Visitors to Vietnam are often overwhelmed by the modern and ancient beauty of the capital as well as the highly cultured locals. Tourists admitted that they are fall in love with the wonderful cuisine of the country and captivated by the unique things in Hanoi that can hardly found in other cities. Here are some reasons why foreign visitors love Hanoi.
The ancient reflection over the old town
Unlike the other towns in major big cities in the world with dazzling lights, modern shopping centers, Hanoi owns its distinctive characteristics. Despite being located in the heart of the modern capital city, The Hanoi Old Quarter still brings the simplicity with a collection of old streets, old walls painted with yellow colors. Capturing a long history of over 2,000 years, Hanoi Old Quarter is the most obvious evidence for the vitality of the eternal soul of the city.
It can be said that this beloved old town is one of the most worth-visiting places. There are countless things to know and do here. Taking a chance to the old town to have a deeper insight into its ancient culture as well as its unique characteristics, you will be definitely enchanted with it. 36 different streets, each of which sells a particular product, has become a wonderful image in the eye of overseas tourists. That small streets are crowded with fruit or product vendors makes the old town like a truly simple life of Vietnamese people in the past.
The thing that most visitors are keen on this place is the variety of Vietnamese food with distinctive and unique flavor that you can hardly find in other cities in the world. Taking time and trying street food are must-do things when visiting Hanoi Old Quarter.
The perfect combination of ancient culture and backpackers
Hanoi is full of old temples, churches and romantic lakes. All these things make you feel at ease as you are living in the ancient dynasty of Kings in Vietnam. Visiting Temple of Literature to admire the architectural styles of building, Quan Thanh Temple to see how the tradition of worshiping in Vietnam is and walking around Hoan Kiem Lake to enjoy the attractive scenery as well as fresh atmosphere are highly recommended. Coming to these places, you will have your sense thrilled by all the sights, sounds and taste of the city with thousand years of culture.
In addition to above-mentioned monumental architectures and well-known places, you should immerse yourself enjoying the slow pace of life in nice coffee shops or having a rest in numerous good guesthouses and ending up by grabbing a delicious meal at a restaurant serving both Vietnamese cuisine and Western food.
Super-cheap prices
Most tourists confessed that a big surprise overwhelming them when visiting Hanoi is the super-cheap prices of almost everything. If you want to choose a budget accommodation, guest houses are the most optimal choice. Similarly, myriad products including clothes, souvenirs and cosmetics are at comparatively cheap prices.
You can spend a reasonable amount of money for a meal filled with street food on budget days. For a meal, you just need to spend around 50,000 VND to get a full meal.
Exclusive museum for women
We cannot deny the attractiveness of the women’s museum in Hanoi. The reason is that a majority of visitors are interested in exploring the lives of the local women in the past, who are renowned for bravery, patriot and fearless with a considerable contribution to the Vietnam’s independence. Visiting this place, you will stand a good chance of widening knowledge about how Vietnamese women in each ethnic fought both in the war and the ancient life.
The Women’s Museum not only focuses on preserving the heritage of the women but also helps to promote the gender equality in society.
Attractive and varied food
Vietnam has a reputation for the unique taste and fragrance with a variety of food types with meticulous ways of processing. Hanoi best reflects characteristics of Vietnamese food. Your trip to Hanoi will not complete without trying Vietnamese traditional noodle soup, spring roll and other tasty street food at least once. For sure, you find it hard to resist the wonderful taste of each dish and then you will desire to try for the second time. Prices for food certainly suit your pocket. Moreover, there are a lot of choices for you in terms of food types. If you are a vegetarian, you will not face difficulty in finding a restaurant serving vegetarian food.
Best fashionable shops in the Southeast Asian
In Hanoi, you can find a significant amount of shops selling most beautiful clothes with reasonable prices. Along Hang Non Street, there are a lot of boutique clothes shops with Asian style. What is more, Dong Xuan Market is also a good decision to shop because there are different types of clothes, dresses.
Thrilling life at night
Unlike Ho Chi Minh City in which most restaurants, food stalls, shops and so on do not close until after midnight, Hanoi offers a different nightlife adventure that you can only have fun in participating bars here. The reason is that all those shops close before 12 pm. However, another no less interesting experience you can have in Hanoi is to walk around along Long Bien Bridge where many food vendors are still there to serve and visit Long Bien wholesale market until early morning to witness the busy exchange activities or buy some fresh fruits and products that you like.
The ideal destination to plan visiting others places easily
Hanoi is the key destination in the North that attracts thousands of tourists every year. From here, you can easily plan to visit the nearby places such as Ha Long Bay or Sapa. There are a lot of tourism services in Hanoi which offer useful information about any tour that you want and charge you at a reasonable price. From Hanoi, it does not take you much time to go to visit other well-known places. Specifically, a tour to visit Tam Coc-Bich Dong in Ninh Binh to admire spectacular scenery and explore the cultural life of that lovely land will be much more convenient in terms of distance, transportation and price when setting off in Hanoi.
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