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DAY 03 HANOI Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch drive to Truc Bach Lake for a snack of Pho Cuon, a grilled beef and rice noodle roll. After breakfast begin with a visit to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, an imposing monument made of Lunch with your guide at one of Hanoi’s best cafes. generous amounts of marble and granite. This is Enjoy bun cha and seafood spring rolls at Bún Cha where the preserved body of “Uncle Ho” can be Le Van Huu. viewed. This afternoon visit the “Hanoi Hilton” formerly a Also visit the lotus-shaped One-Pillar Pagoda (Chua prison used by the French colonists for political Mot Cot). In the form of a lotus, it emerges from the prisoners and later for American pilots during the water and rests on a single stone pillar. It contains a Vietnam War. statue of the Goddess of Mercy with its legendary "thousand arms and a thousand eyes." Complete your day with a visit to the Sunshine School, an English-language school for children. You Stop at the Temple of Literature (which dates back to will have an opportunity to interact with the local 1070 and is dedicated to the cult of Confucius). The Hanoian kids. Temple of Literature was the first university of Vietnam. This evening you may wish to dine at the upscale La Verticale. The restaurant offers a great selection of Then, hit the streets of Hanoi for a special street food French and Vietnamese fusion. You can enjoy the tour with your guide. First, drive to a local market to delicacies in a villa built during the 1930s based on learn about and taste some of the ingredients used in French and Indochina architecture. Your guide can the local cuisine and to watch the buying and selling assist with reservations. rituals of a Vietnamese market. This evening you can arrange to leave your extra Next, enjoy a Vietnamese Cà Phê (coffee) with the luggage with the bell captain. locals at one of Hanoian’s favorite, Cafe Lam, one of the many sidewalk cafes in the historic French Overnight: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel – Quarter. Your guide will give you an overview of the Grand Premium Room Vietnamese food scene, particularly in Hanoi. Then, IS NOW COMPLETE