Itinerary

1. Hue City Tour From Da Nang

   In the morning:

   • At 7 am, the driver will pick you up at your hotel in Da Nang city and start the Hue City Tour from Da Nang.

   • On the way to Hue, your driver will stop by at Hai Van pass (Ocean and Clouds Pass). Hai Van pass is famous as the most beautiful pass in Vietnam. On top of the pass, you will see a brick gate, which was the border gate between 2 counties: Dai Nam in the North of the pass and Champa Kingdom in the South.

   • The next place is the Lang Co beach. Lang Co beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The driver will stop at the pass's foot so you can have a panoramic view to take beautiful photos of the Lang Co Bay.

   • In addition, you will stop at Lap An lagoon with lovely views of the Brackishwater lagoon, the place where local fishermen plant oysters. There is a cafeteria there with a lagoon view and you also can taste the best Vietnamese coffee.

   • Around 10:30 am, reach to Hue imperial city.

   • Pick up your Hue tour guide to do the Hue City tour from Da Nang.

   • Take a dragon boat to go along the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda. As you know, Thien Mu is the oldest pagoda in central Vietnam from 1601. There are many stories and myths about this holy place and our guide will tell you in detail.

   • After that, take the private car to visit the Citadel, Royal city, and Forbidden city. Hue was the capital city of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam from 1802- 1945. Your Hue guide will tell you some valuable information about the royal lives of Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs. It is a complex including 3 sections: The citadel (Protecting area); Royal city (The working area of Emperor, and civil servants and Military servants); The Forbidden City (The private area of the Emperor, his concubines, and eunuchs).

   • Learn how Hue was the politic center of the Nguyen dynasty Vietnam so foods in Hue are the best in Vietnam. So you can have a lovely lunch at a local food restaurant around 12:30 pm.

   In the Afternoon:

   • After lunch, keep doing the Hue City Tour from Da Nang. As you know, all the emperors of the Nguyen dynasty thought that this life is just a temporary life. When you died, you would live an authentic life. So what you need in this life, you would need in the afterlife. So the first thing they did when they first came to the throne was to order the Fengshui tellers to find the perfect places to build the tombs. Please remember, everything inside the tombs has never been used in the past; it's only for their afterlife.

   • The first place is the Royal Tomb of the Minh Mang emperor, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. So his royal tomb is on the mountains and faces the head of the Perfume River. Your tour guide will tell you the great Emperor's biography and a scary secret inside his beautiful royal tomb.

   • After that, visit the most beautiful and expensive royal tomb of the 12th emperor, the Khai Dinh Tomb. Not following the traditional architecture, Khai Dinh Tomb is a mixture of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, French, and Vietnamese architecture. It is such a fabulous and beautiful tomb in the world. All of the materials to build his grave came from other countries such as cement from France; colour glasses, porcelain, ceramics from China and Japan. It is the top of the art of inlaid for decoration. At the Khai Dinh tomb, you can take great photos and practice your photography skills.

   • Finish the Hue City Tour from Da Nang, and drive safely back to your hotel in Da Nang city.

   Tour ends.