6 amazings Hanoi touches your hearts
Hanoi applies new technology to clean up To Lich river | |
Hanoi roads become more costly by the time | |
Cuban national hero Jose Marti commemorated in Hanoi |
Hanoi capital of Vietnam is a destination anyone can find it suitable for enjoyment, from street vendors, cultural museums to romantic lakes. Hanoi symbolizes itself the image of a bustling modern city, but besides, also very ancient and peaceful. That makes Hanoi a special and unique destination in the hearts of foreign visitors. If you like crowded spaces, you can immerse yourself in the busy life of people in the old quarter. If you want to be romantic, Hanoi also has many places that satisfy that desire, such as West Lake.
The Bigseventravel has suggested that visitors must definitely experience the followings in Hanoi.
Walking around the old quarter
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Crowded and interesting quarter in Hanoi centre |
Old Quarter is an exclusive brand of Hanoi. It is so special and impressive that when mentioning the Vietnamese capital, people remember the old quarter first. Hanoi Old Quarter is a lively place, always busy, always with bustling sounds. You will see street vendors, sidewalk cafes, clothing shops and a lot of local businesses. The streets there are small and crowded. Many houses still retain the original French architecture.
Train Street
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Only-in-Hanoi Train street |
Before being closed in October 2019, the Train street was once a attraction for many national and foreign tourists. This is also a place for many tourists to suddenly become "professional photographers" when just holding up the camera to take amazing and surprised pictures. Very few places in the world have a street cut off by such a train and its rail, people's lives on the two sides of the railway continue as usual.
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The city has streets cut by railways and sometimes the trains seem be next to people. |
When the train is coming, all activities of fun and work stopp, everyone drifts to the sides for safety. When the train passes, everything returns to normal like any other residential area.
Enjoy street food
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Many kinds of street food make your mouth water |
Hanoi is a paradise of street delicacies. The tourist's work is just to prepare his "belly" very well to ensure to taste all the food there. In particular, "pho and bun cha" are the two most popular dishes.
Cycling around the West Lake
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Healthy and romantic cycling |
It will be a pity if you miss the opportunity to enjoy the peaceful and beautiful scenery in the West Lake. Bike around this vast lake, enjoy and relax in the surroundings, feel the lives of people and take lots of beautiful pictures.
Visiting Long Bien Bridge
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The historical bridge of Long Bien across Red River |
Long Bien is one of the impressive sights to foreign tourists. The bridge was designed by Daydé & Pillé, across the Red River connecting Hoan Kiem district and Long Bien district of Hanoi.
See the city at night from the rooftop bars
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Rooftop bars aroud Hanoi |
Hanoi is also famous for its rooftop bars. Visitors can watch the city at night and enjoy delicious food and beverage there.
![]() | Hanoi presents 200,000 face masks to French localities Hanoi on May 18 handed over 200,000 face masks to the Embassy of France to support people in Ile-de-France, Toulouse, and Choisy-le-Roi in their fight against COVID-19. |
![]() | Hanoi pedestrian street reopens starting May 15 Travel, cultural, and entertainment activities in Hanoi pedestrian street and the surrounding areas are greenlighted to resume its normality this Friday, over three months suspended ... |
![]() | Hanoi requires street food vendors to wear masks Street food vendors will have to wear face masks from now on while preparing food and drinks for customers and maintain a distance of at ... |
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