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Hanoi Craft Villages: Lacquerware & Hat Making
4.9
225 Ratings
Hàng Trống
Explore the traditional crafts of Hanoi with this guided tour. Discover the Chuong, Ha Thai, and Quang Phu Cau villages, and gain insight into the crafts of lacquerware, incense, and conical hat making.
For those seeking unique destinations near Hanoi with authentic local atmosphere, this tour is an excellent option.
Explore the traditional crafts of Hanoi with this guided tour. Discover the Chuong, Ha Thai, and Quang Phu Cau villages, and gain insight into the crafts of lacquerware, incense, and conical hat making.
For those seeking unique destinations near Hanoi with authentic local atmosphere, this tour is an excellent option.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Vietnamese Lacquer Painting - Ha Thai Village - Start your journey in Ha Thai village, famous for its lacquerware craftsmanship since the 17th century. Meet a renowned local artisan who will introduce you to this traditional art form. With their expert guidance, you’ll have the chance to create your own lacquer painting as a unique keepsake.
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- Vietnamese Lacquer Painting - Ha Thai Village - Start your journey in Ha Thai village, famous for its lacquerware craftsmanship since the 17th century. Meet a renowned local artisan who will introduce you to this traditional art form. With their expert guidance, you’ll have the chance to create your own lacquer painting as a unique keepsake.
- Chuong Village - Then, travel to the 300-year-old Chuong village, known for its conical hat making. Explore the village and, depending on availability, either visit a war veteran to hear personal stories from the Vietnam War or meet other local artisans to learn about their daily lives. Savor a delicious home-cooked lunch prepared by a local female artisan, experiencing genuine Vietnamese hospitality. After lunch, try painting your own hat or participate in the hat-making process with guidance from skilled craftspeople.
- Quảng Phú Cầu - Conclude your artisanal tour at the lively Quang Phu Cau incense village. Stroll through the village center to observe family-scale incense production. Visit a household specializing in dyeing incense sticks and capture stunning photos of colorful incense bundles. The experience culminates with a tour of the village’s largest incense factory, where you’ll witness the entire production process and gain insights into the lives of rural workers.
- Làng làm hương đỏ - Visit a household specializing in dyeing incense sticks and capture stunning photos of colorful incense bundles. The experience culminates with a tour of the village’s largest incense factory, where you’ll witness the entire production process and gain insights into the lives of rural workers.
- Train Street - 17:30 - 18:00: Your journey concludes with a return to Hanoi, with the option to be dropped off at the famous Train Street or another location of your choice.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- 01 conical hat/person
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- 01 conical hat/person
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lacquer piece for experience purpose only. Taking it home will be applied a fee upon its size.
- Meals
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lacquer piece for experience purpose only. Taking it home will be applied a fee upon its size.
- Meals
Location
Phê La - Hồ Gươm
Phố Lê Thái Tổ
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(225 Ratings)
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623jasonn
Apr 6, 2025
Fascinating Glimpse into a Different Aspect of Vietnam's History - Great trip. This was a fascinating glimpse into the history and contributions of the Vietnamese people. The trip is a lot more heavy on the user participation aspect compared to most trips where you simply travel to historic or scenic sites and take a bunch of pictures. You have the opportunity to learn and create your own art and customize the iconic Vietnamese conical hat. You also learn from the artists that have dedicated their lives in mastering their art. Admittedly the day I went the weather wasn't great. Rachel, our tour guide ensured that everyone still had a great time and received the best experience possible. She is also very knowledgeable on the different forms of art that you will see including working the machinery to create the incense. She also offered to deliver the lacquer piece that i created that had to be completed by the experienced artist the following day after the tour. It was a great trip.
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Lauren_f
Apr 4, 2025
Great! - Such a cool and unique experience. My tour guide Leon was amazing and knew so much about the villages and artist house!
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Ken
Mar 19, 2025
Hat painting and incense village - Great tour, our tour guide Andy was really friendly and shared great knowledge and history about the artisan village and incense village, plus the driver I think his name was Dat was also great manoeuvring carefully on narrow streets when the original route to these areas were closed for some reason. Overall had a great experience and the family were happy. Thanks for a lovely tour hope to be with you again during my next visit!
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Shalomt924
Mar 9, 2025
Beautiful place and fun experience - As a solo traveler, I had a truly enjoyable experience on the tour. I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for our tour guide, Leo. His enthusiasm made the journey all the more special, and he really has a gift for engaging with everyone. Thank you for providing such a wonderful experience
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218venusv
Mar 7, 2025
Amazing tour & Awesome tour guide Leon! - I had an amazing half day tour at Incense Village and had a pleasure visiting one of the families who makes iconic Vietnam conical hats for generations. Such a fun, lively, never a dull moment with tour guide Leon, kudos to you! Very good & fluent in English that everyone understands. Always willing to help with guest's requests and answers even our silly questions, I love his energy! I highly recommend Leon to everyone who will visit Vietnam specifically Hanoi. How you do your thing as a tour guide is truly commendable!
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Bettinaburns
Feb 6, 2025
Good learning and fun experience - It’s a great day, we have a lots of fun and learned a lot from the tour, we got to see 3 different villages, lacquer, hat and incense villages. Watching people make crafts and got our hands on it was amazing. Our guide Vu is very knowledgeable, kind and speak good English. We highly recommend this tour to everyone
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Voyager53893055621
Jan 27, 2025
A great day! - This was a cool experience that allowed my group and I to learn more about the culture through art. Also a nice break from the busy city.
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752somnathr
Jan 17, 2025
Very Good - trip was really good, guide was humble and friendly. we visited three villages, got to know about cultures and experience as well. overall it was a very nice experience.
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N9513komarinab
Jan 11, 2025
Easy day trip with amazing guide:) - We had a great day trip and learned a lot about the local crafts from our amazing guide Gene <3 Best English guide we had in Vietnam.
The tour is cute, you get to join in for some activities and crafts and you can keep the traditional hat you painted:) great recommendation for an easy day trip to see the authentic country side around Hanoi. Lunch was great too and it is not too commercial and in small groups, which we appreciated.
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Djluckydragon
Feb 2, 2025
Hope you see this review. Haha - This was too simple of a tour for me. It took an hour to get to the incense place that was just a set up for pictures for tourism and they said we are here for an hour. So if you are not super into taking pictures of yourself in pretty setting it’s a couple minutes of photos maybe. Then there was about five minutes of explaining making hats and then you can paint one. Just not much to this tour for the money but it did take a long time to do very little. It may be for some people.
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