Hanoi Holidays

This is the capital and administrative centre of Vietnam. Its crowded streets are lined with mementos of its tempestuous history. You will find the Temple of Literature, a bastion of Confucian scholarship founded in 1015; an Old Quarter of winding alleys, crowded markets and traditional shop quarters; tree lined avenues flanked by colonial villas and a soviet style mausoleum housing the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh. From here you can also take a day trip to Halong Bay for a lunch cruise around the limestone islands. Best shopping here is for paintings and shoes.

Bridge to temple in Hanoi

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