Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) Ho Chi Minh City

Intersection of Le Loi and Dong Khoi Sts, Lam Son Square, District 5 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam - Phone: (84-8) 825 1563
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    Attraction Type:

    Architectural building, Government building, Opera, Theater

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    25of 44 attractions in Ho Chi Minh City

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) Ho Chi Minh City

  • 1

    Two names with one BIG heart

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    Saigon – a name that for me conjures up images of a bustling metropolis with an unsettled undercurrent running through it. GI's on shore leave pack out the cafés during the day and bars at night where Vietnamese women make attempts to prize a few dollars away from their punters for drinks or other services best not mentioned. Rickshaw drivers …

  • 2

    Celerabtions are still taking place!

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    As the title says, celebrations are still taking place here so i am off to get food and to watch a show! Latest blogs will be updated soonxxxx

    And so I am back and now that these Christmas celebrations have subsided I will hopefully be back up to speed on here.

    I was a very lazy individual this morning I must say. But in my …

  • 3

    Good Morning Vietnam!

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    After a pleasant flight from bangkok to HCMC, we boarded the cronky airport bus for the city. We didnt have the 8000 dong needed for the fare so instead of the bus driver ripping us off with dollars a nice young man paid for our tickets! What a nice welcome!

    We arrived at our hotel only to find our favourite Texan sitting in the lobby! ( …

  • 4

    Crazy cyclo drivers unite

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    Hi All,

    Had a fantastic day today, even after a terrible nights sleep!! Having a bit of trouble adjusting to the time difference.

    Got up early, had breakfast at the hotel, then went for second breakfast at Pho 24.

    We tried to do the Lonely Planet guide walking tour, EPIC FAIL!! We ended up being stalked by a cyclo …

  • 5

    A light-hearted report of Saigon

    Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, I am struck by the modernity of many of the buildings. If I didn't know better, I would have sworn that this, and not Hanoi was the Capital City of Vietnam! Saigon is full of high rise modern, even futuristic buildings (even one with a helicopter pad, even though we were jocosely informed by our tour guide that not a …

  • 6

    Ho Chi Minh express

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    Jour 10 (Vendredi 12/08/2011) : Ho Chi Minh

    Départ pour Ho Chi Minh en avion via Hanoi.

    Hotel "Blue Diamond". Visite du marché de nuit.

    Jour 11 (Samedi 13/08/2011) : Ho Chi Minh

    Tour en tuktuk de la ville sous la pluie. (Place de l'indépendance, musée de la guerre, le palais de Jade, usine artisanale, opéra, …

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  • 1

    Time for Shopping and Shopping!

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    ... turis yang juga melakukan hal yang sama kayak kita, yaitu foto-foto. Sesudahnya kita jalan kaki lagi mau cari Saigon Opera House, tapi kayaknya nyasar, dan dibantuin sama tukang ojek, dia ngomong Vietnam sih, tapi tangannya nunjuk-nunjuk peta dan arah ...

  • 2

    Key to this City = Thien

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    ... Museum, cooled off at X Cafe, strolled by the Opera House, Reunification Palace and Hotel de Ville. We visited the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City and our last stop was the War Remnants Museum. Anybody visiting this city, must, and we mean MUST visit the ...

  • 3

    What an Amazing city!!!

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    ... we was about a 2min walk from the post office. And we got to see a few attractions along the way the Saigon opera house and the Notrodam of Vietnam, posted of the post cards and kristline and Jameson sent of the presents they had picked up at the marble ...

  • 4

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  • 5

    Down a dark hole in Saigon

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    ... were; the Ho Chi Minh city Museum, the fine arts museum and the Independence palace.        The Ho Chi Minh City museum was one of our first stops and is set in a fantastic abandoned colonial French palace, turned over by the ...

  • 6

    Saigon - Not As Crazy As Hanoi, But Still...

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    Sept 8, Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City: We had a few hours before our driver was scheduled to pick us up from the hotel, so we set out for some "power shopping," as Bill put it. We spent our time slogging through the streets and buying souvenirs. At ...

  • 7

    Good Morning Vietnam

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    ... city on his motorbike, stopping at every sight along the way, such as: The Saigon River, A Caodist Temple, The Saigon Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral, The Post Office, China Town, The War Remnants Museum. There probably were a few other places, ...

  • 8

    First day in Nam

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    ... in the butchers section. Scored some cheap sunnies and a couple of shirts then headed on to the saigon opera house, reunification palace ( where the vietnam/american war ended when the tank rolled through the palace gates), a big statue of uncle ...

  • 9

    Sleepless in Saigon

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    ... (yeah we think we’re proper travellers now). A 13-hour bus journey from Sihanoukville saw us eventually arrive into Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon) late in the evening. We had met an English couple on the bus who live in Saigon so they were ...

  • 10

    Saigon-2

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    ... to Mekong River delta- 3days, Everything sounded good except I decided to check how good of a guide he is by checking Ho Chi Minh city. Turned out that I declined his further services after the tour. He took me to Chinese market, old pagoda built in ...