Hanoi, Vietnam
Three days in Hanoi, on foot
- 6 places
- 6 with photos
- 6 on the map
The Old Quarter is small enough to walk end to end, so this is a walking list rather than a schedule. Mornings for the sights, afternoons for coffee, evenings for whatever the street is doing.
The centre of gravity for the whole city. Walk a full loop early, when the exercise groups are out and the traffic has not woken up.
Thirty-six streets, each named for the trade that used to work it. Getting lost here is the point, not a risk.
Vietnam's first university, from 1070. Courtyards and calligraphy, and the quietest place in the city centre.
Heavy going and worth it. Allow an hour and read the wall text rather than skimming it.
An eleventh-century tradition performed on water, to live folk music. Book the early show.
A residential alley with a live railway down the middle of it. Worth seeing for the ordinariness of it as much as the train.
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