Half-day tour: Hue countryside experiences
- 6 hours
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
This half-day Hue countryside tour offers an all-inclusive, hassle-free travel package for visitors. The tour price covers all essential transportation, allowing guests to choose between a comfortable car or a scenic bicycle ride. It also includes a scenic dragon boat trip along the river, full assistance from a knowledgeable English-speaking tour guide, all historic site entrance fees, and complimentary bottled water. However, please note that value-added tax (V.A.T) and any other personal expenses are excluded from the tour price. This ensures a transparent, well-organized itinerary for a memorable exploration of Hue's traditional craft villages.
Inclusions
What's included
- English-speaking tour guide
- bottle of water
- entrance fees
- Transportation (by car or by bicycle)
- Dragon boat,
What's not
- Drink
- Personal expenses
Itinerary
The car and tour guide pick you up at your hotel to exit Hue city center. You will follow the countryside road along the canal and rice fields toward Thanh Toan village. Established around the 16th century, the village expanded over an immense farming territory and served as a rice basket for the Hue ancient capital. Its fame is also related to the ancient Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge. Your first stop is the communal temple, a national relic constructed with Feng Shui principles and beautiful decorative mosaics. Your guide will share the roles of this rural institution and many stories about rice culture. Continue to visit Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge, one of the three surviving bridges of its kind in Vietnam. Learn the inspiring story of Mrs. Tran Thi Dao, a virtuous lady who donated her fortune to build this bridge in 1775. Spend some interactive moments with friendly villagers, wander through the rural market, or photograph rustic life scenes before we head back to the city
Go on to Thanh Tien Paper Flower village, which lies by the downstream of the Perfume River, 10km from Hue Center. It has a 300-year tradition of making colorful paper flowers for offerings and paper lotus flowers. Thanh Tien paper flower village derived from folk beliefs and respect for the Kings according to Confucian values. Depicting popular local flowers, with colors representing the five basic elements of the universe, Thanh Tien villagers create colorful flowers out of paper, which were initially used for offering purposes. Later on, the paper flower-making craft evolved to include paper lotuses and diverse applications for decoration. Coming to Hue before Tet holidays, tourists can easily catch scenes of colorful paper flowers for sale in both rural and urban markets, as well as along the streets. Hue families buy paper flowers to change on their altars once a year.
Thanh Tien paper flowers have been innovated and have honorably become the symbol of major festivals such as the Hue Festival and Ao Dai fashion shows. It tours around the world during cultural exhibitions as a showcase of Hue's unique culture and craftsmanship. Then, our tour guide will take you to Toa Kham wharf to cruise upstream on the Perfume River and admire the scenic landscape, including Truong Tien Bridge, Nghinh Luong Pavilion, and Da Vien islet. You will write your wishes on paper and launch them in candle-lit paper boats. The dragon boat will return to Toa Kham wharf, and a car will transfer you back to your hotel.
Cancellation
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 35 travellers
- Operated by
- Asia Tour Booking
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Hue
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 371 day trips we list in Hue.
- Its length is typical for the group.
About Hue
Hue, the old imperial capital of Vietnam, lines the Perfume River with a walled citadel, royal tombs and pagodas set among gardens and hills.
The Imperial City, inside the vast moated Citadel, was the seat of the Nguyen dynasty, Vietnam's last emperors. Its gates, palaces and temples, including the Noon Gate and the Hall of Supreme Harmony, form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, partly restored after heavy damage during the war.
Top-ranked sights in Hue: Hue Citadel (Dai Noi), Thien Mu Pagoda, Khai Dinh Tomb.
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