Wednesday, May 27, 2015

FAMILY TOURS IN HANOI

FAMILY TOURS IN HANOI GREAT FOR CULTURE EXPLORING


Family Tours in Hanoi are great for culture exploring tours which offer fantastic opportunities for your family to discover Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam as well as one of the great place to visit while family travel to Vietnam. 

Hanoi is an amazing city in Vietnam as well as one of the favorite places to visit in Vietnam for travelers, especially family travel to Vietnam. With more than one thousand years of history which leave Hanoi many interesting place to visit while spending family holidays in Hanoi – Vietnam. Being the center of culture, history and politics, Hanoi is fantastic to spend one or two days to explore this amazing city of Vietnam. 

What to see while taking family tours in Hanoi?
 
There are many places to visit while taking the family holidays in Hanoi. Museums, pagodas, temples, and famous places in Hanoi are all wonderful for family to explore while taking the tours in Hanoi in Vietnam. Below are some great places to visit while your family is in Hanoi in Vietnam.
 
1. Ho Chi Minh Complex
Ho Chi Minh Complex is the largest open area in Hanoi in Vietnam which is located in Ba Dinh Square. Ho Chi Minh Complex is included Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, President Palace, House 54, House on Stilt and One – Pillar Pagoda. Ho Chi Minh Complex is just about 10 minutes by car from the center of Hanoi City – Hoan Kiem Lake. At Ho Chi Minh Complex, your family can visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where Ho Chi Minh President Body is reserved for local people and foreign travelers to visit and pay the respect to the National Hero of Vietnam. After visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, continue to President Palace, House 54 where Ho Chi Minh President lived from 1954 to 1958 then House on Stilt where he lived till 1969. Please do remember when taking family holidays in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum closes on Monday and Friday. It is opened only in the morning. It will also close for two month every year from September to November.
 
2. The Temple of Literature
Another great place to visit while taking family tours in Hanoi is the Temple of Literature which is quite closed to Ho Chi Minh Complex. The temple of Literature is wonderful for children to learn about history and culture of Vietnam while taking family tours in Vietnam. Built in 1070 by Ly Thai To King to pray for Confucius. Four years after that, the Temple of Literature was enlarged and turned to be the school. This is considered as the first university of Vietnam. Today, the Temple of Literature is just a historical and cultural site, there is no more studying or training here. Those who take Hanoi tours for family can explore Confucius Temple, Doctor Stone Stelae standing on turtles.
 
3. Vietnam Ethnology Museum
When taking Hanoi tours for family, the Vietnam Ethnology Museum is one of the great places to pay a visit in Hanoi. The Vietnam Ethnology Museum showcases all 54 different groups of ethnic in Vietnam. There are two great exhibitions to visit while taking family tours in Hanoi. The indoor exhibition offer great pictures, samples, documents which are collected from most of minority groups in Vietnam. There are two floor, the first floor shows culture, tradition of Vietnam country itself, Vietnamese and ethnic groups living in the North of Vietnam while the second floor concentrate on hill tribe people living in Central and South of Vietnam. The open-air exhibition is great for family tours in Vietnam to explore and discover. There are many houses of ethnic groups which were built by local people showing great sprits and culture of Vietnam.
 
4. Vietnam Army Museum
While taking family holidays in Hanoi, Vietnam Army Museum is another wonderful place to visit while family travel to Hanoi. Vietnam Army Museum is quite close to Ho Chi Minh Complex, it should take about 10 minutes of walk. The museum is a great place to learn more about history of Vietnam, especially the two wars: French and American wars in Vietnam. The museum offers large amount of pictures, weapons, documents collected during the wars and display in great ways which show the long journey to freedom of Vietnamese as well as the development of Vietnam Army.

5. Hoa Lo Prison
The Ho Lo Prison is another place to visit while taking family holidays in Vietnam. The prison is also got another famous name, the Hillton. Though today, just small part of Hoa Lo Prison is kept but it still shows a lot of French war in Vietnam. Hoa Lo Prison was used to be place for American pilots who were shot down and captured during their bombing the North of Vietnam from 1964. It is an interesting place to know more about the wars and history of Vietnam for family travel to Vietnam.

What to do when taking family tours in Hanoi?

Besides where to visit, what to do when taking family holidays in Hanoi in Vietnam is also another matter which add up experience for family holidays in Vietnam. As Hanoi is an amazing city of Vietnam with unique lifestyle and local life, it will be interests to discover local life and learn more about local people and their life in Hanoi City in Vietnam.
 
1. Water Puppet Show
The Water Puppet Show is the must see when taking family holidays in Hanoi. It is unique and only you can see in Vietnam. Even though there are many other places organize water puppet show now but it is still the best to see the water puppet show in Hanoi as it is indoor and right at the center of Hanoi. Without traveling out of Hanoi, family travel to Hanoi still can enjoy wonderful water puppet show. There are there water puppet theaters in Hanoi now but Truong Chinh Water Puppet Theater is a bit far away from the center. Those who take family tours in Hanoi can choose to watch water puppet show from either Thang Long Water Puppet Theater or Lotus Water Puppet Theater. These two are just beside Hoan Kiem Lake. The entrance ticket is 100.000 VND (5 usd) per person which is great for holidays for family in Vietnam. 

2. Explore Hanoi Old Quarter

Explore Hanoi Old Quarter on foot is a great thing to do for family travel to Hanoi. Explore 36 old streets, experience local life and discover the difference of each street, be together with local people, feel the traffic, the noise, visit local market or simple sit down and have a cup of coffee at any corner and watch local people will be wonderful moments and great experience while taking family holidays in Hanoi in Vietnam.

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