Wonderful places in Dong Nai

Dong Nai is the places to visit in vietnam. Come on!

Dong Nai River

With the length of approximately 586 kilometers, Dong Nai River is the longest river in Vietnam that flows west and southwest for about 300 miles and then the Saigon River southwest of Bien Hoa. When coming to this place, you will be amazed by the true beauty of Vietnamese village with simple and rustic landscape. This will be the best choice for those who want to escape from the hustle and bustle atmosphere of crowded cities to be close to nature and enjoy the slow pace of life. Visiting Dong Nai River, you will have a chance to admire the primeval beauty of a vast river embracing two marvelous isles Tan Uyen and Pho isle. Your trip to this lovely site will help you understand more about the life of Vietnamese people in the countryside. They are always kind, amiable and friendly towards foreign visitors.

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Here you can take part in Dong Nai river tour to enjoy the fresh air, amazing surroundings as well as visit well-known destinations such as Tan Van pottery village, Xuan Tan handicrafts and Tan Trieu pomelo village.

Ba Chong Stone

Being a crowded residential area on the way to Dalat, Ba Chong Stone is three stones heaped up together with the height of around 36 meters. The third rock on the bottom is twice as big as two other two and the first rock on the top seems to pour down at any time. The highlight of this kind of stone is its unique shape of an irregular rectangle with a large head.

There are a lot of overgrown plants and trees, paving way for mysterious caves inside the giant Ba Chong Stone. This site is a place that saves countless ancient relics of the prehistoric people. Under the stone roof and along the ravines and steep slopes of the valley, there is an existence of a variety of old tools for production and living of the ancient people including stones and bronzes.

In addition to these amazing stacked stones, tourists to Ba Chong Stone Landscape are also attracted by Da Voi Mountain with the shape of an elephant. Here you can admire the giant Buddha statue on the top. Standing at the lobby of this Buddha status, you can have a panoramic view of Binh Thuan Province. For those who are interested in adventurous travel, Da Ba Chong is an ideal destination.

Mai Waterfall

You may wonder why it has that name. This area is dominated with apricot blossom. When spring comes, the whole area changes its outfit which covered with a pure white color of apricot blossom. Therefore, local people called this waterfall with that beautiful name.

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Located deep inside the green jungle of Dinh Quan area, Mai Waterfall is about 170 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. It stretches around two kilometers and composes of countless small rivers, streams and waterfalls. Until the contemporary time, it is one of the few waterfalls that remain rustic and primeval beauty.

During the season of apricot blossom, Mai Waterfall becomes beautifully eye-catching than ever because every stream, every slope will be dotted with the white color of forest apricots and orchids.

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A legendary junction – Dong Loc Junction

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Dong Loc T-junction situated in Dong Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province was a strategic road during the war against the US. It was a point of important connection between the North and Ho Chi Minh Trail as a supply line. This junction has massively suffered from the pain of bombardment by US air-crafts.

The T-junction is now memorized to ten heroines unmarried girls aged from 17 to 22 being killed by an air attack on 1968. They are ten courageous girls who staying at the post, using only simple tools of shovels and hoes to level bomb craters, to repair the road for traffic. Their names have been engraved on the hill, among the whistling pines at the Dong Loc road junction.

The fabulous beauty – Ke Go Lake

The natural beauty spot has been referred in a lot of romantic and sweet songs by its poetic and lyrical beauty that we could not forget to mention is Ke Go Lake. This lake is the right place for those who would love to enjoy eco-tourism tour.

Built in 1975, Ke Go is the largest irrigation works with the reserve of 350 million m3 of water which irrigating nearly 17,000 hectares of rice in some districts of Ha Tinh. The lake is also the amazing supplier of the bountiful source of food for the inhabitants.

Ke Go Lake boasts about its nature reserve. This site is home to a vast majority of trees, species, flowers. According to statistics, Ke Go covers 567 species of vascular plants, 392 species of vertebrate animals and different glorious types of flowers such as magnolias and orchids.

You should spend time admiring the scenery to see the charming of Ke Go Lake.

The symbol of sacred lands of heroic celebrities – Hong Linh Mountains              

Hong Linh mountain (literally “red mountain range”) – a mountain range in Ha Tinh Province, lies between Hong Linh town and two districts of Nghi Xuan, Can Truong, is well-known for its 99 peaks. The mountain brings to visitors chances to adore the majestic monuments, landscapes and its primitive nature. Conquering this mountain, visitors can know more about its interesting legend and historical story. There are approximately  100 pagodas, shrines, temples scattered throughout this mountain.

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Son La_an ideal destination for relaxing trips and vacations

Does not only have an awesome climate, this land also consists of so many interesting places for the travelers to come and see at anytime of the year. Here are some must-see destinations in Vietnam’s highest northwestern region of Son La:

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Moc Chau Highland

Moc Chau Highland, which owns some similarities to Hanoi’s Ba Vi but larger and coming with several much more interesting elements.

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Geographically, the Highland sites at about 1,050 meters asl (above the sea level) and located about 200km away from the north-west of Hanoi, approximately covering the fields of 1600 hectares. Greatly, the annual average temperature of Moc Chau often is always about 20 degree Celsius. Much more impressively, there are several hundreds of remarkable natural sites and landscapes which can really take your breath away so easily at anytime, playing a very important role in boosting the local tourism development.

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Additionally, a wide range of traditional festivals is also an unmissable aspect, helping attract a countless number of both domestic and international visitors coming to this northwestern land every year. Here are some must check-out places for you to take into consideration, including: Phung Luong Peak, Dao ethnic group’s villages, endless pine forests, and so on.

Son Moc Huong Cave

Among overseas tourists, the name of Moc Chau Bat’s Cave seems much more popular than its original one of Son Moc Huong Cave. From the center of Moc Chau town, tourists can very easily access to the Cave with just few minutes of driving towards the city of Son La.

In fact, there are some mysterious stories relating to the formation of the Cave and visiting this, you will have the chance to learn those very interesting things from local people. More surprisingly, the beauty of the cave blending with spectacular terrain and peaceful scenery will of course, make you feel amazing, especially as witnessing and commemorating the mountains’ color changes by time. According to the local people, you are likely to see they are in the white color in the early morning, then changing into blue at noon, and the pink and purple in the afternoon and sunset. Inside Son Moc Huong Cave, a lot of stalagmites and stalactites, absolutely creating an awesome picture of rainbows, will bring no other things but the greatest than ever surprises for the visitors. That’s really so amazing!!!

No matter where you plan to go as visiting Son La province, don’t forget to check-out these two most popular tourist destinations!!!

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Visit Ao Chau Pond_ Green Pearl in Ha Hoa District

Ao Chau Pond covers a total area of almost 3km2, spreading over three communes including Am Ha, Am Thuong, and Y Son in Ha Hoa District. 

The site is 70km far from VietTri City and 50km from Phu Tho and easily accessible if you wish to reach there overland, by waterway or railway. For ones going by car, take the National road No. 2 since the route is the main connection between the capital city and other northern provinces. Otherwise, you can buy boat tickets to Ao Chau Pond  to travel on Red river, Da river or Lo river.

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Boat traveling on Ao Chau Pond

The Ao Chau tourist site occupies an entire area of 1.500 hectares and features a packet of activities open to  visitors’ choice such as rowing, fishing, mountain climbing, etc…

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 There are 99 branches that worm their way through nearly 100 hills and islands, then finally pour into Ao Chau pound. Undoubtedly, the pound boasts vast blue water remaining calm all year through. At nights , the Pound’s water gently glistens in the moonlight and reflects the images of exuberant fruit-trees growing on its bank. Thanks to the favorable weather and rich land, tourists visiting Ao Chau Pond have chances to taste heaven-like, fresh local fruits hanging from litchi, jackfruit, pomelo trees on the bank of the pond.

The calm water reflects the images of exuberant fruit-trees growing on its bank..

The highest peak of the islands surrounding Ao Chau Pond is recorded as 177m above sea level. The deepest bottom of the pond is claimed to be 35m and be always filled with abundant and limpid water originated from different streams. The pond is home to many types of aquatic animal including trionychid, golden turtles…

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Discovery Van Trinh Cave Ninh Binh, So awesome!

Discovery Van Trinh Cave Ninh Binh, Vietnam So awesome!

Van Trinh cave can be a major best classified in Ninh Binh.

Van Trinh Cave includes 2 adjacent grottos. The low grotto is Hang Ca grotto divided into two zones separated by stone ranges. The next step, tourists looking up saw that the blocks like the strange huge shapes. Inside the grotto is a large space. Tourists feel like standing in the ancient castle, massive architecture.

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In the cave, it has beautiful stalactites stone range with nearly 7 meters height, 10 meters length and 1 meters width separated the cave into 2 parts. Around the cave, nature hangs pictures, the array of sculptures characters in the story of the past. From the west of cave, there has a way lead to one grotto above background about 6 meters height. Harem background has numerous stalactites with different shapes. One thing especially, if you look carefully on the floor, visitors will meet small stones such as: duck eggs, chicken eggs, marbles, beans… Scientists have preliminary explained that it appears together with the period of creating cave. According to the legend, people used to come into this cave and took some stones to grind and get them to drink so as to cure some diseases.

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Magic beauty of Van Trinh cave

Van Trinh still keeps the natural beauty of the rocks. Each step, tourists can discover the new things, experience a different scene and enjoy ravishing beauty. Inside the cave, the sound of water from stalactites creates great sound. In the cave, there also has a big pillar connect from grotto’s ceiling to the ground. There are many rocks like the bodyguard, the actors dancing… The cave likes a giant air conditioning because tourists will feel warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Entrance fee: 100.000 vnd/people

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Van Trinh cave can be a major best classified in Ninh Binh.

Van Trinh Cave includes 2 adjacent grottos. The low grotto is Hang Ca grotto divided into two zones separated by stone ranges. The next step, tourists looking up saw that the blocks like the strange huge shapes. Inside the grotto is a large space. Tourists feel like standing in the ancient castle, massive architecture.

In the cave, it has beautiful stalactites stone range with nearly 7 meters height, 10 meters length and 1 meters width separated the cave into 2 parts. Around the cave, nature hangs pictures, the array of sculptures characters in the story of the past. From the west of cave, there has a way lead to one grotto above background about 6 meters height. Harem background has numerous stalactites with different shapes. One thing especially, if you look carefully on the floor, visitors will meet small stones such as: duck eggs, chicken eggs, marbles, beans… Scientists have preliminary explained that it appears together with the period of creating cave. According to the legend, people used to come into this cave and took some stones to grind and get them to drink so as to cure some diseases.

Magic beauty of Van Trinh cave

Van Trinh still keeps the natural beauty of the rocks. Each step, tourists can discover the new things, experience a different scene and enjoy ravishing beauty. Inside the cave, the sound of water from stalactites creates great sound. In the cave, there also has a big pillar connect from grotto’s ceiling to the ground. There are many rocks like the bodyguard, the actors dancing… The cave likes a giant air conditioning because tourists will feel warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Entrance fee: 100.000 vnd/people

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Duong Lam Village, Ha Noi

This village has been known as a museum of laterite with ancient houses aged up to 400 years old. It is also the only place in Vietnam where two kings came from. After the recognition of Hoi An ancient town and Hanoi old quarter, Duong Lam was recognized as a national relic in 2005.

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In Duong Lam Commune, visitors can see famous relics such as Mia Pagoda, Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Temple and Mong Phu communal house. 

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Mia Pagoda was built during the Tran Dynasty before 1632 and still preserves many ancient artifacts. 

Mong Phu is the biggest and the most famous village of Duong Lam Commune. Here, visitors also can see ancient houses and small lanes as well as everyday life of residents. 

Duong Lam Village is also well -known for the birthplace of the two kings Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen, the two heroes led resistance wars against China's Sung and Southern Han troops to recover national independence. After their death, the local people built temples to worship the Kings. 

A visit to Duong Lam village is a trip to trace back the origin of Vietnam's culture and Vietnam's traditions and a great chance to explore the special architecture through its surviving laterite brick ancient houses. Laterite and mud, the two materials that are abundant in the area, on house walls, gates, wells, temple walls, and so forth.

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Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi

Euphemistically called by the French, the Maison Centrale, this is another infamous hostelry, known to American GIs as the “Hanoi Hilton”. Hoa Lo Prison was designed by Auguste-Henri Vildieu and built by the French in 1899.
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Originally much larger and planned to hold 450 prisoners, records show that at one time in the thirties under the French, it held nearly 2,000 in what must have been desperately cramped and miserable conditions. Many Vietnamese nationalist leaders were incarcerated here, no fewer than five future General Secretaries of the Vietnamese Communist Party and later, numerous American POWs. One of them, Pete Peterson, later became the first American Ambassador to Việt Nam in 1997; also held there, John McCain. It was used as a prison right up to 1994.
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When the tower and hotel were built next door, only a very small part of the prison was retained as a museum, preserving a few cells, their rusty shackles and instruments of torture. Among them is a guillotine, used to behead Vietnamese resistance fighters during the colonial period. Considered a swift, compassionate means of execution by the French, the guillotine was used in France until 1977!

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Ba Be National Park in Bac Kan

Bac Kan is a northeast province of Vietnam, where has an abundance of natural resources, including forests, huge mountains, lakes and rivers system that are all, of course, so scenic. In this article, Ba Be National Park will be introduced with its beauty.
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Among the wide range of great tourism destination in Bac Kan like Pac Ngoi Village, ATK Bac Kan, and so on, Ba Be Nation Park (or Ba Be Lake) is known as one of most attractive places that is really worth for a try if anyone of us has the chance to come there.

Ba Be Nation Park is 70km away from Bac Kan’s center and 250km away from the capital of Hanoi, so it’s not really hard for the tourists to get there and enjoy so awesome sceneries.  Particularly, it comes with lofty limestone mountains that peak at about 1,554 meters, combined with plunging valleys, waterfalls, caves, dense evergreen forests, and of course, the lakes as well. Reaching to this destination in a sunny day, tourists will have the greatest chance than ever to enjoy poetic glorious and scenery of the whole lake’s surface that is like a mirror reflecting the shadows of shining cloud and majestic mountains.

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Ba Be National Park in a sunny day

Importantly, the Park is a is one of extremely precious natural heritage of Vietnam, totally covering about 23.240 hectares and playing an initial role in protecting many endangered types of plants and animals. So, as coming here, we will be able to clearly see all of those plenty precious species. That is so awesome!!!

In addition to the nature’s charisma, Ba Be National Park is also really renowned for great traditional and cultural values. There are up to 13 tribal villages living in the Ba Be Lake region and most of them belong to the Tay minority, adding to smaller number of H’mong and Dzao ethnic groups. In general, people in Ba Be are really hospitable and always ready to invite tourists to visit and stay in their homes that greatly allow you to experience the daily routine life, culture, tradition, the myths, etc. of ethnic communities living there.

Normal life of Tay people

In a nutshell, everything belonging to Ba Be National Park is all wonderfully blended by Mother Nature. If you are really looking for a great ecotourism destination in Bac Kan and in the north of Vietnam in general, let’s take this choice into your consideration, I truly believe that it’s really worth for a try!!!

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Former Prison & Museum in Son La

French colonization period has been over for a long long time, but a huge number of traces still existed as memory keepers for one of the darkest period in the history of Vietnam. Among these historical relics, Son La Prison is regarded as one of the most famous places, with a no less notorious name “Hell on Earth” to describe the frightened brutality of French colonialists to Vietnamese prisoners here.

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History

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French colonization period has been over for a long long time, but a huge number of traces still existed as memory keepers for one of the darkest period in the history of Vietnam. Among these historical relics, Son La Prison is regarded as one of the most famous places, with a no less notorious name “Hell on Earth” to describe the frightened brutality of French colonialists to Vietnamese prisoners here.

The prison was established in 1908 at the center of Son La town and on top of Khau Ca Hill. A tiny one at first, the prison soon expanded to become a crucial place where numerous political prisoners were locked.  The place was notorious at the time as a cruel and terrifying jail where resisting wills and patriotism on the mind of prisoners was diminished in the bloodiest methods. However, for revolutionists imprisoned inside Son La Jail, the place was a “college” where stamina, solidarity and combating spirit was enhanced. There were various stories about tenaciousness and courage of revolutionists who have resisted the colonial and perished at this place like To Hieu.  

Inside the prison

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Although the original construction was partially demolished after the two wars, Son La Prison has still conserved major features of it, especially jail system and torturing facilities inside. Impression of visitors to outer sceneries might be nothing special, but most guests crossing the entrance and enter the prison will definitely be surprised with inside space because they cannot understand how French colonial can lock prisoners in the terrible place like this.

The atmosphere is damp and stifling with ugly smelling and insects everywhere. For the underground jails, condition is much worse and essentials elements for human lives like light and air seems only be a luxury. Moreover, there are also some special rooms for torturing that has remained with almost complete collection of unbelievably terrifying items and method for excruciating and collecting information from prisoners.  The common feeling of visitors when they see those rooms is horror with their brutality and fortunate when they do not have to experience the cruelty of these tools.   

How to get there

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Son La Prison is at the center of Son La town, about 7 hours from Hanoi. The best way to visit this Northwestern mountain province is with an organized tour.

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Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Định

Xuan Thuy National Park is located in a 12,000ha area of Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh, Vietnam

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Xuan Thuy National Park is located in a 12,000ha area of Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh. This park is 160km from Hanoi, and is the perfect destination for those who want to explore the wild nature of northern Vietnam and its amazing biodiversity. Additionally, the place caters to visitors with a multitude of tourist packages and attractions such as community trips or to cultural sites in the surrounding area.

It could be said that Xuan Thuy is one of the best places in the world to see animals in their native habitat, especially birds. Scientists estimate there are over 100 species of migratory birds which stop within Xuan Thuy to rest during their migration, usually in massive flocks. Besides these migratory birds, there are also 215 species of birds living in its forests and mangrove swamps all year round, including several rare types such as the Pelican, Spoon-bill Stork and Saunder’s Gull. Under the waters of Xuan Thuy is a magical habitat of approximately 500 kinds of sea creatures like the Sea Cat, Sea Fox, and many colorful species of crab, shrimp and fish. Moreover, this park contains huge numbers of medicinal and edible plants, including rare kinds of algae and seaweed. The exceptional biodiversity of Xuan Thuy coupled with its pristine landscapes make for breathtaking views; the kind usually only seen through the lens of a nature documentary.

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Hanoi Opera House Ticket

During the French colonial period, a lot of unique architectures was formed in Vietnam. Most of them still remain and become attractive tourist destinations at the moment. hanoi opera house schedule is one of the most ancient theaters you should take a short visit when traveling to Hanoi, Vietnam. 

Hanoi Opera House – an ideal place for a fan of operas, dramas, ballets, symphonies, etc.

Opened in 1911 after 10 years of construction by French colonialists, Hanoi Opera House is now one of Hanoi’s cultural centers where art shows, concerts, dance, opera performances, international meetings and conferences often take place. If you are a fan of dramas, ballets, symphonies or operas, Hanoi Opera House is a good choice. However, you should check the internet to ensure that a performance is scheduled and book tickets in advance as these shows are quickly sold-out.

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Online Payment to get tickets

There are three methods of payment for Hanoi Opera House:

1. Cash
2. Internet Banking
3. Payment with Visa, MasterCard

Depending on your method of payment, there will be two forms of ticket delivery.

1. Deliver paper ticket to the required address (Cash on delivery)
2. Deliver e-ticket in the form of code. After you have made payment at the website of ticketvn.com, ticket code will be sent to your email. This booking code is confidential, including 8 characters with letters and digits. This code is equivalent to the paper ticket. When you come to the theater, please show this booking code (possibly via your mobile phone or tablet, etc.) at the ticket counter and get the paper ticket for watching the show.

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Ticket price

The price varies depending on the scale of the events, but normally it’s from 200.000 VND to 500.000 VND and up to 2 million VND for a VIP seat, which can be considered reasonable for Western standards.

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Hanoi Opera House

Address: No.1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam

Phone: +84 4 3933 0113

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Hanoi’s Old Quarter

There’s an old Vietnamese saying, “Hanoi has thirty-six streets and guilds – Jam Street, Sugar Street, Salt Street…”. Inside a modern and dynamic city, there appears an antique quarter, the Hanoi’s old quarters – the represented eternal soul of the city. These days, most Vietnamese and Westerners are familiar with the phrase “Hà Nội - Ba mươi sáu phố phường” (translated as “Ha Noi - 36 districts” or “Hanoi – 36 Old Streets”), or “Phố cổ Hà Nội” (translated as “Hanoi’s Old Quarter”), the top special historical vestige and sight-seeing of the capital, luring international visitors thanks to their mostly original state.

Where is the Old Quarter located? Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a citadel wall, the Old Quarter (consisting of 36 old streets inside) started as a snake and alligator-infested swamp. It later evolved into a cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, and was unified by Chinese administrators who built ramparts around their headquarters. The area was named "Dominated Annam" or "Protected South" by the Chinese.

How old are the streets? It would be a big surprise should you know that hanoi 's Old Quarter came into being at the time King Ly Thai To selected Thang Long as the country’s capital in 1010, that is, the streets have a nearly 1,000-year old history and became crowded & lively in 15th century. What makes them unique is that many of them remain in their very ancient architecture of the 15th century. Up to now, it has been the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam.

What are their names’ origins? Due to their long-lasting age, they are called “Old Quarter” or “36 Old Streets” (as consisting of 36 member streets). Similarly to the Guilded age of Europe, “Ha Noi's 36 districts” is Vietnam's version of the guild concept. In the past, as artisans moved to the capital city to do business, they gathered together in this area to share the resources. As a result, many of the streets were named after the crafts sold at that individual street. Pho Hang Bun (Vermicelli), Pho Hang Ma (Paper Product), Pho Hang Bac (Silver), etc. are examples of the streets carrying the name of the products sold there.

The phrase “36 pho phuong” often causes much confusion for most people; “Phố” means a street or a place for merchants to gather to do business, while “Phường”, a district or a guild of artisans specializing in a particular trade (phuong cheo, phuong tho, etc.). Yet, in any case, both are right to some extent.

Specialized craft streets and guilds: Most tourists are eager for exploring the old streets well-known for each one’s specialized

A corner of Hang Gai Street

industry. Hang Gai Street offers silk clothing ready-made and tailored, embroidery, and silver products. Hang Quat, the street that formerly sold silk and feather fans, now stuns the visitor by its brilliantly colored funeral and festival flags and religious objects and clothing. To Tich Street connects the above two and is still the wood turner's street. Hang Ma glimmers with shiny paper products, such as gift wrappings, wedding decorations and miniature paper objects to burn for the dead. Lan Ong Street is a sensual delight of textures and smells emanating from the sacks of herbal medicinal products: leaves, roots, barks, and powders, etc. Coming here, you may feel as if you were in a classical-styled area in terms of both architecture and product types!

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36 old streets or more? Although the old section of Hanoi is often called the "36 Old Streets," there are more than 36 actual streets. Some researchers believe that the number 36 came from the 15thcentury when there might have been 36 guild locations, which were workshop areas, not streets. When streets were later developed, the guild names were applied to the streets. Others attribute the 36 to a more abstract concept. The number nine in Asia represents the concept of "plenty." Nine times the four directions makes 36, which simply means "many". In fact, there are now more than 70 streets in the area.

Although many of the streets no longer sell the products after which they were named, some still do. Today, the Old Quarter has become the unique classical feature of Hanoi, and the inspiration of numerous writers, poets, and painters, and one of the desired tourist destinations in Hanoi.

To fully explore the Old Quarter in Hanoi, prepare your feet for a day of walking street to street and taking in the locals' daily life, the old-style narrow streets and houses, the colorful souvenir shops, and of course trying some of the most tasty traditional foods of Hanoians. Many agree that joining a Hanoi walking tour or food tour offered by travel agencies will give foreign visitors a full experience of Hanoi Old Quarter, including the daily lifestyle, the history lesson and the feast for their tummies. Those who would like to walk around the area might want to check out this Hanoi Old Quarter walking tour, while those who look to explore the tasty traditional food in the area are recommended to take a look at this.

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Coffee and Drinks In Ha Noi

It is without doubt that café comprises a significant part of Hanoi’s culture. It is a common misperception that countries in East and Southeast Asia prefer tea over coffee. It is true that tea is served after the meals or in casual meetings, but it is coffee that constitutes an unmistaken Hanoi.

You can find a café in almost every street in Hanoi, with different types of decorations and specialty. The best coffee place can be found in West Lake- where you are often seated in a tall building with the gorgeous view of the Lake and its surrounding, and in Downtown area, where coffee is served with a filter and some condensed milk. Starbucks are not established, but you sure can mind delicious Moca or Frapuccino in upscale restaurants.

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Fanny's Ice Cream

Address: 48 Le Thai To

Location: On the western edge of Hoan Kiem Lake

Phone: 043 828 5689

Food types: Ice cream, drinks, coffee

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KOTO (Know One Teach One)

Address: 61 Van Mieu St

Location: Dong Da District, near Temple of Literature

Phone 043 747 0337

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Ciao Café

Address 02 Hang Bai Street

Location: Near Hoan Kiem Lake

Phone 043 934-1494

Food types: breakfast food, bakery, coffee

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La Brique

Hours Daily 10am-10:30pm

Address 6 Nha Tho

Location Around Town

Phone 04/928-5638

Prices Main courses 17,000 VND-70,000 VND ($1-$4.65)

La Place

Hours Daily 7:30am-10:30pm

Address 4 au Trieu

Location Around Town

Phone 04/928-5859

Little Hanoi

Hours 7:30am-11pm

Address 21 Hang Gai St

Location Around Town

Phone 04/828-8333

Little Hanoi (The Original)

Hours Daily 11am-11pm

Address 14 Ha Hien

Location Around Town

Phone 04/926-2129

Prices Main courses 20,000 VND-35,000 VND ($1.35-$2.35)

Moca Café

Address 14-16 Nha Tho

Paris Deli

Address 13 Nha Tho St

Location Around Town

Phone 04/928-6697

Pepperoni's

Address 29 Ly Quoc Su

Location Around Town

Phone 04/928-5246

The Deli

Hours Daily 6:30am-10pm

Address 59A Ly Thai To St

Location Hoan Kiem District, Around Town

Phone 04/934-0888

Web site www.hanoi-pressclub.com

Thuy Ta Cafe

Hours Daily 6am-11pm

Address 1 Le Thai To St

Location Hoan Kiem District, Around Town

Phone 04/828-8148

Categories: Ha Noi Norther VietNam

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