Private Walking Tour: Discover Ho Chi Minh City's Historic Landmarks & Local Lifestyle
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District 1
Embark on a private walking tour of Ho Chi Minh City's historic landmarks and immerse yourself in the local lifestyle. Explore Ben Thanh market, City People's Committee Building, Opera House, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, and choose between War Remnants Museum or The Independence Palace for the final stop.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ben Thanh Market - I’ll walk you through the market along with informative story and if you like some rumor about the place too.
  • People’s Committee Building - For the second location, i will guide you through the building with pictures and story about it which is one of the most famous buildings in Sai gon
  • Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) - You may have heard about few Opera house around the world and yes in Sai gon we have one too.
  • Central Post Office - Here you’ll heard about the untold story in this place.
  • Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral - The history of this place not just about the brick or the bell. Join the tour, you’ll have the chance to know more about this place.
  • War Remnants Museum - If you’re into the Viet Nam war history, this last stop is the one for you. This museum will let you feel the intension of the war not just by your eyes but also your hearing, touching and smelling. You will have another point of view about what happened during that time.
  • The Independence Palace - If you don’t find the war museum is your taste you can choose this location for your last stop instead. This palace will also told you a story about what happened in Viet Nam but it’ll focus more about architecture, feng shui and culture.
What's Included
  • Tea and coffee
  • Complimentary pick-up and drop off at your accommodation in districts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Any pickup location outside 1km from Ben Thanh market will be charge with 10$ per customer
Additional Information

Your local guide will collect you from where you’re staying and the two of you will take a taxi to our first stop, the ‘Ben Thanh market’. On this walking tour, you’ll get a glimpse into local Vietnamese life as we show you how to haggle and select fresh produce. Our next stop is the ‘City People’s Committee Building’, where you’ll hear the unique history of this building that you won’t find on Wikipedia. After that, we’ll stroll down Nguyen Hue Avenue and visit the ‘Opera House’. Following this, you’ll get to taste a local favorite, ‘Coconut coffee’. Refreshed with a caffeine boost, we’ll stroll over to the ‘Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral’ and its neighbor, the ‘Central Post Office’, where you’ll hear the untold stories and mysteries of these buildings. Lastly, you’ll be able to pick between the ‘War Remnants Museum’ and ‘The Independence Palace’ to conclude our tour. After that, your guide will arrange a taxi to take you back to your accommodations.

Location
Ben Thanh Market
We'll meet at the South gate of the Ben Thanh market. When finished the last location, we go with you back to the market.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Vk177
Mar 3, 2024
Learning a little about Ho Chi Minh - The trip was just as described. Our guide Ben was very knowledgeable, enthusiastic, flexible and fun. He allowed us to stop as many times as we wanted or needed to take photos. His English was perfect and he took time to answer every question we had and to recommend other things we could do. The tour its self covered many of the must see places in District 1. Would definitely recommend as their communication is great, they were punctual and the our guide was first rate. The company allowed us to book on very short notice.
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Roycez2018
Mar 2, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! - This tour was so amazing! I looked at so many other day tours and was so pleased we went with this one. Larry our guide was amazing his knowledge and insights were fascinating. We loved his sense of humour and warmth. He created a relaxed no pressure environment. Cannot recommend this tour enough, especially if you want to do a small group tour that allows you to do the sights in your own time. Thanks so much Larry!
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Linda_f
Jan 17, 2024
HCM city walking tour - Very enjoyable and informative tour Larry, our guide was excellent. He had a deep knowledge of Vietnam and very personable. Highly recommend this tour.
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Global49797228547
Nov 13, 2023
Outstanding tour . Perfect day. - This trip was amazing. Larry was an outstanding tour guide. His English was perfect and his knowledge was endless. It was like a friend taking us on a tour . Couldn’t recommend the tour enough.
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