05 Days - Delight North Cuisine

Day 01: Hanoi Arrival (Dinner included)
Welcome to Hanoi - Vietnam’s capital city. Upon arrival, Our guide & driver will meet you at Noi Bai Airport and take you to your hotel in the city center to check in Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel. Later in the afternoon take a walk in the Old Quarter with the guide and enjoy shopping in old quarter. Savor a welcome dinner at one of Hanoi’s famous restaurants.
Accommodation: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel.

Day 02: Hanoi Day Tour ( Breakfast and Lunch included )
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel is just one of Hanoi’s famous restaurants where one can try globally reputed Vietnamese cuisine.   It was the starting point for opening the hotel school of cookery. One gets a veritable immersion in the local culture – starting with a stroll in the local market accompanied by the Spices Garden Chef.  Discover locally grown Vietnamese ingredients, their flavors and see how locals prepare for meals. This is followed by a cookery demonstration in the hotel kitchen where everyone plays an active role.  After class, lunch is served in the Spices Garden Vietnamese restaurant where one can sample different dishes.

In the afternoon you will explore the charming Vietnamese Capital.   With its wide tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and ancient oriental pagodas, Hanoi is an eclectic mix that offers something for everyone. Your city tour will take you to Hanoi’s key sites: the Temple of Literature; West Lake including the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda & Quan Thanh Temple. Then enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture.
Accommodation: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel.

Day 03: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included )
07.30    Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter & depart to Halong Bay.
11.30 – 12.15    Arriving at Victory Coffee. Hon Gai Pier.
12.30    Transfer via tender to your junk. Welcome drink - Cruise briefing, safety instructions,  Check-in cabins - Depart for Halong Bay
13.00     Enjoy local sea food lunch while the junk sails to Ha Long Bay passing by Oan Lagoon, Mat Quy (Monster head) and Am tich (Teapot) islets.
15.00    Visit Surprise Cave - Explore the most famous grotto in entire Halong Bay
16.30    Visit Titop Beach –   You can clim up to the top of the island getting the whole view of Halong Bay or swimming on the very descent beach.
18.00    Overnight anchorage near Titop  and enjoy the sunset
19.30    Savor our Set-dinner in dinning room
21.00    Activities: Relax on deck, drink service,fishing or karaoke (Charter Cruise) Overnight on your junk
Accommodation: Paradise Luxury Cruise

Day 04:  Halong Bay – Hanoi ( Brunch Buffet )
06:30    Watching sunrise over the Bay
07:00    Enjoy light breakfast
08:00    Cruise through Ha long Bay  and contemplate Man’s head islet, Tortoise islet
08:30    Arrive at Tunnel Cave - Have a tour in a lovely lagoon  by local rowing boat.
09:30    Check-out cabins and settle bills – Luggage collection.  Having international buffet brunch served while cruising through Bai Tu Long bay, Bai Tho mountain and Ha Long market.
11:00    Arriving at pier. Time to say goodbye. Our car waiting there & take you back to Hanoi around 04pm. Accommodation: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel.

Day 05: Hanoi Departure ( breakfast included )
Today is free at your leisure for last minute shopping or sight-seeing before driving to the airport to catch your departure flight home.

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All the touring itineraries on this website have been carefully crafted by our in-country management teams and represent a series of experiences we can certainly recommend. However, we understand that every travel experience should be as unique and individual as each traveler. Our consultants are waiting to hear from you so that we can tailor or custom design a Vietnam tour to your individual specifications.