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Explore Vietnamese craft villages on a guided tour from Hanoi. Learn about conical hat-making, incense production, and lacquer art, with an optional drop off at Train Street.

Highlights

• Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with a visit to craft villages
• Learn about the art of conical hat-making from a local artisan
• Discover the process of incense-making in a 100-year-old village
• Visit a lacquer art-making village and see the process firsthand
• Enjoy a home-cooked lunch at a local artisan’s house or riverside restaurant

Description

Start with a pickup from Hanoi’s Old Quarter and head to Chuong, a village that has been well-known for the craft of conical hat-making for over 300 years. Meet your tour guide at the house of a local artisan and observe how conical hats are made. Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. Take a walk to the center of the village and see how locals make incense on the artisanal, family scale. Meet a family who specializes in dyeing incense sticks and take in the colorful bundles of incense. See the next level of incense production with a tour of a nearby factory. Learn how incense is made from scratch and more about the lives of manual workers. Take home memories of your visit with incense souvenirs from the place they’re produced before returning to Hanoi. Finish your tour with a drop-off at the famous Train Street or at your hotel.

Includes

Pickup and drop-off from Hanoi’s Old Quarter Guided tour of conical hat-making village Guided tour of incense-making village Visit to lacquer art-making village (full day option) Home cooked lunch (full day option) Incense souvenirs

Important Information

• The half-day tour does not include lunch, so eat beforehand or bring snacks. Option for drop-off at Train Street or hotels.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund