Hue City Tour Full Day

Itinerary 

Your tour will start at about 8.30am, our guide will pick you up at the hotel.

We will start this tour visiting the Citadel of Hue and Thien Mu pagoda by Dragon boat.

The citadel palace complex is located on the North bank of Huong River (Perfume River), inside Hue city. It is a huge complex covering an area of 520ha and comprising three circles of ramparts, KinhThanh Hue (Hue Capital Citadel), Hoang Thanh (Royal Citadel) and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). It was said to be protected by the two sand dunes: The Con Hen and Con Da Vien on the Perfume River, as "dragon on the left, tiger on the right". If you are in Hue, please join us in this small journey exploring the beautiful feudal palace, the inspiration for numerous artists ever stepping inside.

After that, you will also visit the Thien Mu Pagoda.Thien Mu Pagoda, also called Linh Mụ, is a historic temple in the city of Huế in Vietnam. Its pagoda has seven storeys and is the tallest in Vietnam. The temple is often the subject of folk rhymes and cadao about Huế, such is its iconic status and association with the city. It is regarded as the unofficial symbol of the former imperial capital.

Have lunch.

In the afternoon we will continue this visit with a stop in  MinhMang Tomb.This tomb is far about 12 kilometers from Hue, on the Cam Ke mount and on the west bank of the Huong River. The construction began in September 1840. While the tomb had been building, Minh Mang was sick and passed away in January 1841. King Thieu Tri continued completing the tomb according to his father’s plans. And it was accomplished in 1843. Minh Mang tomb reaches the standard architectural complex with 40 constructions such as: palaces, temples, pavilions….

We will continue this tour visiting KhaiDinh Tomb. This is the final resting place of KhaiDinh, Emperor of Vietnam from 1916-1925. The tomb represents a fusion of traditional Vietnamese style and modern influence. Begun in 1920 and completed in 1931, the tomb is almost entirely made of concrete and includes many European architectural details, likely inspired by the Emperor's visit to France in 1922 where he viewed the Marseilles Colonial Exhibition. KhaiDinh was an extremely unpopular ruler during his lifetime, mostly due to his close collaboration with the French. To finance the tomb, he requested permission of the French advisors to raise taxes on the peasantry, which they allowed. Although he died prematurely at age 40 of tuberculosis, his son and successor, Bao Dai, completed the tomb several years later. Bao Dai would prove to be the final ruler of the Nguyen dynasty and lived until 1997. Thus, the tomb of KhaiDinh became the last grand imperial tomb in Vietnam.

To finish this trip we will visit some handcraft villages, like Conical hat villages and Incense Making villages.

At about 17.00pm, we will transfer you back to your hotel.

Price

880.000 VND/pax

Inclusion:

• -  Minivan
  -  Mineral water
  -  Lunch
  -  English speaking tour guide
  -  Travel insurance

Exclusion:

• -  Entrance fee
  -  Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc

 Cancellation policy

For usual days
-  You are charged for 10%, 30% and 70% of your booking value if cancelling your order more than 5 days, 3-5 days and 48-24 hours prior to departure, respectively. Note: for 4-star hotels and resorts, you shall bear 100% no matter when your cancellation is received.

-  You are charged for 100% of your booking value if cancelling your order right on the date of departure.

For public days and New Year holiday

-  You are charged for 40%, 50% and 70% of your booking value when cancelling your order more than 7 days, 5-7 days and within 5 days prior to departure, respectively. In the event that you call off your order right on the date of departure or without notification, please incur 100% of booking value.

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