Get more active and deeper experience with our day tour from Hanoi to the most ancient villages of Bat Trang and Duong Lam. Blending between bus and bicycle, you will have a great one day to admire the whole of authentic beauty of Vietnam’s countryside. If Bat Trang is the most famous traditional village of Vietnam with pottery handicraft that has been passed from generation to generation from the 14th century. The products were created from Bat Trang is trusted and loved all ins and outs Vietnam. Duong Lam village brings an exotic looking with the over 200 years old houses. It remains more than 956 traditional houses with laterite structure, which are the typical architecture of the ancient house on Pink Delta.
Bat Trang Pottery village is an ideal place for visiting to admire the Vietnamese pottery art, but you also have chance to do a cup, a bowl or a veil from clay by your own hands. Besides that, Duong Lam ancient village offers to you a peace with the similar imagines of village gate, old banian tree, lotus lagoon, rice fields or smoke…
Tour Itinerary
Duration 8 -9 hours
08.00. a.m. Far East Tour's tour guide & driver pick you up from your hotel to visit the ancient villages of Hanoi.
09.45. a.m. Arrive in Duong Lam village, then riding a bicycle along the small old alleys to admire the ancient looking of village. Stop at Mong Phu temple and Mong Phu hamlet for sightseeing its long-standing village gate that was built by "Thương gia hạ môn" structure. After that, we bike around the village to observe the daily life and farming, practice of Vietnamese peasants along the paddies. Next, we stop in the biggest ancient house was build 200 years ago and the most ancient house dates back to 400 years ago. Final morning, we explore the Mia Pagoda, built in 15th century.
12.00. a.m. Enjoy the lunch at an ancient house in the village.
In the afternoon, the bus takes you again the Capital, then going to Bat Trang ceramic village that is placed along Hong River. Local artisans are renowned the world over for ceramic arts and have won many international awards. This is a very good chance for you to witness these artisans at work as we roam down narrow alleys into shops where you’ll be able to buy their refined ceramics at the reasonable prices.
Turn back to the center of Hanoi and bid a farewell to Far East Tour team. End of day tour from Hanoi to Bat Trand & Duong Lam village.
1 DAY
- A great chance explore architecture of a typical Vietnamese traditional houses while wandering along its narrow alleyways.
- Walking around village to chat with locals to learn more about their local lifestyle as well as gain an insight into Vietnamese countryside.
- Enjoy authentic meal with local host and experience the hospitality of the family.
- Visit some temples and pagodas, peaceful countryside surrounding
- Eperience how to make pottery and ceramics
