What i can visit in hanoi ?

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Chachee

You time is limited so you can only see a few things. I was there earlier this year so here are a few quick suggestions. Spend your first day around the city, check out what the city has to offer. Wake up bright and early and check out the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, where you can see his body. Don't worry it is not disgusting either. A tip, there is a huge line up of people who check out his body every day, so the earlier the better. I suggest 7:00am. Also, cameras and cell phones are not allowed. Don't even attempt to bring them in because you will get searched at the entrance. Next, check out the Ngoc Son Temple. It is quite nice, and you may get a change to catch a glimps of the giant sea turtles in the river. Also, if you are interested in history be sure to check out the History Museum and Hoa Lo Prison Museum. Both are excellent! also, be sure to close out your day with a Water Puppet Show. It is quite entertaining and very famous in Hanoi.

Your next days you will want to spend outside the city. Go check out the SAPA rice fields. Absolutely stunning sights. Take the boat trip and try to book one that will let you stay at a local village where you can enjoy some traditional Vietnamese culture.

On your last day. go check out Halong Bay. You can do some hiking, sight seeing, or if the weather is nice, you can go swimming. However I should warn you that the water isn't the cleanest. So, I passed on the swimming. I did take a cruise down the Delta River though. A nice relaxing three hours.

At the end of each trip outside , you will be returned to your hotel at about 7pm. You can do some shopping or check out it's night life. If you like to party, I should warn you that bars in Hanoi close by 11:00 PM. There is one place called the CC Club. It's quite good and has live entertainment, but drinks are quite expensive by Vietnamese standards approximately US. 3-4 dollars each. A tip is to chill out at a Bai Ahoy! They are all over Hanoi and dirt cheap. A glass of beer is only 1500 Dong, which only 15 CENTS each. WOW!!

There are a lot of things to see and do around Hanoi. My only advice is not to keep yourself trapped in the city, unless you know where you are heading next.

skynotblue

3 days will not give you enough time for Sapa as it requires a night train from Hanoi to save time and minimum 2 nights to see Fansipan Mountain (tallest in Vietnam), Cat Cat Village or Ban Ho Village, etc.

You may want to see green fields in Ninh Binh (a few hours by car or train from Hanoi) and sit relaxing in a boat on the river to Kenh Ga hot spring. This will take one full day from you.

After the first day of city tour to all the temples and tourist sites in the city, you still can go to Huong Pagoda or Halong Bay the next day. It's best if you can stay one night in a boat in the Bay to see the sunrise and sunset, to enjoy fresh seafood and forget all about the modern things.

Thuy

All of the places they mentions are nice. I have this website, quite detail.. Hope it helps.
http://www.newhanoian.com/

MojaveDan

I lived in Hanoi for two months, and it was an absolutely incredible experience.

Traveling around Vietnam can be painstakingly slow, so don't bother leaving Hanoi if you're going to be there for only three days no matter what others say about Ha Long Bay, Sapa, etc. You don't have enough time to go to those places unless you like sitting in a bus, car or train for half a day to get there.

You will want to stay in the Hoan Kiem District, which is the epicenter of Hanoi. Most everything that you will want to see is either in the district or within walking distance. In or near the Hoan Kiem District is:

- Hoan Kiem Lake
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
- The Catholic Cathedral
- The Muslim Temple
- The Old Quarter
- The French Quarter
- The Red River
- Lenin Park
- The French Opera House and Hilton Hanoi Opera
- Dozens and dozens of pagodas
- The Temple of Literature

You will be hard pressed to see all of the above in three days, so let me give you a suggestion.

Get up real early one morning and join the rest of the Hanoians as they do their exercise around Hoan Kiem Lake. It is a surreal experience to see so many people up so early doing this. You will be done by 7:00 AM, and have the rest of a long day for sightseeing and shopping.

Shopping can easily burn up a day. I consider the Hoan Kiem District as a giant Wal-Mart. Most every street there specializes in a certain item (shoes are found on Shoe Street, pants in Pants Street, etc.). You can find every possible variation of a certain item by just walking down the right street, and it will be very cheap. Try to make your stay over a weekend so you can visit the night market in the Old Quarter, where a mile long swap meet happens on Friday and Saturday night.

Ho Chi Minhâ€™s Mausoleum is a major attraction in Hanoi, but it could be a waste of time to see. You sit in line for an hour to see a dead guy. My apologies if this is disrespectful, but itâ€™s the truth. The grounds of the mausoleum are very impressive and well worth the time to walk around it. Visit the one pillar pagoda there and make a prayer for your familyâ€™s good fortune.

The French Opera House has regular music concerts and the tickets are usually very cheap. The Hilton Hanoi Opera (not to be mistaken with the Hanoi Hilton POW prison) surrounds the opera house, and brings a taste of America to Hanoi.

The Temple of Literature is a surreal experience because of its age (over 1,000 years old). One of the back buildings has a small theatre where you can listen to live Vietnamese folk music being played.

Buddhism, Christianity and Islam are worshiped within walking distance of each other in Hanoi. The French Catholic Cathedral is a short walk from Hoan Kiem Lake, the Muslim Masque is not far away and there are over 100 pagodas in Hanoi.

End your stay in Hanoi by visiting Bia Toi Tiep (a.k.a. Bia Toilette). Itâ€™s about two blocks East of the Vietcombank Building on the levee street before the Red River. They have a microbrewery and incredible food of either Western or Vietnamese flavors. Most all foreigners visiting Hanoi stop there at least once to say that they were there.

The most important thing is donâ€™t worry about cramming everything you can into the short time that you have there. Hanoi has a way of choosing what you do for you.

Enjoy your stay!

BumbleBeeTravel

You can spend around 1 full day to visit the town including : Hochiminh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Fine Arts Museum, Temple of Literature, Museum of Ethnology and the Lake of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter of Vietnamâ€™s capital. You can enjoy the Old Quarter by cyclo ride ( 1h30' is enough ).

The second: you can go to Halong Bay in early morning. Enjoy the journey through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta and the scenery of rice fields, water buffalo and everyday Vietnamese village life. Arrive in Halong take a boat trip for a 4 hours cruise on the emerald green waters of the Bay (famous with among the 3,000 spectacular limestone islands) Enjoy the seafood lunch on board. Back to Halong for returning to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi in the evening.

Joe L

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joey s

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