Vietnam Summer Escape Holidays

Itinerary

1. Day 01

   Saigon arrivalWelcome to Saigon! Upon your arrival, transfe...
   Saigon arrivalWelcome to Saigon! Upon your arrival, transferred to hotel for check in. Relax at hotel. Overnight in Saigon.  The standard check-in time is 14:00.  
2. Day 02

   Saigon city tour - flight to Danang (B)
   @flight depart after 15h00Have breakfast at hotel and check out. Then we start the city tour at the Reunification Palace, the witness of the fierce Vietnam War ended in 1975. The grand building today is a Museum and Hall of official receptions. Nearby the Palace are the colonial-styled Central Post Office, one of the city’s major landmarks. Walking to Ben Thanh Market one of the most typical symbol of Saigon to experience the daily life of the locals and do shopping the hand-made goods there. Then transfer to airport to take flight to Danang. Upon arrival, picked up and transferred to hotel for check-in. Free at leisure to relax and enjoy the beach. Overnight in Danang.  
3. Day 03

   Danang - free day (B)
   Have breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure or own arrangement all day.  Overnight in Danang Optional tour to Ba Na Hills: You will be transferred to Ba Na hills and take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Golden Bridge, held up by two enormous stone-colored hands. The bridge opened in June 2018, is 150 metres long and 1,400 metres above sea level, with views across the green mountainscape. Continue visit Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar, wine tasting fee is not included), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda. Your lunch is served at local restaurant. This afternoon, at leisure to enjoy games at Fantasy Park, Sun World – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games (2 hours). 
4. Day 04

   Danang - free day (B)
   Have breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure or own arrangement all day with optional tour to Hoian Ancient Town. Overnight in Danang. Optional tour to Hoian Ancient Town: Meet our guide at hotel and start our walking tour to explore the beauty of Hoi An, an architectural combination of Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese styles. Walk over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visit taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls and Trading Houses, Hoi An museum, pagodas and stroll into the market located by Thu Bon river to discover this unique beauty.   
5. Day 05

   Danang - free day (B)
   Have breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure or own arrangement all day with optional tour to My Son sanctuary which had been also designated by UNESCO as one of the five World Heritages in Vietnam. Overnight in Danang. Optional tour to My Son sanctuary: Our guide meets you at hotel and drive to visit My Son Sancutary where you can discover the hidden treasure of the Cham culture that once brightly developed in the area of present Central Vietnam. Thanks to the beauty and secrets of building the Cham Towers hereby, My Son had been also designated by UNESCO as one of the five World Heritages in Vietnam.   
6. Day 06

   Danang - flight to Hanoi - Food tour (B)
   Have breakfast at hotel and check out. Transfer to airport to take flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, picked up and transferred to your hotel in the central for check-in. In the afternoon, walk through the Old Quarter, a fascinating network of narrow alleys and shop houses also known as ‘The 36 Streets’ – each street being named after the merchandise traditionally sold there, explore the variety in Vietnam’s cuisine with many authentic local dishes on a guided food tour. Starting your food tour with an introduction to the local food scene over a light and refreshing appetizer, Nộm Bò Khô — green papaya salad with beef. Your guide then will take you to a local market where you will get to know the background of Vietnamese cooking ingredients, many kind of goods used to cook in the local meals, plenty of the tropical fruits,.. Your food tour will be incomplete without tasting a bowl of Phở - noodle soup, the first and foremost to refer when talking about Vietnamese food. Keep wandering around the streets in the Old Quarter you will see many vendors selling many kind of fresh fruits, traditional cakes and snacks. Take the picture and select your favorite food from their stuff. The crisp baguette with the combination of cheese, chilli sauce, pickled vegetables, fried egg, grilled pork/chicken/beef is also in the list to taste for your tour. You will answer why it becomes a favorite food of our people. Your food tour will end at a hidden café, one of the few left in the city that still serves egg coffee a scrumptious local delicacy that you can find at nowhere else. If you are not a fan of coffee, a cup of egg with green bean will be served to savour instead. Back to your hotel and relax.  Overnight in Hanoi.
7. Day 07

   Hanoi - Halong - overnight cruise (B/L/D)
   by shuttle busBreakfast at hotel. At 9am, head East for about 3 hours to Halong Bay, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994 and 2006. Upon arrival in Halong, check in the overnight cruise to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands of odd-shaped limestone rocks and karst grottoes. After lunch on board, we can visit the Grottos, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating houses and approach islets to enjoy their beauty in close distance. Back to the cruise, enjoy cooking demonstration before having dinner. Evening attend activities on the boat or relax at your own leisure. Overnight on the cruise.  Please note the program may be little varied upon the cruise you choose.   
8. Day 08

   Halong - Hanoi (B/Brunch)
   You should wake up early to enjoy the dawn on the sea in the early morning. The Vietnamese call the "East Sea" by a point-oriented name "Eastern Sea", so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay. After breakfast our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent like Sail Island, Fisherman’s head rock, Butterfly rock or Turtle islet etc. Check out your room and have brunch on board while the cruise coming back the pier. Disembark from the cruise, transfer back to Hanoi. Check in hotel. Free at your own leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.
9. Day 09

   Hanoi departure (B)
   Breakfast at hotel. You are free until transfer to the airport for departure flight. End of services. The normal check out time is 12:00pm.  
10. Day 10

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