HANOI CITY TOUR HOP ON - HOP OFF

In 2012, I and my friends had the chance to visit Barcelona. As we did not know much about this city, we decided to take the city tour Hop on – Hop off. It was… so convenient that I had visited most of the popular travel spots in this city by using it. You can spend as much time as you like at each site and then catch a next Hop on – Hop off bus from where you got off. Then, in 2013, I used this kind of service one more time in Kualalumpur. This time, I really wished that this service could be available in Vietnam someday.

 

My wish really came true! On 11/07/2018, I was invited to experience Hanoi City Tour Hop on – Hop off. This service is just operated from 30/05/2018. Even when I am a Hanoian, I was still so excited to join this tour.

 

 

 

Hop on - Hop off started from 30/05/2018, giving tourists chance to explore the city from a different aspect

 

 

This tour starts from Dong Kinh - Nghia Thuc Square

 

 

It is very popular among the tourists for the extreme convenience

 

The bus is brand new, painted with red colour and decorated with many Hanoi's famous symbols like The Turtle Tower. The flat floor is designed to be convenient for all types of tourist including the elders, kids and the disability. Although that day was very hot because of the burning hot sun, I still chose to sit on the second floor in order to watch my beloved city from another view. We were provided with palm-leaf conical hat to stay cool from the sun. Tourists from other countries seemed to be interested with this unique hat. Besides from the hat, each tourist was also given one water bottle. For the need to share the experience to the social network, there was wifi on the bus. You do not know Vietnamese or even English? Don't be worried, the tour guide material in many languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

 

 

 

 

Tourist took selfie pictures

 

 

The tour guide system with different languages

 

 

The tour was designed as a round trip in order to make sure that there is a bus come and go for every 30 minutes at any stop. After visiting a spot, you can come back to the bus stop, take the next bus and continue your trip to other places. Visitors will go through Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square – Hoàn Kiếm Lake, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, The Flag Tower of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Quan Thanh Temple, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Cua Bac Church, The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, The Temple of Literature, Hỏa Lò Prison Relic, Museum of Vietnamese Women, Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi Post Office. Remember to keep the ticket for the whole trip !

 

 

The third stop at Hanoi Flag Tower

 

 

Tong Duy Tan Food Street

 

 

Hanoi Flag Tower

 

 

Lenin Park

 

 

President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

 

 

Thanh Nien Street covered by green tree lines

 

Hop On Hop off City Tour operation time is from 9.00AM to 6PM. There are three kinds of ticket: 4 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours. Price for these tickets are 300.000 VND, 450.000 VND and 650.000 VND respectively.

Ticket is used one time.  Valid from the time of first use, for the consecutive days selected.

 

Please come and enjoy this trip. It surely will be an unforgetable memory !

 

Week days: Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square (Bo Ho terminal) - Le Thai To - Trang Thi - Dien Bien Phu - Doc Lap - Hoang Van Thu - Hung Vuong - Thanh Nien - Yen Phu - Thanh Nien - Hung Vuong - Phan Dinh Phung - Hoang Dieu - Le Hong Phong - Hung Vuong - Nguyen Thai Hoc - Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam - Ton Duc Thang - Nguyen Thai Hoc - Cua Nam - Phan Boi Chau - Ly Thuong Kiet - Phan Chu Trinh - Hai Ba Trung - Le Thanh Tong - Trang Tien - Dinh Tien Hoang - Bo Ho bus stop.

Weekend (changes compared to weekdays due to the organisation of walking streets around Hoan Kiem Lake): Hanoi Opera House - Trang Tien - Ngo Quyen - Ly Thuong Kiet - Quang Trung - Trang Thi - Dien Bien Phu - Doc Lap - Hoang Van Thu - Hung Vuong - Thanh Nien - Yen Phu - Thanh Nien - Hung Vuong - Phan Dinh Phung - Hoang Dieu - Le Hong Phong - Hung Vuong - Nguyen Thai Hoc - Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam - Ton Duc Thang - Nguyen Thai Hoc - Cua Nam - Phan Boi Chau - Ly Thuong Kiet - Phan Chu Trinh - Hai Ba Trung - Le Thanh Tong - Hanoi Opera House.