Shore Excursion: HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR from SAI GON PORT


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From $114.00

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 4 hours

Departs: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s biggest & busiest city, where modernity blends with history to fascinating effect. It’s home to a treasure-trove of historical delights dating from Chinese rule, to French-colonial Indochina and through to the infamous Vietnam War. This tour will take you to the historical highlights, whilst giving you facts that you wouldn’t have learned in history class!

Highlights:
- Admire the classical French-colonial architecture of 19th century buildings, including Notre Dame Cathedral and the City Centre Post Office
- Wander the vast halls of the beautifully preserved Reunification Palace
- Visit a 250 year-old Pagoda in China Town- built by the first Chinese settlers and still used as an important place of worship


What's Included

Bottled drinking water

English speaking guides (other languages available upon request with surcharge)

Entrance fees

Transfer and transportation as per itinerary

Travel insurance

What's Not Included

Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.

Tips and gratuities

Visa


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 10
  • ADULT: Age: 11 - 120

Additional Info

  • Booking should be made at least 7 days before departure.
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • 75% off for children 0-5 years old ; 25% off for children 6-10 years old
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy


What To Expect

Ho Chi Minh City
Pick up from Sai Gon Port for Ho Chi Minh City tour. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest, busiest and most exciting city in Vietnam. It is also filled with intrigue and culture. Ho Chi Minh City is considered as a “blending mixture of culture” city in Vietnam. You can discover a lot of interesting things through people’s daily life. Founded and developed over 300 years ago , today, Ho Chi Minh City is a fascinating tourist spot with various cultural and historical features.

• Admission Ticket Free

War Remnants Museum
Operated by the Ho Chi Minh City government, an earlier version of this museum opened on September 4, 1975, as the Exhibition House for US and Puppet Crimes.
In 1995, following the normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States and end of the US embargo a year before, the references to "war crimes" and "aggression" were dropped from the museum's title as well; it became the War Remnants Museum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Independence Palace
Independence Palace, also publicly known as Reunification Convention Hall , built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, it was the site of the end of the Vietnam War, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon is a cathedral located in the downtown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists who initially named it the Church of Saigon (French: l'Eglise de Saïgon), the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880. The name Notre-Dame Cathedral has been used since 1959. It has two bell towers, reaching a height of 58 meters (190 feet).

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Central Post Office
Saigon Central Post Office is a post office in the downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city's cathedral. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the late 19th century. It counts with Gothic, Renaissance and French influences. It was constructed between 1886 and 1891 and is now a tourist attraction

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Ba Thien Hau Temple
The temple is located right on busy Nguyen Trai Street. It can be accessed by entering through an iron gate and crossing a small courtyard. The roof is decorated with small delicately fashioned porcelain figurines expressing themes from Chinese religion and legends. Lanterns and wooden models of Chinese theaters hang over the entrance.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included






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