(Private) Hanoi French Quarter walking Tour

(Private) Hanoi French Quarter walking Tour

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All tours from the "Hanoi Free Private Tour Guide" are provided at no charge. According to Tripadvisor policy, however, to enable us to post our tours' information and you (as a tourist) can book our free service on the website, you will be charged 5$ per booking at the minimum expense. Tripadvisor receives $1 of the $5 as a fixed charge for operating a business. The other $4 (in equivalent Vietnamese Dong at current exchange rate) will be refunded to you by our tour guides when the tour takes place.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
We are a nonprofit organization established in 2015. We supply top-quality free tour guides who are well trained and well understand about Hanoi, Vietnam, and related knowledge. We would love to show you things you haven't seen in books, magazines or on the internet before.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake), Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

(Schedule is flexible)
Our tour guide will pick you up then we will start our Hanoi Old Quarter Walking Tour. The first destination of the tour will stop by Hoan Kiem Lake, considered the heart of Hanoi. You can observe many locals interesting activities such as playing badminton, doing exercises.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: St. Joseph's Cathedral, 40 Nha Chung Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

Then, we will head to St. Joseph's Cathedra which is the representative evidence of the French colonial architecture. Visitors can only enter the Cathedral in Hanoi in the opening time of ceremonial practice as the following schedule: Weekday (5:30 am - 6:15 pm), Saturday (6:00 pm), Sunday (5:00 am, 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Trang Tien Plaza, 24 Hai Ba Trung, Q, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi Vietnam

Our next stop is Trang Tien Ice Cream Shop where the French colonialists introduced ice cream to the Vietnamese people in 1958

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Hanoi Opera House, 01 Trang Tien, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam

Then, we will visit Opera House or Hilton Opera where was completed in 1911 after 10 years of construction, by two French architects, Broyer and V. Harley, resembling the Opéra Garnier de Paris.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Hoa Lo Prison, 1 Hoa Lo St Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam

Finally, we will head to Hoa Lo prison where displays most exhibits relate to the prison’s use up to the mid-1950s, focusing on the Vietnamese struggle for independence from France.


Duration: 1 hour