Hue Full-Day Tour with Cooking Class

Hue Full-Day Tour with Cooking Class

This tour lets you explore Vietnam life and learn how to cook some traditional Vietnamese dishes.

In the morning, your guide and driver will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to the boat landing to begin your tour.  Take a  boat trip on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda - one of the oldest and most beautiful pagodas in Hue. Then visit the beautiful Imperial Citadel, a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1993. You will see the Imperial City and Forbidden City, the home of previous Emperors. Enjoy the various palaces, ornate halls, libraries, residences, colleges, Flag Tower and Noon Gate. Leave away from the hustle and bustle of the city, transfer to Thanh Toan village was founded in 1741 by some military officials under King Le Thanh Tong on reclaiming the southern land of Dai Viet Kingdom. Throughout its history, the village has many of its shrines, and the ancestral houses of local families. Stop at Thanh Toan eco restaurant for a welcome drink and cooking class with our chef. Learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese special foods. After the lesson, enjoy what you have cooked.

After lunch, visit Thanh Toan Bridge – one of the most valuable ancient bridges in Vietnam, was recognized as national heritage in 1990 and Agriculture tools museum – this is a unique community museum in Vietnam where you find a full set of farming and fishing tools together with many interesting stories of rural village life. Last stop for the day will be a a stop at Khai Dinh tomb - that may be symptomatic of the decline of Vietnamese culture during the colonial era. Unlike Hue’s other tombs, the grandiose concrete structure, built between 1920 and 1931, is a synthesis of Vietnamese and European elements. Even the stone faces of the mandarin honor guards are endowed with a mixture of both features. The tour ends back at your hotel.