Saigon walking tour

Saigon walking tour

Walking in beaten track areas that helps you have more insights of locally daily life of Vietnamese people, it’s very much different from what you’ve seen on main streets in city centre. Saigonese people have lived in those areas for decades, their houses have been passed from generation to generation, you’ll see an ancestor alter at such very small house. Community ties are very strong in these alleys where most people know one others very well as a slogan said neighbor is closer than far relative. You have chances to talk with local people about their daily life. And this helps you understand partly about Saigon history during 1960s, especially Tet Offensive 1968

Itinerary
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Stop At: The Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument, Corner of Cach Mang Thang Tam & Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam

Our Tropical Journeys guide meets you and explain to you about Thich Quang Duc's life story, why was he immolated himself to death on Jun 11th 1963? and Saigon history during 1960s

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ban Co Market, 664 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ward 3, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam

Walking to hidden alleys where Saigonese have lived since 1950s, you’ll be impressed with how small their houses are, and not surprising you’ll find too or three generations living together in such small houses.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ho Thi Ky Flower Market, Ho Thi Ky Ward 1, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam

A coffee break at Do Phu house, used to be a weapon storehouse and VC guerrilla hidden home during Vietnam war. Continue to explore more hidden alleys to 1960s apartment buildings, colorful with their hanging clothes and small green gardens along corridors. And a main hub of flower market from which most of city flower are bought and sold, not only for Saigon but for surrounding provinces in Mekong Delta.

Duration: 1 hour