The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring following Tet, the Vietnamese New year, thousands Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and property they need the get them through the year.

The pagoda itself is built into limestonecliffs and can only be reached by boat or on foot, as there are no roads in the area.