SHOPPING
AROUND HANOI
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Tour code |
VN02 |
|
Price |
from
76 USD |
|
Departure dates |
Jan to Dec |
|
Duration |
04 days / 03
nights |
|
Route |
Hanoi
- Bat Trang - Dong Ky - Van Phuc - Hanoi |
|
Features |
Are you a
BIG shopper? Are you fond of local artifacts?
Check up the Vietnamese galleries and craft shops after
visiting art museums and cottage industries villages surrounding
the capital with us. Some may suppose that shopping does not
need knowledge of local history and culture; we think
differently |
|
Maximum group size |
15 |
|
Guide |
Fully escorted by Threeland tour
guide |
|
Visa arrangement |
Not included, take a look at
visa arrangement |
|
See also |
Vietnam festivals and
events |
|
See also |
Vietnam country dossier |
.
itinerary in DETAIL
DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN HANOI (D)
Arrive in Hanoi. Greeted by
your guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel in the city centre. Let’s
start our visit by History Museum where thousands of antiques are maintained to
learn about
the ancient culture
of Vietnam. A lot of exhibits-like souvenirs will be met again by
you when strolling around Hanoi next day. Visit the Ngoc Son Temple
located on the Sword Lake. Take a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter,
where Hanoians produce or sell almost only one kind of product on
each particular street or alley, and name the street after the
goods. Dinner followed by a show of Water Puppetry, a unique Stage
art of Vietnam. Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 2: COTTAGE INDUSTRY
VILLAGES NEARBY HANOI (B/L)
A short visit to the Museum of
Ethnology will give you an overall idea of the multi-nation culture of Vietnam
today and help you understand the art of making costumes and other handicreaft
of each ethnic. Head to the suburb of Hanoi to visit Bat Trang ceramic village,
the home of pottery artisans who have been wellknown since 15th
century for their superb crackle, celadon and other types of porcelain. 40km
from Bat Trang is Dong Ky wooden furniture village, where you can view hundreds
of talented carpenters making wooden products from precious ebony, rose wood,
sandal and pine wood with mother-of-pearl and marble inlays. Back to Hanoi for
lunch before arriving in Van Phuc Silk village and visit some families feeding
worms and making famous traditional silk. Back to Hanoi late afternoon for
overnight. Dinner at your own arrangement.
DAY 3: HANOI AT LEISURE (B)
You are at your leisure today.
The galleries in Hanoi are featured by lacquer ware and lacquered pictures, oil
paintings, silk paintings and traditional paintings drawn or woodblock-printed
on “giay do”, a special kind of paper made traditionally from rice powder. Other
crafts made of shell, straw and other ingredients, and different kinds of
clothes of silk, linen, cotton, raw thread made by minority ethnic people etc.
will surely attract you! Overnight in Hanoi. (no meals provided).
DAY 4:
DEPART FROM HANOI (B)
At your leisure till your guide
arrive and accompany you to Noi Bai airport for the onward flight.
QUOTATION
( per person )
|
Quantity of guests |
2 |
3 - 5 |
6 - 8 |
9 - 12 |
13 - 16 |
17 - 22 |
23 - 29 |
29 - 32 |
|
Price in US$ |
143 |
115 |
98 |
94 |
87 |
83 |
78 |
76 |
Single supplement: 33US$
Saving option
SERVICES INCLUDED
-
English-speaking tourguide
-
Land transfer by air-con
vehicle
-
Twin-shared room
-
Meals as mentioned in the
program (no drinks)
3 breakfasts 1
lunch
-
Boat trips and admission, Show
ticket.
Description of services in detail
SERVICES not
INCLUDED
-
Airfare (international and
domestic) and airport tax
-
Visa arrangement
-
Early check-in, late check-out
surcharge
-
Other meals
-
Drinks and personal expenses
(phone call, laundry, tipping etc.)
-
Any services not mentioned in
the program
booking with us
See also:
Set departure tours ; Package tours
;
Adventure tours ; Day
trips & beach relax ; Indochina
tours
