Vespa Tour HANOI BACK STREETS: FOOD+LOCAL LIFE+CULTURE & FUN

Please let us know your hotel name and address! Our experience drivers will come and pick up you for a 4 hours Hanoi Back Street Vintage Vespa Tour. After a short safety briefing, hop on your vespa and take a ride to St. Josephs Cathedral to join the main group and take a fun group photos. "Located in Hoan Kiem district, the neo-Gothic St. Joseph’s Cathedral is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Hanoi and the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi. Modeled after Notre Dame in Paris, St. Joseph’s Cathedral is one of the most famous and striking landmarks in Hanoi from the colonial era."

Starting your vespa journey by a drive through the city centre, you will arrive to the flea martket and Nguyen Cong Tru old apartment building area. Here is likely a living museum of the REAL HANOI where bring you back to Hanoi subsidy period over 40-50 yrs ago. Walk around the flea market to see hundreds mechanic accessories stores. In the subsidy period, all most kind of products were distributed by the government. Sometime this supply was not enough for the people. The flea market was born to satisfy these needs.

Heading to the historical Long Bien bridge (Built by Daydé & Pillé French company in 1898) with an over looking to the Red river before explore our green BANANA ISLAND by a 1.5km walk (farming activities, floating village, outdoor gym, river beach…), interact to 86 yrs old elderly couple who are living in a tiny floating house. This is an unique opportunity to see the opposition of richness & poor of Hanoi.

Ride along the world guiness record mosaic wall, romantic West lake, the ziggag alleys of Ngọc Hà village, you stop to have a glimpse of the sites related to the December 1972 bombing of Hanoi: the B52 LAKE to see the body of US aircraft.

Try the must do HANOI TRAIN STREET (Recently, some parts of train street are temporary closed by local government for the safety. But we know exactly WHEN & WHERE the train appear with the safe to satisfy your curiosity). Walk along the railway to see the local slowly life and houses were built just a few centimets far of the train track. Enjoy a drink while waiting the train pass the alley.