Day 2 - SAIGON HALF DAY CITY TOUR (breakfast,lunch)
Morning: transfer visit Notre Dame Cathedral, The Old Saigon Post Office, War Museum and Ben Thanh Market War Crime museum This museum exhibits crimes committed by the Americans during the war. Photographs of the My Lai massacre, human embryos, genetically deformed babies preserved in formalin and innocent civilians being tortured can be seen on display. An array of US armored vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs and infantry weapons are displayed in the courtyard. The War Crime Museum basically reveals a different side of the stories about wars - the innocent victims of modern warfare. Ben Thanh Market Ben Thanh market has long been one of Saigon's most famous landmarks. Since the French occupation, the market has been one of the biggest markets in the city where everything can be found, from domestic products, especially sophisticated handicrafts, to modern industrial goods from other countries. Notre Dame Cathedral Usually known as a miniature of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, she is an important mark reflecting the colonial influences as well as architecture in Vietnam. Without question, the cathedral itself bears a unique beauty and historic significance, especially as this neo-Romanesque architecture was built with bricks and tiles imported fromFrance. In front of the cathedral in a small garden is a delicate statue of the Virgin Mary.Cholon (Chinatown) Cholon is in District 5 and is a maze of narrow streets, bustling with people. Most ofVietnam?s ethnic Chinese live here and they are the largest single ethnic minority group in the country. The Thien Hau Pagoda is one of Cholon?s must-sees. It is dedicated to the goddess Thien Hau, protector of the sea. Photographers are spoilt for choice with the ornate decoration inside the pagoda and the statues of Thien Hau.It is popular with worshippers and there are regular festivals during the lunar calendar.Binh Tay Market throngs with people from early morning and the gloomy, narrow walkways are crammed with consumer items and exotic foodstuffs. The sound of bargaining, quite often in Chinese rather than Vietnamese, and the calls of the vendors constantly fill the air. This is one of the best places to see the locals going about their daily lives.
Overnight in Saigon
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| Day 4 - HAN NOI HALF DAY CITY TOUR (breakfast,lunch)
Meet at your place and start the city tour through the capital passing the various Government offices, the preservation colonial French residences. We first visit to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (*) and Ho Chi Minh?s Former residence, Ba Dinh Square where Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of the Vietnam Democratic Republic in 1945, One Pillar Pagoda ? one of the oldest architectures dated back from 11th century. We continue to visit the Temple of Literature - the first University in Vietnam Return to your place.
Overnight in Hanoi
(*): Except on Monday and Friday and whole the October and November of every year
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