Learn more about the city’s darkest and most tragic hours during the Vietnam War. Visit the Reunification Palace, once a symbol of the South Vietnamese Government. Continue to the Central Post Office, designed and constructed by the renowned architect Gustave Eiffel, and take a moment to send a postcard! Notre Dame Cathedral - it’s a favoured backdrop for Vietnamese wedding photographs. End your day with a speedboat trip along the city’s ancient canals where life carries on unchanged.
- Learn more about the city’s darkest and most tragic hours during the Vietnam War.
- Visit once a symbol of the South Vietnamese Government.
- Notre Dame Cathedral - it’s a favoured backdrop for Vietnamese wedding photographs.
- Speedboat trip along the city’s ancient canals
Start your Story of Saigon with a visit to the War Remnants Museum. End your day with a speedboat trip along the city’s ancient canals where life carries on unchanged
Start your Story of Saigon with a visit to the War Remnants Museum. Here, your guide will tell the story of the city’s darkest and most tragic hours during the Vietnam War. The museum contains displays of military aircraft, weaponry and many photographs – some that are quite graphic in nature. Although many of Vietnam’s 90 million people are now too young to remember the war, its legacy is still felt strongly across Vietnamese society.
Next, visit the Reunification Palace, once a symbol of the South Vietnamese Government. It was here on 30 April 1975, that the war ended when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates. See the war room, the banquet hall and the presidential office with the unusual gifts which have been received.
Then, continue to the Central Post Office, designed and constructed by the renowned architect Gustave Eiffel, and take a moment to send a postcard! Just behind the post office is the Notre Dame Cathedral, an iconic Saigon landmark built in neo-Romanesque style by the French between 1863 and 1880. Today it’s a favoured backdrop for Vietnamese wedding photographs.
Next, stroll down follow Dong Khoi Street, which figured prominently in Graham Greene’s famous Vietnam novel, The Quiet American, as Rue Catinat.
The walk ends at the Saigon Opera House. From a bomb shelter to housing the parliamentary Lower House, the Opera House has had an interesting history.
End your day with a speedboat trip along the city’s ancient canals where life carries on unchanged. Get away from other busy spots of the city, relax on the luxury speedboat in the late evening sun and enjoy the beauty of Saigon River. Furthermore, you will have chance to explore beautiful landscapes, enjoy the fresh air and understand the daily life of local citizens living along the river banks. When the sun goes down, the city will be lighted up with lights from the building, showing us a totally different face of Saigon. There is nothing can describe the beauty of it at that time.
Return to your hotel.
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off at selected hotels in Saigon
- English-speaking guide
- Admission fee
- Boat ride
- Meals and drinks, unless specified
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
- Optional activity costs
- Children below 6 years old are not permitted on this tour.
- Pick-up is available for clients staying at selected hotels as meeting point only: Sabah Saigon, Muong Thanh, Paragon, Grand Silverland, Rex. Clients staying at the others must proceed to the meeting point.
- To select your travel date, you are advised to choose at least 03 days prior to start date of activity.
- Exact pick-up time will be advised upon reconfirmation.
- The regular tour has a 2 passenger minimum requirement for operation and is subject to cancellation if this minimum is not met. You will be informed at least 24 hours prior to departure to confirm schedule. In the unlikely event of such a cancellation, guests may request another tour, a different travel date or a refund.
- Free cancellation: 3 days or more prior to start date of activity.
- 100% Cancellation Fee (no reimbursement): less than 3 days prior to date of activity.
