Ho Chi Minh City Tour: Independence Palace Access

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Experience the best of Ho Chi Minh City with a tour on a double decker bus and a visit to the historic Independence Palace. Discover the city’s landmarks and learn about its rich history.

Duration: 2 days

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

HOP ON HOP OFF

The Independence Palace - - The main entrance to the Independence Palace

Independence Palace
Exhibition House

1h trip around Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City - Enjoy the view of Beautiful Saigon from the top of the double decker bus. The bus route covers most of the landmarks of the city

What's Included

1-hour trip around Saigon (HCMC)
On-board WiFi
In-vehicle air conditioning
Headset
All Fees and Taxes

What's Not Included

Hotel pick up
Food and beverage
Tips

Additional Information

Experience the city from the vantage point of a double-decker bus, which will take you past most of the city’s iconic landmarks along its routes.
“From Norodom Palace to Independence Palace 1868-1966” delves into the rich, century-long history of the building that once housed the French colonial government in Cochinchina. In 1954, it was renamed…

Location

Sai Gon Central Post Office

Công xã Paris

STARTING POINT OF 1h Hop-on Hop-off Ho Chi Minh City: Sai gon Central post office - address No.02 Cong Xa Paris , district 1 City tour and ticket entrance Independence Palace (9:00 -16:00)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Jacky_fourie

Mar 29, 2024

Best hop on bus tour! - Amazing tour operator that is well organised and immediately responds to any questions. They go the extra mile to ensure you have the best experiences. Highly recommend

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Jacky_s

Mar 29, 2024

Highly recommend this tour - The tour operator was amazing. Very well organised and customer service a 10 out of 10. They followed up to ensure we had the best experience.

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Adriana

Mar 5, 2024

Super! - Very nice tour in and around Ho Chi Min!( Cu Chi Tunnels and especially Mekong Delta are amazing) No Chi Min is a crazy, beautiful town!!!

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Dreamer398391

Feb 10, 2024

Hop on hop off and independence palace. - We got The one hour tour and the ticket for the independence palace. This was a good way to see the main sights and then visit the palace and other areas in more detail. Be useful to tell people to meet the hop on hop off ticket provided outside the independence palace as we were in the ticket office who couldn’t help us.

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Mco6901xr

Oct 9, 2025

tourism in the future in vietnam with air access to presidential palace last visit by a u.s. president in the era of the - This place is huge with a staircase in between to climb to the second floor. On the ground floor during the drive with Jeremy to do a virtual tours briefing the room was packed with attendance.I did not go there by motor cycle. In the past the palace has many leads about who is in fashion in saigon and what do they think about the foods in cholon.

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Paul_c

Apr 2, 2025

average - Had expected to hop on and off all day but only allowed round circuit once . the war museum and market was well worth a visit

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Katrinawt7343he

Nov 21, 2024

Great when you're on it - but doesn't pick up regularly. - The bus is great when you're on it, but they don't seem to arrive regularly. We waited for over 30 minutes in the heat of the day near the Independence Palace and no bus came so we had to find another way back to our hotel.

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Jessebi3111vu

Nov 11, 2024

A bit misleading. Better off getting a grab driver to take you and buy a ticket at the gate - Probably could have been worded better that this is more about driving around the city than the palace itself. When I got to the palace, they refused to accept that the booking came with a ticket and that I should find someone in the red shirt to help but as they drop you off a couple hundred meters from the palace, I was already off it and just ended up buying another ticket anyway...

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Explorer16598695706

Oct 22, 2024

Need more time in this city. - Extremely busy with scooters and trucks. Hop on Hop off bus very bad. No bus stops or stop numbers. Driver did not stop at places of interest on map.

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Andrew_m

May 14, 2025

Wish I could give zero stars - Nearly impossible to figure out where to get your ticket. I got sent on a wild goose chase from the Palace to a travel agency to the central post office and ended up spending more on Grabs around the city trying to get onto this tour than I actually spent on the tour itself. You also apparently aren’t allowed to tour the Independence Palace until you’ve completed your 1 loop on the hop on hop off bus. And only 1 loop is included. I’ve been to about 50 countries and spent a decent amount of time in Asia but this tour has to be the worst I’ve ever taken. Once I finally got my ticket and was able to go into the Palace it was very nice, but you are much better off just buying a ticket there.

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up to 15 guests

1 - Adult