HUE – HOI AN SIGHT SEEING AND CULINARY

DAY 1: HUE ARRIVAL (-/-/-)

On arrival at Hue Airport your tour guide will welcome you and take you to hotel, Overnight at Hue city.

DAY 2: HUE CITY TOUR (--/L/D)

In the morning, our local guide pick up from hotel in Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam.

First, we drop in Dong Ba market to explore daily life of local people and see how they sell something. You are impressed by leisure in the morning.

After that, we enjoy dragon boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River and then we visit Hue’s best-known religious sites, Thien Mu Pagoda, which is located on the southwest bank of the river, is a memorial to these demonstrations. Here we find the car that took the senior Buddhist monk, Quang Duc, to Saigon, where he immolated himself. The car, a British Austin, is memorialized as a holy sight.

Continue visiting Thien mu pagoda, car pick us up from here and discover Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen’s Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945 including Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, and Forbidden Purple City.

In the afternoon, we have lunch at real local restaurant in a beautiful garden setting.

We continue with a visit to the elaborate tombs of emperors Minh Mang & Khai Dinh. This guided tour gives you a deep understanding about King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected royal life.

HUE FOOD TOUR BY CYCLO (Departure time: 5:30PM)

During the tour, we will stop at many local stores to enjoy a lot of Hue local foods, such as: Hue Pancake (banh khoai), Hue beef vermicelli soup (bun bo Hue), filtered tapioca dumplings (banh bot loc), literally water fern cake (banh beo), steamed shrimp rice cake ( ban nam ), Sticky rice dumplings on a fried dumpling (banh ram it), and grilled chopped meat (Nem Lui ).

DAY 3: HUE - HOI AN (--/L/D)

You will depart from Hue and travel to the rapidly growing city of Da Nang. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to stop en route to take pictures at the summit of Lang Co Beach, Hai Van Pass

Finally, you will head to Hoi An, another UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Take a walking tour to visit Hoi An Ancient town with: Hoi An’s Museum, many of the town’s renowned Ancient Houses which boast remarkable architecture, Assembly Halls of Chinese influence, a handicraft workshop and of course the Japanese Covered Bridge. Check in your hotel & spend the night in Hoi An.

HOI AN EVENING WALKING FOOD TOUR (Departure time: 5:00PM)

Zip off the usual tourist trail, and straight into foodie heaven. A local food-loving guide will uncoverhidden treasures and snacks favored by locals, such as white rose, bread, sweet soup.

Next, go to Hoi an local market and wander around the food stalls, where you might find amazingcao lau noodle and much more. Next, we will taste Vietnamese coffee

Then, head to the heart of Hoi An ancient town, sit on authentic boat on Hoai river in the evening and release flower garlands like a local. You also listen to interesting daily stories from boatmen. If the weather is good, we will play traditional folk games like Bai Choi (Bingo game), Dap nieu (blindfolded game).

After tour, you have the option to return to your hotel, or on Pub Street, where you can experience Hoi An bar life.

DAY 4: COOKING CLASS AT TRA QUE VEGETABLE VILLAGE (--/L/--)

Welcome you at the hotel’s lobby. Riding bicycle to Hoi An’s colorful central market. Here you will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. So make sure your camera is handy. Bike to Tra Que vegetable village. Welcome drink for rest and walk through the vegetable gardens where local farmers work on their fields, using the traditional methods of hundreds of years ago, no electrical machinery here. Go to the restaurant & work together with the chef. Learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese food. After the lesson, enjoy what you have cooked.

Recipes:

Tra Que vegetable salad Tam Huu dish
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Pancake)
Hoi An spring rolls
Transportation: Bicycle
Departure time: 08:00 am & 14:00 pm
Duration: 04 hours
Activities: Cooking Vietnamese food

DAY 5: HOI AN – DA NANG - DEPARTURE (B/--/--)

Free at leisure until transfer to Da Nang airport to catch your next flight. End of services.

Hoi An

Hoi An Ancient town is located in Viet Nam’s central Quang Nam Province, on the north bank near the mouth of the Thu Bon River. The inscribed property comprises 30 ha and it has a buffer zone of 280 ha. It is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a small-scale trading port active the 15th to 19th centuries which traded widely, both with the countries of Southeast and East Asia and with the rest of the world. Its decline in the later 19th century ensured that it has retained its traditional urban tissue to a remarkable degree. The town reflects a fusion of indigenous and foreign cultures (principally Chinese and Japanese with later European influences) that combined to produce this unique survival.

Huế

The Complex of Hue Monuments is located in and around Hue City in Thua Thien-Hue Province in the geographical centre of Vietnam and with easy access to the sea. Established as the capital of unified Vietnam in 1802 CE, Hue was not only the political but also the cultural and religious centre under the Nguyen Dynasty, the last royal dynasty of Vietnamese history, from 1802 to 1945 CE. The plan of the new capital is in accordance with ancient oriental philosophy, and respected the physical conditions of the site.