nov 16, 2011 We took taxi from hotel to this place. We pay for about VND45k for the 7 seater taxi (highly recommend take the taxi brand " ...
    • Nov 28, 2010 ... travel reputation. We started our day with a tour of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and a viewing of Uncle Ho. I’m not ...
    • Feb 2, 2005 ... soup you could ever desire... First on our list was the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, where you can go view the actual body, ...

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  • Photo of One Pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot) Hanoi

    One Pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 3.50
    39 reviews 184 travel blogs 214 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Dec 24, 2011 It was worth the short drive from the Old Quarter to the One Pillar Pagoda due to the unique and attractive area in which it ...
    • Sep 18, 2003 ... area containing various museums and temples, and visited the One Pillar Pagoda. We also went to the Chinese embassy to pick ...
    • Feb 20, 2007 ... money for fake.  The gods are easily fooled. The One Pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot) was mildly cool. I like the idea. ...
    • Jan 16, 2008 ... of our trip. Originally built in 1049, the One-Pillar Pagoda is a wooden structure that sits on stilts over a ...

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  • Photo of Ca Phe Ve Lo Hanoi

    Ca Phe Ve Lo Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    1 review
    Distance: 0.5 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of Vietnam Museum of Ethnology Hanoi

    Vietnam Museum of Ethnology Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    158 reviews 151 travel blogs 208 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Mar 3, 2011 highly recommend
    • Jan 13, 2005 ... One sight that I think gets easily overlooked is the Museum of Ethnology.  Inside were several exhibits of the dress ...
    • Jan 28, 2004 ... though. Memorial House also closed. Get taxi to much heralded Museum of Ethnology but it is also closed for Tet. Get taxi ...
    • Jan 3, 2008 ... Place and gardens. Our last stop was the "Vietnam Museum of Ethnology" which has a very good collection of art and works ...

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  • Photo of Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake) Hanoi

    Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    312 reviews 62 travel blogs 27 photos
    Distance: 712.7 miles from city center
    Category: Beaches, Water Sports, Lakes & Rivers
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    • Jan 13, 2007 ... We started our exploration of the city at Hoan Kiem Lake ( Lake of the Restored Sword ) which is right next to the main ...
    • Feb 10, 2007 ... Old Quarter is on the northern end of Ho Hoan Kiem - the Lake of the Restored Sword.  This lake is the setting for an ...
    • May 17, 2010 ... pavements. The lake, known as Ho Hoan Kiem (lake of the restored sword) is the liquid heart of the old quarter. Legend has ...
    • Dec 30, 2007 ... houses the gigantic embalmed body of a tortoise. The lake is called "Lake of the Restored Sword" because as the story goes, ...

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  • Photo of Fine Arts Museum (Bao Tang My Thuat) Hanoi

    Fine Arts Museum (Bao Tang My Thuat) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    19 reviews 27 travel blogs 21 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 21, 2006 ... in a mausoleum for everyone to gawk at. Went to the fine arts museum - far superior to the SG version, it was a 'Great ...
    • Aug 17, 2006 ... much propaganda as we'd expected. We also went to the Fine Arts museum, a really pretty old building in a state of neglect, ...
    • Oct 29, 2010 ... own! There are some great sights in Hanoi too - Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, The Fine Art museum, Museum of literature and we ate ...
    • May 22, 2006 ... and seeing some of the sights of Hanoi. Yesterday I went to the Fine Arts Museum, which housed sculptures and carvings ...

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  • Photo of Wide Eyed Tours Hanoi

    Wide Eyed Tours Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    17 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Tours
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 27, 2006 ... restaurant we walked into has a tour company below called Wide Eyed Tours, hmm... I though where do i know that name ...

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    Hidden Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    33 reviews 130 travel blogs 24 photos
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Tours
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Feb 24, 2009 ... spring rolls, chicken and catfish. You can find Pho everywhere in Vietnam and our hotel offered it for breakfast. It's a ...
    • Feb 20, 2006 ... stage. Immediately, the choice of water made sense: Northern Vietnam's people are intricately connected with water, whether ...
    • Aug 26, 2006 ... most men you'll see at your gym. - rice paddies (though Vietnam is only the 2nd largest producer in the world, Thailand ...
    • Jan 16, 2008 ... POW's were imprisoned here during the Vietnam War and nicknamed it the 'Hanoi Hilton.' One of the young pilots shot ...

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  • Photo of Dai Cat Foot Massage Hanoi

    Dai Cat Foot Massage Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    2 reviews
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Indoor Sports and Fitness

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  • Photo of Ho Chi Minh Museum Hanoi

    Ho Chi Minh Museum Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    16 reviews 196 travel blogs 169 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 29, 2003 ... Hue. Arrive in Hue at 1pm and take in the Ho Chi Minh museum before visiting a Contemporary Arts museum, which is closed! ...
    • Aug 15, 2004 ... ! 3, Statue of Ho Chi Ming - see attached photo 4, Ho Chi Minh Museum - again, a comical visit for Sarah, James, Nic ...
    • May 27, 2006 ... better idea to take one rather than struggle on foot over to the Ho Chi Minh Museum which by the time I got there I was just ...
    • Feb 14, 2006 ... a downward spiral to war with the U.S. and South Vietnam. The Ho Chi Minh Museum, amidst modern new exhibits and halogen ...

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  • Photo of Opera House (Nha Hat Lon) Hanoi

    Opera House (Nha Hat Lon) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    17 reviews 85 travel blogs 100 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Sep 30, 2011 Just looked at from outside
    • Dec 4, 2010 ... (check her out on youtube) and Quang Linh) at the Opera House, a beautifully restored small-scale replica of Paris’s ...
    • Jul 29, 2003 ... waiting for the visas. Walk across town to look at the Opera House, which is a fantastic sight. Back to the hotel to take ...
    • Jan 13, 2005 ... if I'd be coming back soon. The next day I walked over to the opera house to see what was playing.  Next door was the ...

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    Army Museum Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    13 reviews 75 travel blogs 48 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 8, 2005 ... After an hour or so inside we headed to the Army Museum taking in a monument of Lenin along the way. Unfortunetly our ...
    • Jul 19, 2004 ... helicopter, all decked out in commie colors. Onto the army museum - same theme, heroic struggle against the imperialists, ...
    • Aug 3, 2003 ... both the French and the Americans. I therefore went to the Army Museum, which gives the Vietnamese version of history of ...
    • Jul 24, 2011 ... of the city. Also walked around Hanoi today to see the Ho Chi Minh Mausaleum, Army Museum, Flag Tower, One Pillar Pagoda ...

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  • Photo of Vietnam National Tuong Theatre Hanoi

    Vietnam National Tuong Theatre Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    4 reviews
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Performances

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  • Photo of Lucky Hanoi

    Lucky Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 2.00
    3 reviews 322 travel blogs 65 photos
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 8, 2011 ... to Hanoi, and are to make our way down the coast of Vietnam to Hué. However, we are travelling by sleeper train.....and we ...
    • Feb 2, 2005 ... all, you couldn't have scripted a more spectacular entrance into Vietnam. Let there be no mistake, the Americans have ...
    • Jan 7, 2008 ... stumbled across a tour company that were offering bike tours of vietnam, and we couldn't resist... mmm, bikes! So we packed ...
    • Apr 17, 2007 ... shortened the journey to a pleasant 45-minute flight to Hanoi on Vietnam Airlines, possibly the best $60 I have ever ...

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  • Photo of Ngoc Son Temple Hanoi

    Ngoc Son Temple Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    33 reviews 115 travel blogs 265 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Feb 24, 2009 ... the Huc bridge (rising sun) you're met by the Ngoc Son Temple and its traditional surroundings, it seems like a million ...
    • Jan 28, 2004 ... the island in the middle of the central lake which houses Ngoc Son Temple when a girl stops to wish her a happy new year ...
    • Mar 5, 2006 ... is Hoan Kiem Lake and after a stroll around it I visited Ngoc Son Temple which is reached by a pretty red bridge. Legend ...
    • Apr 4, 2007 ... our sightseeing. First stop was Hoan Kiem Lake and the Ngoc Son Temple that juts out into the water (PICS). The temple is ...

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  • Photo of Tran Quoc Pagoda Hanoi

    Tran Quoc Pagoda Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    4 reviews 29 travel blogs 64 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 10, 2012 i come here with my friend and see that this s a good and quite place for praying.thanks
    • Sep 20, 2011 ... Than Temple (dedicated to the Guardian of the North - Tran Vo), and Tran Quoc Pagoda on a small island in the lake, which ...
    • Nov 15, 2008 ... Lake for sunset and was pleasantly surprised by the Tran Quoc pagoda.  It contained beautiful golden Buddha statues in ...
    • Dec 3, 2007 ... what looked like a wooden spoon. Then we were off to Tran Quoc Pagoda on Ho Tay (West Lake).  The temple showed its ...

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  • Photo of Vietnam Women's Museum Hanoi

    Vietnam Women's Museum Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    44 reviews 27 travel blogs 13 photos
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Apr 24, 2003 ... ) out of a barrel for 6p a go. We've also visited the Women's museum (Kirsty's choice not mine) and had a walk around the ...
    • Mar 15, 2009 ... respite from blaring city horns, as well as the Women's Museum documenting women's role in WWII. Reading the Vietnamese ...
    • Nov 25, 2006 ... saw a couple of museums even though I am not a feminist the women's museum is excellent to see their role highlighted in ...
    • Aug 31, 2011 ... my admiration is... Vietnamese women ! I went to the gorgeous women's museum, which has just been revamped. Jeez. Not only ...

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  • Photo of Museum of Ethnography Hanoi

    Museum of Ethnography Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    2 reviews 9 travel blogs 10 photos
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
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    • Dec 8, 2006 ... and surprisingly tasty! We than took a taxi to the Museum of ethnography, designed in cooperation with the 'Musee de ...
    • Mar 29, 2006 ... , taxis, and cars is an art form.) The Museum of Ethnography was excellent with photos, explanations, videos, costumes ...
    • Mar 16, 2011 ... Thai/Chinese with extra seafood) we stopped at the Museum of Ethnography. A very, very, very comprehensive record of the 54 ...
    • Dec 18, 2011 ... (who we met on the tour) and I went to the Museum of Ethnography...really interesting. I for one did not know that there ...

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  • Photo of St. Joseph's Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon) Hanoi

    St. Joseph's Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon) Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    92 reviews 42 travel blogs 52 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 4, 2004 ... map it's easy enough. We stumble across the neogothic St Joseph's cathedral and I get a haircut nearby. A little old man on ...
    • Dec 27, 2008 ... city unbearably noisy. Also visited the neo-Gothic St. Joseph's Cathedral (19th Century). Although the exterior had been ...
    • Apr 30, 2011 ... nbsp; My first stop during the self-guided tour was St. Joseph's Cathedral.  Although no one was allowed inside, ...
    • Jul 24, 2011 ... Museum, Flag Tower, One Pillar Pagoda and St Joseph's Cathedral - kind of the main sites in Hanoi. I'm going on an Oriental ...

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  • Photo of Ratracto Train to Sapa Hanoi

    Ratracto Train to Sapa Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 3.00
    11 reviews
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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  • Photo of Thap Rua (Tortoise) Tower Hanoi

    Thap Rua (Tortoise) Tower Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 3.00
    3 reviews
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Sightseeing

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  • Photo of Lenin statue Hanoi

    Lenin statue Hanoi

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    7 reviews 10 travel blogs 9 photos
    Distance: 352.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Dec 28, 2006 ... as Tianamen Place. Walking back to our hostel, we passed by a Lenin statue (no, he is not "dead" yet), the ancient Citadel ...
    • Mar 22, 2008 ... metres down the road opposide the Mausoleum to see the Hanoi Lenin statue, the first of many which we will no doubt come ...
    • Feb 26, 2011 ... it should be easy enough to find. En-route I take in the Lenin statue, and find myself wondering how many of them are still ...
    • May 20, 2011 ... girls in white traditional dresses, so elegant. Walk past the Lenin statue. Not much to say about that really-he just looks ...

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