Hue City Tour Half Day- Morning/ Afternoon Options

If you do not have much time in Hue but still would like to visit Hue’s top attractions, the Hue city tour half day with morning/ afternoon options will be a great choice.

By booking our Hue City half-day tour, you will have a chance to visit some highlight attractions such as a dragon boat trip on the Perfume River, Thien Mu Pagoda, Dong Ba Market, Minh Mang royal tomb, Khai Dinh tomb and Thuy Xuan Incense making village.

You may be interested in our other Hue half-day tours and a short Hue walking tour, such as

• Hue Imperial City Walking Tour – from 20 USD/ pax.
• Sunrise On Tam Giang Lagoon Tour – 28 USD/ pax.
• Sunset On Tam Giang Lagoon Tour – 31 USD/ pax.

After you finish your travel time in Hue and you would like to transfer to other destinations to continue your holiday in Vietnam, you can refer to our Hue private car transfers as follows:

• Hue To My Son Sanctuary Private Car – 94 USD/ Sedan car.
• Hue to Hoi An Private Car Transfer – 64 USD/ Sedan car.
• Hue To Da Nang Limousine – 117 USD per limousine car.

HUE CITY TOUR HALF DAY

Hue Morning Half-Day Tour

From 8:00 am to 8:30 am: our local guide and driver will come to pick you up at your hotel/ homestay lobby and we start the Hue city tour half day- morning part.

We will start the Hue city half-day tour with a dragon boat trip on the Perfume River. You will enjoy the lovely views of Hue on the river banks with the famous Truong Tien Bridge, the ancient dragon boat station of the Nguyen Dynasty Emperors, Hue garden houses, etc.

Our local tour guide will explain to you why we call it the Perfume River and its important role in the life of local people and the city. After 35 minutes, we will arrive at Thien Mu Pagoda.

Thien Mu Pagoda is one of the root pagodas in Vietnam with great Fengshui, and ancient royal architecture which was built in 1601. Our local guide will reveal to you mysterious stories and love curses which make this pagoda become sacred and attractive to a lot of tourists.

After that, we keep doing the Hue city group tour to explore the Hue Imperial Citadel complex- the working area and private residence of 13 Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs.

We will spend about 1.5 hours exploring 3 sections of the Citadel, Hue Royal City, and Forbidden City including the Nine Holy Cannons, Ngo Mon Gate, Ngu Phung Palace, Nguyen Dynasty Royal Temple, Truong Sanh Residence, Royal Library, Royal Garden and Royal theater.

A lot of interesting information about the formation and the disintegration of the Nguyen Dynasty, why Hue was chosen to be the capital, the royal lives of the 13 Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs, etc.

Last but not least in our Hue city half-day tour- the morning part is the Dong Ba Market- the largest market in Hue city. We will spend about 30 minutes here to learn more about the local daily life. Then, our driver will transfer you back to your hotel in Hue city center.

Hue City Tour Half Day- Afternoon Part

If you just have a half day in the afternoon and would like to explore Hue, Hue city half-day tour afternoon part is a great option. At about 13:30, our local guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel/ homestay in Hue city center to join our afternoon tour.

We will explore the Hue Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang- the final resting place of the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. The Minh Mang emperor built for himself before he passed away following a very strict Fengshui setting and blended very well with nature.

We will spend about 45 minutes here admiring all monuments in the tomb complex and learning more about the meaning, and function of each. At the end of the royal tomb, our excellent guide will show you the burial area and a scary secret.

Continue the Hue Half-Day Tour, we will admire the royal tomb of Khai Dinh Emperor. Different from Minh Mang Tomb, Khai Dinh Tomb is a great mixture of Western and Eastern architecture, the religious feature lines such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, etc.

Enter the Burial area, you will be overwhelmed by the amazing mosaic art and the fabulous ceiling painting with 9 dragons hidden in the clouds. Our guide will tell you interesting information about the Khai Dinh Tomb building process and why it is the most expensive royal tomb in Vietnam. Plus this is the only tomb that we know exactly where the Emperor’s coffin is.

Last but not least in our Hue City Tour Half Day is a 200-year-old Incense Making Village. Thuy Xuan incense and frankincense were used in the Imperial Citadel by the Emperors and royalties. You will have a chance to experience how to make the long stick incense by hand with the local artists.

After all, we will drive you back to your hotel/ homestay in the Hue city center and we finish the Hue City Half Day Tour. Vietnam Vacation Travel wishes you a great time in Hue.

Price

• It costs 820,000VND/ Person without lunch
• It costs 920,000 VND/ Person with lunch.

Inclusion

• Excellent English-speaking tour guide
• Shared minivans with A/C
• Bottles of water.
• All entrance tickets.

Exclusion

• Meals.
• Personal expenses.
• Tips.

Children Policy

• Children under 5 years old are free.
• Children under 12 years old 75%.
• Children from 12 years old as adults.