One day in Hanoi, Vietnam
A day through Hanoi’s best-known sights that lie close together: Presidential Palace of Vietnam, Ba Ðình Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature and Hỏa Lò Prison. 6 stops, about 2.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Presidential Palace of VietnamPalace · On the map
- Ba Ðình SquareSquare · 0.3 km on from Presidential Palace of Vietnam · On the map
- Ho Chi Minh MausoleumMonument · 0.1 km on from Ba Ðình Square · On the map
- One Pillar PagodaTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum · On the map
- Temple of LiteratureMonument · 0.8 km on from One Pillar Pagoda · On the map
- Hỏa Lò PrisonMuseum · 1.2 km on from Temple of Literature · On the map
6 stops, 4.8 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 0 min of walking.
More for Hanoi
- Things to do in Hanoi, Vietnam · 40 places to see, led by Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Temple of Literature
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.