4D3N Da Nang + Hue ( Day Trip) + Hoi An Ancient Town

The appointed tour guide will provide meet & greet services at Da Nang international airport. Transfer guests to Ếch Bếp Trắng Restaurant for lunch, enjoy Mi Quang + Nem Lui (BBQ lemongrass pork skewer). Mi Quang is a kind of flat wide rice noodle from Quang Nam Province, most commonly served with a small amount of broth, which is generally infused with turmeric, garnished with fresh herbs, peanuts and toasted sesame rice cracker called bánh tráng mè, which sets the dish apart from other noodle dishes.

We will visit the landmark attraction of Da Nang ~ Marble Mountain …. are rocky limestone outcrops jutting out of the beach just south of Đà Nẵng. Paths lead to the top of the forested cliffs, affording spectacular views of Non-Nuoc Beach and the East Sea. The group includes Kim Son (Mountain of Metal), Moc Son (Mountain of Wood), Thuy Son (Mountain of Water), Hoa Son (Mountain of Fire), and Tho Son (Mountain of Earth). The caves nestled in the cliffs were originally inhabited by the Cham people. Later, the Nguyễn Dynasty built numerous pagodas among the caves and grottoes, and it's a popular pilgrimage site.

Next we will drive 09 KM away from the city centre to Son Tra Peninsula, arriving Son Tra Mountain also known to American soldiers as Monkey Mountain a former U.S. Military base during the Vietnam War, here you may be overlooking the Bay of Da Nang and the East Sea and also visit Ling Ung Bai But Pagoda, it is the largest pagoda in Central Vietnam. This pagoda features a stunning view of the sea, the sky and a 67-meter tall statue of "Quan Im (The Goddess Of Mercy)" facing the ocean is the tallest Buddha statue in Vietnam; an attractive spiritual tourist destination of Da Nang city where meeting the heaven and earth’s sacred air and people’s heart.

Transfer to local restaurant for dinner. Later stop nearby to Dragon Bridge to take photographs. The Dragon Bridge is a bridge over the River Hàn at Da Nang, Vietnam. Dragon Bridge is 666m long, 37.5m wide and has six lanes for traffic. It opened to traffic on March 29, 2013. The bridge was designed by the US-based Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers with Louis Berger Group. The bridge was designed and built in the shape of a dragon and to breathe fire and water each Saturday and Sunday night at 9.00 PM.

Transfer for hotel check-in, tour programs, and services end.

Depart early morning for HUE city, approximately 100 KM north of DA NANG and durations of the journey takes 2.5 hours. En-route we will drive passed the coastal road and the famous Hai Van Pass which rated as TOP 10 most beautiful coastal road in the world, its name refers to the mists that rise from the sea. Between 1802 and 1945, HUE was the imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty.

 For city tour in HUE, we will visit Thien Mu Pagoda built-in 1601, then to Imperial Tomb Of Tu Duc ~ the most beautiful imperial tomb of all, a huge peaceful lake stone bridges and wooden constructions, integrates seamlessly with the landscape that surrounds it. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, later we will continue to visit the Imperial City (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ~ the grounds of the Imperial City were surrounded by a wall 2KM BY 2KM, and the walls were surrounded by a moat. The water from the moat was taken from the Huong River (Perfume River) that flows through Huế. This structure is called the citadel. Inside the citadel was the Imperial City, with a perimeter of almost 2.5 kilometers.

 Inside the Imperial City was the imperial enclosure called the Purple Forbidden City in Vietnamese, a term similar to the Forbidden City in Beijing; the enclosure was reserved for the Nguyễn imperial family. We will have chance to see the temples, pavilions, moats, walls, gates, shops, museums, and galleries, featuring art and costumes from various periods of Vietnamese history; like the Ngo Mon ~ the main southern entrance to the city built in 1813 by emperor Minh Mang, Thai Hoa Palace ~ The emperor’s coronation hall, also Truong Sanh Residence ~ translated as the Palace Of Longevity. However, the citadel was badly knocked about during fighting between the French and the Viet Minh in 1947, and again in 1968 during the Tet Offensive, when it was shelled by the Viet Cong and then bombed by the Americans. As a result, some areas are now only empty fields, bits of walls, and an explanatory plaque. Other buildings are intact, though, and a few are in sparkling condition.

Return to HOI AN, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant, transfer back to the hotel, tour programs, and services end.

The appointed tour guide will provide a guided walking tour in the ancient town; an entrances fee is inclusive in the tour programs which will cover five attractions.

 Hoi An Ancient Town - inscribed by UNESCO in 1999, Hoi An “is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century... The town reflects a fusion of indigenous and foreign cultures (principally Chinese and Japanese with later European influences) that combined to produce this unique survival.” What you see today is a townscape built during the 17th and 18th centuries, which still includes 1,107 timber-frame buildings and a street plan that once allowed customer access from the front of them, and convenient off-loading of goods from boats on the river. We are pleased to introduce attractions in Hoi An Ancient Old Town as follows:

 Old Houses: Tan Ky; Duc An; Quan Thang; Phung Hung; Assembly Halls: Quang Trieu; Trieu Chau; Phuc Kien; Structures: Japanese Covered Bridge; Museums: Museum of Trade Ceramics; Museum of Sa Huynh Culture; Museum of Folk Culture; Museum of Hoi An; Traditional Arts: Handicraft workshop; traditional music performance; Communal Houses: Cam Pho; Minh Huong; Quan Cong Temple.

REMARKS: Guests will self arrange lunch and dinner with their own expenses; it is not inclusive in tour programs.