Suggest places to visit in your Hanoi exploration 2 days 1 night

Where to go if you have 2 days to explore Hanoi? That is the question of many visitors when they first visit the Capital. Here suggests to you some tourist destinations in Hanoi in 2 days with reference schedule.

Ha Noi tourist destinations in 2 days

Sword Lake – Turtle Tower – Ngoc Son Temple

Hanoi tourism cannot ignore the cluster of sights Ho Guom – Turtle Tower – Ngoc Son Temple located in the heart of Hoan Kiem district. Hoan Kiem Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) has long been known as the heart of Hanoi capital, and any Vietnamese know the legend of returning swords to magic turtles associated with this lake.

The serene beauty of Sword Lake in the early morning

2 impressive structures on the lake include Turtle Tower and Ngoc Son Temple. The turtle tower is a symbol of the capital’s tourism, the small tower on a mound emerging in the middle of Sword Lake, but it is enough to become a highlight, a Western architectural feature but still has a sacred and mysterious color. Passing The Huc bridge curving like a red shrimp, passing the majestic But tower on Ngoc Boi mountain, visitors visit Ngoc Son temple. The temple is dedicated to Van Xuong De Quan and Tran Hung Dao. Next to the temple area of ​​the 2 gods is the area where the glass case holds the impressive specimen of the old Hoan Kiem turtle.

Coming to Sword Lake every weekend (from Friday evening – Sunday evening), you will experience Hoan Kiem Lake walking street, a place where cultural space takes place, enjoy street music and participate in many popular games. Attractive space such as jumping rope, tug of war, umbrella …

Walking street space Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi Old Quarter area

In the tourist destinations in Hanoi for 2 days that ignore 36 streets is regrettable. Hanoi Old Quarter is located in the northwest of Hoan Kiem district, possessing a prime location in the capital city. The names of these streets are named after the items that had been sold in the past, such as Hang Chieu selling mats or Hang Ma, selling worship and votive objects. Each street retains its own characteristics of the period land, memories of history, people and the country after many ups and downs of the country.

“Lost” in the old town of Hanoi

The old town limit is from the North to Hang Dau Street, the West is Phung Hung Street, the South is the streets: Hang Bong, Hang Gai, Cau Go and Hang Thung, the East is Tran Quang Khai and Tran Nhat Duat streets. Passing through each street, visitors encounter images of mossy houses on the veranda of changing space and time. In addition, there are also very modern and crowded places in that neighborhood such as Ta Hien – the so-called “West Street” of Hanoi.

Some of the most attractive sights of the old town:

Cathedral: At 40 Nha Chung Street, the Catholic Church has built the European Gothic church with the statue of Our Lady of the Child the Child right in front of the gate. This is a famous attraction that cannot be ignored when traveling to Hanoi , especially the experience of sitting “lemon tea chasing the wind” – a specialty of Hanoi that is very popular with young people.

Check-in cathedral of Hanoi

– Dong Xuan Market: The largest market in the old town area is located on Dong Xuan street. Not only for trading, but also one of the tourist destinations in Hanoi that tourists should visit in 2 days itinerary. In the evening, while walking around the old town, you can go buy souvenirs or try the famous delicious rib porridge at the lane of Dong Xuan market.

– Opera House: The Opera House is located at 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi, built in the Greek architecture with a little look of the Paris Opera. This is an architectural work for performing arts, but also a gathering place, check-in for many young people.

Hoa Lo prision

Not too far from Sword Lake, Hoa Lo prison located at No. 1 Hoa Lo Street, Hoan Kiem District is a clear testament to a period of hardship and hardship, a symbol of the indomitable spirit Vietnamese patriotism.

This prison was built by the French in 1896 for the purpose of serving as the central prison for both the Central and Tonkin regions, holding mainly political prisons and anti-colonial patriots. This place is called “hell on earth”, is the most feared prison in Southeast Asia. Hoa Lo is the detention place of many generations of Vietnamese soldiers and revolutionary activists with a prison architecture designed with extremely brutal and cruel tortures, most notably The guillotine, the deadly machine has put the prison in the top 10 most notorious prisons in the world.

On the foundation of the old prison area up to 12,000 square meters, today only 2,434 square meters are retained and preserved to become a relic area, serving the purpose of tourism. With its historical role, Hoa Lo prison increasingly attracts a lot of domestic and foreign tourists to visit and admire this relic.

Hoa Lo prison relic

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

One of the tourist destinations in Hanoi in 2 days you cannot ignore is Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, especially for those who are new to the capital for the first time. The mausoleum was built on September 2, 1973 at Ba Dinh Square – where Uncle Ho read the declaration of independence, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Currently, it is the place where the body of President Ho Chi Minh is located, and on this trip you will also visit the relic of the stilt house and Uncle Ho’s fish pond which is a place to keep many mementos during the life. and Uncle Ho’s work. In this area there is also One Pillar Pagoda and Ho Chi Minh Museum you can combine to visit if you want.

Outside historic Ba Dinh square

In order to visit Uncle, tourists should come very early to line up because the number of visitors every day is very crowded. Ticket price for foreign visitors to enter is 25,000 VND / person and free for Vietnamese visitors.

Quoc Tu Giam Temple

Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam – the first university in our country is located at 58 Quoc Tu Giam, Van Mieu, Dong Da. The work was built in 1970 in the reign of King Ly Thanh Tong, until now it still retains its ancient features, deeply historical color. The whole project includes Ho Van, Van Mieu Mon, Dai Trung Mon, Khue Van Cac, Thien Quang well, doctoral stele, Dai Thanh Mon, Thai Hoc house. Each area has separate walls and gates going together.

Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam is also a familiar place to take photos of yearbooks and wedding photos

The architectural complex of Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam simulates the overall planning of the Temple of Literature worshiping Confucius in China, however, the scale here is simpler and follows the traditional method of national art.

Not simply an ancient relic, to this day, Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam is still a destination for studious children, a place where poetry festivals or letters are held every holidays and Tet.

West Lake – Tran Quoc Pagoda

As one of the most beautiful and famous sights of the capital, West Lake is like a multicolored painting, giving the audience many different emotions: early morning bustling; quiet noon; afternoon to u nostalgic. Coming here in the summer, the mausoleum blooms with purple color, the phoenix flares bright red; to winter willow sorrowful … full of romance. Hanoians choose the West Lake shore as a place to enjoy the wind, drink coffee, exercise, and sometimes ride a duck to relax. If you are a distant guest, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy the ice cream cone of West Lake and the famous delicacies of the capital such as rolls, shrimp cakes … delicious and famous.

An empty corner of West Lake Located in the east of West Lake, on Thanh Nien Street, Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest and most sacred pagoda in Hanoi. In 2016, this temple was listed in the list of 16 most beautiful temples in the world voted by British Daily Mail. On an area of ​​more than 3000m2, there are tower gardens, ancestral houses and the upper house. There is a 15-meter-high, 11-storey lotus pagoda here. On each floor, there is a white gemstone statue of Amitabha Buddha in each arched doorway; At the top there is a 9-storey lotus tower carved with unique and very sacred gemstones. In the special temple courtyard there is a Bodhi tree donated by the President of India in 1959 during his visit to Hanoi, a branch extracted from the bodhi root that Buddha Shakyamuni practiced for more than 25 centuries. Before the changes of the capital, Tran Quoc Pagoda still retains its majesty,Tran Quoc Pagoda attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit

Hanoi 2N travel itinerary reference: 

Day 1:

– 9:00: When landing at Noi Bai airport, move into the city center.

– 11:00: Arrive at the hotel, check in and rest. For the convenience of sightseeing and sightseeing of the city, you should choose a place to stay near West Lake or Hoan Kiem Lake.

– 12:00: Visit Sword Lake – Turtle Tower – Ngoc Son Temple. Enjoy rice noodle soup at Cau Go, dry beef salad on Hoan Kiem street.

– 14:00: Check-in St. Joseph’s Cathedral is located at 40 Nha Chung Street, Hoan Kiem. Enjoy lemon tea.

– 15:00: Move to visit Hoa Lo prison. Right nearby is Hanoi Book Street, you can walk.

– 16:00: Walking around the old town, visiting the old house in Ma May street, going to see the water puppetry at Thang Long puppet theater at 57B Dinh Tien Hoang (if desired).

– 18:00: Go to No. 1 Hang Trong to enjoy “pho pho”, the right quality to carry and eat, no table, no shop, only more than a dozen chairs for customers to sit and eat but rich in pho Hanoi from many generations.

– 19:00: Arrive at 13 Dinh Tien Hoang enjoying egg cafe or gathering friends at “West Street” Ta Hien, walking around and shopping Dong Xuan market.

Day 2:

– 8:00: Try going to the street to buy bread, sticky rice … or any familiar breakfast dish of Hanoi people .

– 8:30: Visit Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, clusters of relics on stilts, fish ponds and Ho Chi Minh museum. Here you may have to queue for a long time in the sun, be sure to wear your hat! Area attractions also include One Pillar Pagoda or Hoang Thanh Thang Long.

– 12:00: Enjoy lunch with rice noodle, shrimp fish sauce, or La Vong fish cake served on the bank of West Lake.

– 13:00: Buddha ceremony, visit Tran Quoc Pagoda in the East. Going one more section on Thanh Nien Street, visitors can admire the 800-year-old Quan Thanh Temple, one of Hanoi’s Tu Tran.

– 15:00: Visit Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam – the first university in Vietnam.

– 18:00: Try to enjoy Obama’s bun cha.

– 19:00: Take a round to buy Hanoi gifts such as Hang Than nuggets and rice cakes, Hang Duong umbrellas … enjoy the atmosphere of Hanoi night.

The above are suggested places to travel to Hanoi for 2 days and suggested itinerary. Hope you will have a fun exploring the Capital and have a memorable experience in this civilized land.

Đăng bởi: Nguyễn Thị Lệ Huyền