Best Vacation Tips & Sightseeing Sites List for Vietnam

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Best Vietnam Sightseeing List

Map of the places we went

Best Vietnam Sightseeing List

My Trip Itinerary to Hanoi, Sa Pa, to Saigon or Ho Chi Ming City

Vietnam Cost of the trip is here.

·       5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, Dist 4, 8:00amTPHCM (Sai Gon port)

Sapa Train: Orient Express – 2 berthing sleeper on Orient Express
·       Depart- Nov Hanoi
·       Arrive- Nov Lao Cai Train Station.
·       Depart- Nov pm Lao Cai
·       Arrive- Nov am Hanoi

Flight:

·       Jet Star airlines.
·       Depart Hanoi Arrive Saigon
Hydrofoil Ferry: Ho Chi Minh City- Vung Tau
·       http://www.vinaexpress.com.vn/index.php?&lang=eng
·       Can book online or at the port the day of
·       Take ferry to Vung Tau
·       Take 4:30pm ferry to Ho Chi Min8:00 am
To Do: Hanoi
·       Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
·       Ngoc son temple
·       Hoa Lo prison (Hanoi Hilton)
·       Hoan Kiam lake
·       One pillar pagoda
·       Tran quoc pagoda or Temple of Literature
To Do: Sapa
·       Silver waterfall
·       Muong hoa valley
·       San sa ho suspension bridge
To Do: Saigon
·       Mekong Delta day tour
·       Notre Dame
·       Reunification palace
·       Jade emperor pagoda
·       Phuoc An Hoi Quan pagoda
·       Giac lam pagoda
·       Morning and Night markets (Ben Tanh Market and Binh Tay Market)
·       Chi Chi tunnels
·       War Remnants museum
·       Day trip to vung tau for beach (pineapple beach, front/back beach)

 

Sapa Train: Orient Express- 2 berthing sleeper on Orient Express
·       Depart- Nov 11, 9:40 pm Hanoi
·       Arrive- Nov 12, 5:35 am Lao Cai Train Station.
·       Depart- Nov 13, 8:35 pm Lao Cai
·       Arrive- Nov 14, 4:45 am Hanoi

Flight:

·       Jet Star airlines.
·       Depart Hanoi Nov 15 3:35pm Arrive Saigon 5:40pm.
Hydrofoil Ferry: Ho Chi Minh City- Vung Tau
·       5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, Dist 4,TPHCM (Sai Gon port)
·       http://www.vinaexpress.com.vn/index.php?&lang=eng
·       Can book online or at the port the day of
·       Take 8:00am ferry to Vung Tau
·       Take 4:30pm ferry to Ho Chi Minh City
To Do: Hanoi
·       Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
·       Ngoc son temple
·       Hoa Lo prison (Hanoi Hilton)
·       Hoan Kiam lake
·       One pillar pagoda
·       Tran quoc pagoda
To Do: Sapa
·       Silver waterfall
·       Muong hoa valley
·       San sa ho suspension bridge
To Do: Saigon
·       Mekong Delta day tour
·       Notre Dame
·       Reunification palace
·       Jade emperor pagoda
·       Phuoc An Hoi Quan pagoda
·       Giac lam pagoda
·       Morning and Night markets (Ben Tanh Market and Binh Tay Market)
·       Chi Chi tunnels
·       War Remnants museum
·       Day trip to vung tau for beach (pineapple beach, front/back beach)