Discovering the true Vietnam beauty

If you’re planning a Vietnam Toursin 14 days, this list of 5 most popular destinations from North to South that represent for Vietnam beauty, which you can’t miss, will make the most of your experiences in Vietnam.

1. Ha Noi with a lot of cultural and historical destinations

Visiting Ha Noi City, a capital of Vietnam with a one-thousand-year cultural history in a cool early morning is really a wonderful thing to do, so you do not ignore that. Your trip can’t be completed without any of these interesting and important historical sites including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and His Stilt House, Presidential Palace, One Pillar Pagoda, and of course Duong Lam ancient village (where you can have a great bicycle-tour around a charming, ancient village of Vietnam, so if you want to find more about Duong Lam village, you can drop by HEREfor further interesting information). After that, you continue to visit Temple of Literature, a leading relic of Vietnam now located on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, known as the first university in Vietnam that still maintains a great number of unique architectural features and the ancient space that reminds us to the proud history of Vietnam. After visiting all 5 zones of the Temple of Literature, you should have lunch in any local restaurants and take a short nap. In the afternoon, you will visit Ethnology Museum, a famous place keeping a variety of cultural and spiritual characteristics of Vietnam and concurrently this site is also in top 6 attractive destinations of Asia. After visit Ethnology Museum, you drop in on the beautiful West Lake with Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple, end of the day by water puppet show.

A beautiful sunset on the West Lake

2. Ha Long Bay with breath-taking landscapes

You can board a boat, have lunch and prepare for an interesting cruise around Ha Long Bay. Depending on the cruise you choose, the detailed itinerary will include many exciting sites such as wonderful caves, kayaking (if any), swimming and diving to explore the busy life of creatures under the sea. At the end of the day, you will have dinner and overnight on the cruise.

Picturesque scenery of Ha Long Bay

3. Hue City with the amazing charm

Hue City – a charming city in the Middle of Vietnam, is known as an ancient capital of Vietnam. It will be wonderful to get a boat trip on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, a monument built in the top of Ha Khe Hill. After that visit, the Old Citadel, one of the places in the relics of Hue recognized as the world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1993.

Motorists on a scooter approach the gates of the Citadel of Hue

4. Ho Chi Minh City with a great source of historical stories

You can take a walk around Independence Palace, a place which stored a lot of historical hallmarks, built in 1962 and officially inaugurated in 1966. In addition, you also have an occasion to visit many other famous destinations in Ho Chi Minh City such as Ben Thanh Market, Duc Ba Church, also called as the Big Church, a famous French-styled architectural monument located in the city center; Ho Chi Minh Theater.

You could immediately fall in love with the magnificent beauty of Ho Chi Minh city at night

5. Ben Tre with fantastic southern Vietnamese lifestyles

Ben Tre, a plain province in the lower course of Mekong Delta. This land is known as a big granary of Mekong Delta with many agricultural products as well as fruits such as corn, rice, potatoes, pineapple, custard-apple, durian, rambutan, star apple, etc.You will get on horse carriage ride along the villages of Mekong Delta. This trip will make you feel simple and peaceful lives of people in the south of Vietnam through the rustic beauty of the villages and hamlets here. After an exciting itinerary by horse carriage with nearly first experiences, you will continue to enjoy a boat trip along the Delta’s canals to visit orchards and sample some tropical fruits, visit historic temples and pagodas of the area. Especially, Ben Tre is a homeland of coconuts and famous for the special dish “Ben Tre coconut candy”. You can buy some candies to make the gift for your friends or family. That sounds wonderful. Moreover, you can also join a hick tourism in Ben Tre. Entering the gardens with heavy fruits, you can enjoy all types of fresh and delicious fruits here with the cheap price. I am sure that you will never forget this enjoyable time here.

A line of coconut trees that you can easily meet when coming to Ben Tre

I’m sure that all above special experiences will strongly attract you. This journey is not only an occasion for you to take a rest after your hard working days but also a special chance for you to enjoy the perfect Vietnam beauty, learn new things, new lives, and new people because our life is journeys. No one predicts what will happen in the future; and perhaps, after this trip, you can find something actually special for your life. That can happen, cannot it?

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