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Elephant crosses royal bridge to Thai Hoa beyond
Hien Luong Bridge
Not quite the Orient Express
I plan on arriving from Hue in the morning (8:30AM if I can catch the 7PM night train from Hanoi) and leaving for HCMC the next morning. Is this enough time to visit the important sights in Hue without feeling rushed?
yes, I think it's ok
I think it's a little rush and maybe hard for you to understand the Hue's soul. However, if u have a chance to visit H, make the best of it. Don't miss the foods, green gardens, Hue tunes in Huong river, and of course the palace.
Thanks guys! I've decided to spend 2 days in Hue which should give me enough time to visit the Citadel and visit a couple of tombs along the Perfume river.
Why bother stopping?
A decent visit to the Citadel takes about 2 days but a thorough visit is worth at least 3 days.
I think that last reply is a bit unfair. I have just spent 2 days in Hue and although I can see that it would have been great to have had more time I still think I got to see a lot and get a feel for the city. I arrived on the same train as you from Hanoi and hired a motorbike driver to take me round the tombs. I left at 10.30 and was back in Hue by 2.30 after stopping for quite a long time at 3 tombs and the Pagoda. Try arriving at Mingh Mang around 12.00 as the tour parties are having their lunch and it's really peaceful to look around by yourself. Have fun!
im currently in Hue,,travel only 2 days not enough to visit many famous place here..
i spend 4 days then will come to Da nang ,HoiAn..
If you have limited time: one day for the boat trip down the Perfume River. That will take you to the most important historical sites (temples and palaces) and then you can get dropped off at the Citadel at the end. Maybe another half day for the modern city, which isn't that big. BUT, you really should do a one-day DMZ trip from Hue too, if you have any interest in the Vietnam War.
That is better than many travellers do, who go to Hoi an and miss Hue completely. If you are into history, architecture and culture Hue is the best city in Vietnam. If you are into nightlife and beaches it's not.
Hue was the site of some of the most intense and bloodiest battles during the war with America. After the war, the Citidel was left to decay until 1993, when it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now tourists can view the interior of the old Citidel for a fee of 55,000 dong ($3.60 US).
At Tu Duc Tomb there are regular performances of traditional Vietnamese music and dancing. These include a performance of "giving birth on stage"!
They seem to start whenever enough visitors have filled the seats. There is no set fee, but audience members can make a voluntary contribution at the end of the performance.
If you walk along the river in the old part of Hue after crossing over the bridge from the new part, you will see some vendors displaying their antique (or supposedly) wares along the sidewalks.
I even saw some war articles among the items.
If you decide to travel to the royal tombs outside hue by boat - which is a very scenic way of getting there, you'll need to travel by xe om (mototaxi) to some of the tombs, as they are located far from the river. There will be motos waiting for you were the boat docks, and they will ask you for 20000 dongs to get you to the tombs and back - no point in negotiating the fare here, everyone used this fix price.
The best is to pay them when they take you back to the boat, as some tried to charge people more, either by saying that it was 20000 for one way, or else by pretending you had not paid them.
This is one of a row of three mini restaurants or street cafes, in Hung Vuong Street, frequented by travellers. Thuy Thien is next door. Their signs and menus are in English and French, but they do get some local customers: mostly local youngsters who like to sit here amongst the foreigners and drink beer.
There appears to be some rivalry between the restaurants in the day-time, when they are fairly quiet, but they all seem to be full to overflowing in the evenings and everybody is happy.
They serve a range of local dishes plus the usual traveller's fare.
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