
A ca trù evening in a communal house
The UNESCO-listed sung poetry of the scholars, performed intimately in an Old Quarter house.

Hà Nội · Vietnam
A thousand-year-old capital of 36 guild streets
Hanoi — a thousand-year-old capital of 36 guild streets. In Hà Nội province, in Northern Vietnam, it is one of the stops our travel designers weave into your tailor-made journeys, at a pace that suits you.
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Nearby places: Bat Trang, Duong Lam Village, Bac Giang, Perfume Pagoda
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The UNESCO-listed sung poetry of the scholars, performed intimately in an Old Quarter house.


Read the doctors' steles and try calligraphy with a Hanoi calligrapher.

Bún chả, bánh cuốn, egg coffee: a night tour riding pillion on a vintage Vespa.

Lakeside tai chi, the Long Bien wholesale market, drip coffee on a plastic stool.
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Journeys that pass through here

Six days in the North: the Lao Chai to Ta Van walk with a Hmong guide, two nights in a Sapa lodge and Trang An by sampan before the tour boats arrive.

The Temple of Literature with a calligrapher, water puppets, Ninh Binh and a night cruising Lan Ha Bay, with kayaking in the lagoons.

Eight days: ca trù in a Hanoi communal house, a night on Lan Ha Bay, Trang An, then two eco-lodge nights and a walk down the Muong Hoa valley.

Saigon to Hanoi in ten days: lunch with a Mekong family, two nights in Hoi An, the Hai Van Pass, the night train from Hue and a night on the bay.

South through storied cities, emerald bays and village waterways, guided by local flavours and quiet discoveries.

The country south to north in fifteen days: Cu Chi, a night with a family in the delta, three days in Hoi An with My Son, Hue, Ninh Binh and Ha Long.

Saigon to Hanoi in fifteen days, privately and with more time with people: Apsara dance at My Son, two nights with a White Thai family in Mai Chau, ca trù in Hanoi.
Fourteen days, three countries: Hanoi and Lan Ha Bay, Hoi An and Hue, the monks' morning alms round in Luang Prabang, then Angkor through the east gate.

The Ha Giang loop, the Dong Van plateau, Ba Be Lake and Ban Gioc falls: the wildest North.

From the Mai Chau valley to Hoi An's dykes and the delta's canals, the Vietnamese countryside at pedal pace.

Twelve days designed for three generations: the bay by kayak, Hoi An by bike, the beach on Phu Quoc.

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