DARKBLUE GREEN RED

Hanoi Travel Agent - Hanoi Vietnam Travel Services

Support Online

Please leave us a message!

Hanoi Travel Sights

Hanoi Overview

Hanoi, one of the most beautiful of the colonial Indochinese cities, is often the start or end point of a trip to Vietnam, and what a great welcome or farewell it is. Oozing with charm, Hanoi has gone through wholesale changes since Vietnam swung open its doors to tourism, but it remains true to its essential personality and is an amazing city to experience.

Hoan Kiem Lake

At the heart of Hanoi, both literally and figuratively, is Hoan Kiem Lake. Although just one of many parks and lakes in Hanoi, Hoan Kiem is the most important. The lake lies just south of the old ancient part of town, and is the center of a sort of Arthurian legend.

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum

On the west side of Ba Dinh Square, a heavy grey structure, built on stone quarried from Marble Mountain near Danang, is Ho Chi Minh’s last resting place.

One Pillar Pagoda

Sandwiched between the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Ho Chi Minh Museum is the small yet elegant One Pillar Pagoda. The Pagoda was originally built by Emperor Ly Thai Thong around 1049. It was destroyed by the French just before they quit Hanoi in 1954. The structure you can see today is a reconstruction.

The Literature Temple

One of the oldest sights in Hanoi is the Temple of Literature, called Van Mieu in Vietnamese. The "temple" was founded in 1070 by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong, and is dedicated to the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Six years later, Vietnam's first university was founded here to teach the children of royalty and aristocracy (generally called mandarins)