Hanoi City Tour: Culture, History, and Local Delights

This tour of Hanoi is meticulously crafted to offer you a deeper understanding of the city’s distinct culture and age-old ambience. Don’t forego the opportunity to experience a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter, watch a water puppet or Cat Tru show, and visit historical sites - all guaranteed to keep you enthralled.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hanoi Opera House - Hanoi Opera House was built to host classical art shows such as chamber music, opera, ballet, and drama. With a total area of some 2,600 square metres, the Opera House has 3 areas including the front hall, mirror chamber, and performance hall. All areas are decorated with French-style classical chandeliers.
What's Included
  • Private English speaking tour guide
  • Entrance fees included
  • Transportation in a private car
  • Enjoy local coffee
  • Savor a local lunch
What's Not Included
  • Other transportations not mentioned
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips
  • Other drinks and food
Location
Hanoi Opera House
01 Trang Tien - Phan Chu Trinh, Old Quarter
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Julia_r
Jun 20, 2025
Hanoi City Tour - Our guide, Bruno, was awesome! He knew so much about the city and the history. It was a very interesting tour. The food was delicious. I really loved the train street experience.
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Vijay_b
Jun 14, 2025
Great Private Tour! - The Tour was execllent: fun and informative! We saw all the major attractions in Hanoi in detail. Leo was a very good Tour guide. The car was comfortable and the driver was very professional. 5/5 for this experience!
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Colin_j
Mar 3, 2025
It was a full day seeing... - It was a full day seeing the major attractions of Hanoi. The guide, Kane, and driver were excellent - flexible and attentive to our needs Very good value.
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Bruce
Feb 28, 2025
Leo is a fabulous host. He is knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and adaptable to the needs of the group. A wonderful day! - Leo is a fabulous host. Knowledgeable, enthusiastic and adaptable. A wonderful introduction to Hanoi. Thoroughly recommended!
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Jeremymu9294me
Dec 30, 2024
Great tour of Hanoi - A very informative tour with the host (Bang) being very insightful, courteous, helpful and knowledgeable….just what you want with a tour guide. Would definitely recommend to others wanting to undertake a private tour of Hanoi
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Wombat005
Sep 28, 2024
The Best Tour Experience in Hanoi Highly Recommended - We have a very happy day with Triet (Travis) and Mr Driver. It was the best experience for all the tours I had in Hanoi and Sapa this time. Triet speaks wonderful English and he is friendly and caring. We have our private tour with him for 1 full day in Hanoi and we successfully visited lots of places without too rush as it is our private tour. The timing is all about ourselves and that is wonderful. Triet is knowledgeable and professional, we have lots of questions and he is always trying to explain to us. We have some discussion on things in Vietnam and we are happy to know more about Vietnam from him. Triet is able to give clear instruction and arrangement on timing so that you know what and how much time you are going to spend on this spot. He cooperate with Mr Drive who is also professional and help to take the best route to safe some time. Triet brings us to a nice souvenir shop selling acrylic painting and it s okay as there are craftsmen doing demonstrations and it s good to understand how the painting was made. We brought a little box as souvenir and it s lovely. For lunch, Triet brings us to a local restaurant in the alley and the food there is simply but delicious. Lunch is included in the tour we only paid for our drinks. We enjoyed it very much! Then we went to the train cafe and it is a special experience I can tell. You should go and try yourself. It s a bit scary but its very special. Finally we went to the St John Cathedral and thats the last spot. We really appreciated the wonderful work of Triet (Travis) and Mr Driver. We have such a beautiful memories here in Hanoi and thank you to Triet and Mr Driver. Highly recommend to do it with Triet on private tour. All the best to you. And hope to see you next time.
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Christine_w
Sep 28, 2024
The Best Tour Experience in Hanoi Highly Recommended - We have a very happy day with Triet (Travis) and Mr Driver. It was the best experience for all the tours I had in Hanoi and Sapa this time. Triet speaks wonderful English and he is friendly and caring. We have our private tour with him for 1 full day in Hanoi and we successfully visited lots of places without too rush as it is our private tour. The timing is all about ourselves and that is wonderful. Triet is knowledgeable and professional, we have lots of questions and he is always trying to explain to us. We have some discussion on things in Vietnam and we are happy to know more about Vietnam from him. Triet is able to give clear instruction and arrangement on timing so that you know what and how much time you are going to spend on this spot. He cooperate with Mr Drive who is also professional and help to take the best route to safe some time. Triet brings us to a nice souvenir shop selling acrylic painting and it s okay as there are craftsmen doing demonstrations and it s good to understand how the painting was made. We brought a little box as souvenir and it s lovely. For lunch, Triet brings us to a local restaurant in the alley and the food there is simply but delicious. Lunch is included in the tour we only paid for our drinks. We enjoyed it very much! Then we went to the train cafe and it is a special experience I can tell. You should go and try yourself. It s a bit scary but its very special. Finally we went to the St John Cathedral and thats the last spot. We really appreciated the wonderful work of Triet (Travis) and Mr Driver. We have such a beautiful memories here in Hanoi and thank you to Triet and Mr Driver. Highly recommend to do it with Triet on private tour. All the best to you. And hope to see you next time.
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Paul_m
Sep 11, 2024
Wonderful Private Tour in Hanoi - We enjoyed a fantastic day with Travis who is very friendly and knowledgeable. There were some awesome sights and the prison and the train were among the highlights for me. This is a really good tour and one I would highly recommend. I would also highly recommend Harley and Crossing Vietnam Tours who have helped us with several trips at a difficult time after the Typhoon. Harley has given exceptional customer service and really looked after us. Thank you Harley and Yravis.
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Alagrey
Sep 2, 2024
Hanoi full day private city tour with train street and puppet show - Our tour guide Mike was so knowledgeable and great at his stuff! It was a very enjoyable, smooth, and convenient tour. Will get them again when i go back to Hanoi!
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Anamaria_r
May 5, 2025
Private tour which you... - Private tour which you can change , we decided to go to one of the Incense Villages in the outskirts of Hanoi and so happy we did . Learning about the process of making incense and the beautiful set up was well worth the change . We then were taken to a reduced city tour , were taken to the Hanoi Prison called “ The Hilton “ by the US inmates where Sen McClain was held captive and it was quite an experience to see and listen the other side of the story . We were taken to the Street Train which is a must in Hanoi. We could not see that much more as the Chinese president was in town and most of the streets were closed but we were happy with what we did and saw.
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up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).