Short Motorbike Tour around Hanoi – 1 Day
Hanoi with more than 1000 years old has plenty of historical and cultural sightseeing, This Vietnam motorbike tour in Hanoi is a combination of adventure trip and Vietnamese culture discovery. This is one of the most special Hanoi motorbike tours you should not skip once you’re in Hanoi.
Highlights: Visit the famous silk village of Van Phuc and some beautiful and interesting pagodas. Chance to get far away for the bustle and hustle of the city.
AM: 09:00 AM start from your hotel in Hanoi to Ha Dong district then make a turn on the small road to Van Phuc silk village in the southwestern outskirt of Hanoi. Park the motorbikes, and the guide of Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert will walk with you around the village to see the daily life of the local and learn how to make good silk. All the Vietnamese people know about the good reputation of the Van Phuc silk in this village. Now a day, the Silk village of Van Phuc looks like a big market of silk production therefore it’s a good chance to do some shopping to get some good quality cloths with a reasonable price.
After the village, we keep riding through some countryside roads to Thach That district to have a enjoyable visit to Thay and Tay Phuong pagodas.
Thay Pagoda, alias Thien Phuc Tu Pagoda, was built in the 11th century during the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong. At first, it was a small pagoda managed by Priest Tu Dao Hanh. The pagoda was initially built according to Sino-Vietnamese character Tam – this character is formed by 3 hyphens parallel to each other.
The pagoda therefore consists of 3 sections: Ha Pagoda, Trung Pagoda, and Thuong Pagoda. The outer part, Ha Pagoda, is a place for offerings and ceremonies; the middle part, Trung Pagoda, is a place for worship of Buddha; and finally, the inner part is a place for worship of Priest Tu Dao Hanh. An automated sandalwood statue of Tu Dao Hanh that stands and sits is located in a red lacquered shrine trimmed with gold and covered with a curtain. it’s really a nice pagoda that all our Hanoi motorbike tours must include.
PM: Lunch is in the local restaurant after getting full of information about religion and traditional custom of the local people. In the afternoon, we can do some easy offroad motorbike tour through some rice paddies and pay visits to some rural villages nearby the pagodas in which you will never see other tourists. This could be the best chance to experience the real Vietnam and it must be the highlight of this Hanoi motorbike tours. After that we ride on the Thang Long free way to get back to the hotel in city center before rush hours and finish enjoyable Hanoi day tour at about 3:30 PM.
The highlight of the trip must be ride off the beaten track to some rustic villages of the local Vietnamese people who earn livings by planting rice and raise chicken, ducks, pigs… the visits to their house and learn more about the culture and dailylife of these locals can make you love Vietnam better. If you really like this part of the tour, we can skip the silk villages and add more and longer motorbike ride to the countryside to be further away from hustle and bustle. Please just contact us and let us know your expectation, we will do our best to be flexible to make a great motorbike tour in Hanoi with you.
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