Vietnam Family Holiday – 15 days

In and around Hanoi.

Landing at the Hanoi Airport. We welcome and pick you up at the airport to your hotel.

You will check in hotel and take a rest before getting ready for the tour with 3 options. You can choose your preferred tours:

Option 1: Half-day Hanoi city tour with hidden train street. Begin your tour at the Ancient House and wander at the old style 19th century architecture. Then head to Hang Buom Culture and Arts Center, with a variety of exhibitions to honor Hanoi contemporary artists. A unique experience for those who loves art and beauty.

Next, we head to Hoa Lo Prison, a place held prisoners who were agitating for independence, often subject to torture and execution.

On the way to the Ho Chi Minh Complex, an important place for the Vietnamese. The complex is a traffic-free area full of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas. Stop outside Ba Dinh Square and take a look outside the mausoleum, then continue to explore the One Pillar Pagoda. (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and for at least 2 months (June 15-August 15) for annual maintenance but you can still take pictures of the Mausoleum and walk around the maintenance but you can still take pictures of the Mausoleum and walk around the area) Our last destination is the famous train street! Order yourself a cup of coffee while watching the train pass by right in front of your face! It’s a lifetime experience that you will never forget that thrill rush feeling. Sometimes the train schedule might be delayed so if you’re lucky enough, you’ll get to see the train.

Option 2: Street food walking tour with hidden Train street visit.Start your tour at the meeting point at No.47 Hàng Bông Street, and head to a traditional restaurant specializing in entrees such as pillow cake, shrimp cake, Pho rolls, and spring rolls. Have a taste of some popular and classic Vietnamese dishes.

Then head over to the nearby St. Joseph’s and stop for some pictures of the late colonial French architecture. Along the way make sure to stop at a local restaurant to try Banh Cuon (filled rice noodles) and watch as skilled chefs demonstrate how this tasty dish is created.

Next, enjoy Pho (noodle soup), which is Vietnam’s most famous dish. Try both the beef and chicken versions. Definitely don’t miss out on a Vietnamese traditional dessert called Chè (sweet soup). There are both hot and cold versions for each season.

After several dishes, you will be full and satisfied. Catch a taxi and go straight to the train street. We will stop at a typical coffee shop at the train street corner and enjoy egg coffees while waiting the train passes by.

Although according to official schedules, the train will come daily, sometimes they do and sometimes not, so if we’re lucky, we may catch one and see the huge train passing with our own eyes.

When you finish enjoying the drinks, hop in a taxi again to go back to the meeting point where the tour ends. For those who would love to have a different look of the bustle and hustle streets in Hanoi, select the cyclo option in which you can sit back and enjoy surrounding sceneries in quiet comfort.

Option 3: Egg Coffee Class Choose your suitable time for the class, then head on to the destination- Cafe Minh (53 Luong Ngoc Quyen street), only a few meters from Ta Hien Beer street.

Meet the teacher whom will introduce everything to you from the history, the culture. Roll up your sleeves and prepare the ingredient. Step by step, you’ll be instructed carefully and thoroughly the way of making your coffee.

Here’s some of the recipes we will discover:

– The internationally famous egg coffee. Labor-intensive and easily satisfying enough to make it well worth the work. learn the magic.

– Hanoi-style expresso-strength milk coffee. Several small details make it great!

– Saigon-style milk coffee. A tad sweeter than Hanoian with 3 secret drops.

After class, feel free to stay to enjoy and compare your creations on our balcony or open front sidewalk area and compare your various creations as you plan your next adventure and if you need any of the making materials for take-home, we carry everything and can set you right up pronto.