Hanoi to Ninh Binh Day Trip to visit Hoa Lu – Tam Coc or Bai Dinh – Trang An is a great choice for many tourists when staying in Hanoi capital, Vietnam. From Hanoi to Ninh Binh is around 100km. It takes us around 2 hours to drive from Hanoi City to Ninh Binh Province.
It is because many interesting places for visiting in Ninh Binh such as Hoa Lu, Tam Coc, Bich Dong, Trang An, Bai Dinh and the others. With the one day trip from Hanoi to Ninh Binh and back, tourists cannot visit all famous destinations of Ninh Binh. These are some suggested itinerary for you to choose.
Option one: Travel from Hanoi to Ninh Binh to visit Hoa Lu and Tam Coc
Hoa Lu – Tam Coc tour with 1 day from Hanoi will take you to visit Tam Coc with amazing caves and the wonderful views. The mountains combined with the sky and rice fields and sometimes egrets flying somewhere, this creates a great picture of the peaceful area.
Hoa Lu was ancient capital. You can visit the old temples and the ruins of the old royal palaces to understand more about the history of Vietnam.
We can start at 8:00 am from the hotel in Hanoi to Ninh Binh to visit Hoa Lu and Tam Coc. We arrive Ninh Binh and visit Hoa Lu – the old capital to visit the temple of King Dinh and Le.
You can have lunch, this is optional. Then, this is the chance for you to take a boat along the river to enjoy great views of Tam Coc. This is a complex of three caves including Hang Ca, Hang Hai and Ba Hang.
After that, we drive back Hanoi in the late afternoon. We finish the tour visit Hoa Luc – Tam Coc at your hotel in Hanoi.
Option two: Travel from Hanoi to Ninh Binh to explore Bai Dinh and Trang An
Bai Dinh and Trang An are very famous destinations in Ninh Binh. Tourists can choose the tour from Hanoi to visit these places within a day. The guests will have a chance to visit the Bai Dinh pagoda with the big area of 2,000 hectares. The Bai Dinh pagoda is an important Buddhism center of Vietnam with many valuable statues. Tourists will enjoy the majestic and marvelous views and traditional features.
After visiting Bai Dinh, travelers come to take a boat trip to visit amazing views at Trang An landscape.
You can start the tour from your hotel in Hanoi at 8:00 am to transfer to Ninh Binh to visit Bai Dinh and Trang An. And, you will come back Hanoi around 18:30.
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