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December 2020
Hanoi City Walk (English): a Christmas day afternoon walk – Đền Quán Thánh, Trúc Bạch Lake, Ngũ Xã – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL, PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST This walk has turned out to be a regular Christmas walk. This time a Christmas Day afternoon stroll around the Truc Bach area. And as the afternoon light fades the atmosphere about Truc Bach should be lovely. Please arrive by for 1.50pm eady to start at 2pm. Meet outside Đền Quán Thánh, the almost purely Taoist temple with 350-year-old bronze statue of Trấ́́n Vũ. While the main theme of this…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English): a Boxing day walk – Lê Duản street & surrounding area
as of 23 Dec 2 spaces available Join us for a Boxing Day morning stroll down Lê Duản street and the surrounding area. Starting at Cửa Nam we explore the history of the former south gate, the nearby streets and stories of the area, find out who was the ‘French Lady with the flared skirt, where were parasols were traded, which is one of Hanoi’s original Phở gà stalls, what used to be where ‘Quan An Ngon’ is, where was the Mandarin road, what was…
Find out more »Film night – “Sài Gòn, anh yêu em” (Saigon I love you)
Wine and chocolate tarts will accompany our warm cosy film night between Christmas and New Year “Saigon, I love you (Sài Gòn, anh yêu em)” is a Vietnamese romantic comedy produced in 2016, directed by Lý Minh Thắng. In an echo with “Paris, I love you” or “NewYork, I love you”, the film revolves around 5 romantic stories featuring 10 characters from different angles in Saigon . It also features the city's vibrant culture and traditional southern opera cai luong. A mix…
Find out more »January 2021
Hanoi city walk (English) – Bạch Mã temple and surrounding area – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST (for 17 or 24 January) Welcome to a stroll around some of Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the ’36 Streets’. This is the Bạch Mã temple walk where we discover why a white horse was so instrumental in the building of the Thang Long citadel, how today's trade of Hàng Buồm street with alcohol shops and bars is a far cry from its original activity, we visit a number of lesser known and hidden…
Find out more »Tour (English): Behind the scenes – State Records & Archives Department of Vietnam – FULL
This tour is full. Please RSVP for the waiting list (incase spaces become available) fascinating look behind the scenes at the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam Centre no. 1 which holds pre-1945 documents, with a major concentration from the Nguyen Dynasty 1802-1945 and the French Colonial period. As the period is pre-1945 the archives also holds documents long before Nguyen Dynasty, the oldest document dates from the 15th century in 1488. The Director and some of her team will take us on a fascinating…
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