Incense village & Conical Hat, Train Street full day tour

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If you are looking for some cool places off-the-beaten track nearby Hanoi with great local vibes, then this tour could be a perfect choice. Visit inscense village, chuong village, train street

Highlights

  • Quang Phu Cau Incense Village – The Heart and sould of Vietnam’s Tradit
  • Chuong Conical Hat Crafting Village – The Home of Vietnam’s Iconic
  • Hanoi Lacquer Crafting Village: A journey into the quintessence of local artwor

Description

- Option 1: HalfDay Tour: Chuong Village + Quang Phu Cau Village 12:00-12:30: Pick up from Old Quarter 13:30: Make a quick visit to Chuong village.We are going to meet a local artisan, quick observe how conical hats are being made 14:00: Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village. We will take a walk to the center of the village, see how people are making incense at family scale 14:20: We are going to stop at a family who specializes in dyeing the incense stick, visit their drying yard and take some cool photos of the incense bundles 15:20: Say goodbye to the incense-dyeing family, we will be having a factory tour at the biggest incense factory in the town. You will have a chance to see how incense is made from scratch by visiting every production section of the factory, as well as learn more about life of manual worker in the countryside. It is also a chance for you to shop some incense for souvenir at the place it is produced 16:00: back to the city center. First place:Hanoi Train Street.If you don't want to visit it, please wait on bus 17:00: Get drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter - Option 2: Full Day Tour: Ha Thai Village + Chuong Village + Quang Phu Cau Incense Village 7:45 – 8:15: Pick up in the Old Quarter 9:30: Visit Ha Thai village. We will learn more about the traditional artwork as we are going to meet a lacquer painting artisan who is going to host us at his creative space 10:50: Visit Chuong village which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years. We wander around the village, visit an old veteran to listen to him telling his own story joining the Vietnam war, OR visit some other artisans and learn more about their everyday life (All visit depend on if they are at home or not, and only visit 01 family). Later, we will be hosted at home of a female artisan who has been making hats for more than 30 years. The artisan will cook lunch for us, and if you insist, there will be a small cooking class as you join her making the meal. Home-cooking is a great way to feel the real vibes of local countryside. After lunch, we are going to express our creativity and artistic talent by painting on our own conical hat Nón Lá, or join/observe the artisan crafting the conical hat. 13:30: Say goodbye to the artisan, let’s make up our day by visiting the Quang Phu Cau incense village. We are going to walk to the center of the village, visit several old-aged houses, interact with local artisans and take a lot of awesome photos at the dyeing yard 15:00: Have a factory tourat the biggest incense factory in the town. You will have a chance to see how incense is made from scratch by visiting every production section of the factory, as well as learn more about life of manual worker in the countryside. It is also a chance for you to shop some incense for souvenir. We buy something at the place it is produced! 17:00: Drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter.

Includes

Pick up & Drop Off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter area by comfortable bus English speaking tour guide Home-cooked lunch( Full day trip ) 01 Conical Hat/person (Full day trip) 01 water bottle/person All entrance fee in plan

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