Hanoi: French Quarter with Coffee, History and Architecture Tour
- Stroll through the past and present of the French Quarter of Hanoi
- The history combines with awesome architectural features and Vietnamese coffee
- See 15+ Top Sights in the Hanoi French Quarter
- Visit the local coffee shop in an Old French villa and try the famous local ice cream
What to expect
Discover the tumultuous contemporary history of Hanoi on a guided walking tour. Learn about the city under the French rule. Rather than a lecture, it will be more like a conversation!.
Learn about the city under French rule, Vietnamese general history, French influences, and the Vietnam War. Visit landmarks such as St. Joseph's Cathedral, Trang Tien Ice Cream, Hanoi Opera House, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi Post Office, Trang Tien Street, Hanoi Metropole Hotel, and the first university in French Indochina.
You will learn about how Vietnamese society changed under French rule, exploring the good and the bad of this period. Feel free to ask your guide plenty of questions! Coffee and ice-cream are included.
Reviews
Warm & rich experience in this walking tour session with Mina. She's kind and warm, and her knowledge abt hanoi is very interesting. Our group is small, only 5 people which make it easy to connect and stroll together around the tour spot. If you want to bring home not just photos, but real stories from Hanoi… this tour is a must. Truly :)
Mina was a wonderful host. We had a great afternoon learning about the French colonial period and architecture in Hanoi. It was also really unique to meet at the coffee shop that we did - it was really beautiful. Mina was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun to talk to! We learned so much that we did not know before about vietnams history. Thank you for a great experience! guide: 100/10
The guide today, Mina, is very engaging and knowledgeable. She is enthusiastic, and her plan for this guide is well thought out. She introduced us to coffee culture and the history of Vietnam, including the French architecture and how it influenced and affected the Vietnamese people. Everything is so interesting, and I am very grateful for this experience. I would 100% recommend this to my friends who have never visited Hanoi before.
Mina is a bright, kind, and intelligent woman; she is truly wonderful. Her explanations were very clear, and she paid attention to each participant, ensuring we all had a great time. Not only was the coffee excellent, but when I checked the places Mina showed us in a travel guide after returning home, I found they were all famous locations. It was truly educational to visit these places while listening to her explanations. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would love to participate again.
Mina was a great guide, very knowledgeable! Loading T cafe was an amazing start to the coffee tour, she was very thoughtful and took amazing photos thougout the tour!!
our guide Mina was excellent! she had a lot to share which made the whole tour very interesting! Though we were walking the whole time, we didnt feel tired at all.
Mina is great, she knows a lot about the history of the city. Would recommand!
well paces and informative tour. mina was an enthusiastic and engaging guide.
Good to know
- This experience operates rain or shine, I recommend you to check the forecast one day before and bring an umbrella or raincoat if applies.
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