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Hanoi

3 Days in Hanoi

11Stops2UNESCO Sites+26Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumBa Dinh

Imperial Citadel and Ba Dinh

A thousand years of royal Hanoi, then Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    1.5 h

    Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

    UNESCO

    Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi

  3. 16:45
    1 h

    Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

    Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

  4. 18:30
    1 h

    Water puppet show

    Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre

Good to Know

  • The mausoleum opens mornings only and closes for some months; dress modestly

Day 2Day TripFullHa Long

Ha Long Bay

A cruise among the limestone islands, about 2.5 hours by road each way.

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Day 3City DayFullHoan Kiem

The Old Quarter · Temple of Literature and Hoan Kiem Lake

The 36 guild streets, with pho and egg coffee on the way. Vietnam's first university, then the lake and its island temple.

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Day Trip · UNESCO

Trang An and Hoa Lu

Rowing boats through limestone caves and the old capital, 2 hours south.

Day Trip · UNESCO

Citadel of the Ho Dynasty

Giant stone walls from 1397, about 3 hours south.

Half Day

Museum of Ethnology

Vietnam's 54 peoples, with full-size houses in the garden.

Half Day

West Lake

Tran Quoc Pagoda on its island and the lakeside at dusk.

Half Day

Hoa Lo Prison

The colonial prison the Americans called the Hanoi Hilton.

When to Go

This version is for Oct–Nov, Mar–Apr. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Aug (328 mm), driest Feb (23 mm)

Climate: NASA POWER