June 18, 2018
Travel Tips

One day discovering the dreaming ancient capital with a boat tour on the Huong River

Hue ancient capital, for a long time, has been famous for its ancient landscapes, offering a peaceful and romantic beauty that visitors from all over the world want to visit. In particular, it would be a pity if visitors to Hue if they did not experience a boat trip on the Huong River to float on the legendary river and see the beauty of a hundred years old capital.


A trip on the Huong River is considered one of the unique Hue tours in one day. This tour attracts thousands of domestic and foreign visitors to this ancient capital. Especially here you will have a chance to travel to visit the famous places in Hue by boat on the Huong River. A very new experience, down the Huong River to visit Thien Mu pagoda or visit the system of tombs Nguyen Dynasty, … Visitors must look very carefully, slowly as the way of life of the local people, so they really feel the romantic beauty of this land.

 

Over 100 years old beautiful garden house on the banks of the Huong River

 

The first destination of visitors in this trip is the Phu Mong garden house. This place is a collection of 7 garden houses over 100 years old of the Nguyen dynasty kings, located in Kim Long.

 

 

Garden House Phu Mong, Kim Long is located along the romantic Huong River, stretching around the city. Here, there are many gardens bearing the characteristics of this ancient city. These gardens were formerly owned by officials of the Nguyen Dynasty and have an ancient and poetic architecture. Among dozens of garden houses in Phu Mong, there are 7 over 100 years old houses have been planned by Thua Thien-Hue Tourism as the official sightseeing route for tours to the capital from the 2002 Festival.

 

Follow the green bamboo banks, the tea road on the small road leading to Phu Mong, visitors will come to the ancient house bearing many signs of the flow of time. Here, visitors will not only have the opportunity to learn about the local cultural history but also live in a peaceful, relaxed atmosphere to love more and more the simple things and peace in life.

 

Ancient sacred Thien Mu Pagoda


Thien Mu Pagoda is one of the famous tourist attractions in Hue. This 400-year-old pagoda has been mentioned in many famous poems and songs. Most visitors to the pagoda use the road, but if you choose to use the boat, you will have a chance to see all the beauty of the pagoda from the middle of Huong river.

 

 

The steps level system will guide visitors from the boat landing on the big road, then, to the pagoda grounds. The four standing towers, Phuoc Duyen seven-story octagonal tower, all overall to create a sturdy, majestic position of a pagoda – the symbol of the sacred land from the past. Visiting Hue, visitors must come to Thien Mu Pagoda to hear the sound of the pagoda’s bell, to visit the peaceful pagoda on the romantic Huong River and to watch the sunset after the mountains far away.

 

Majestical Truong Tien bridge on the Huong river

 

Truong Tien bridge is also known as Trang Tien Bridge. This is the first bridge built in the nineteenth century in Indochina but it possesses Western technology and materials. The bridge is 402.60 meters in length, consisting of 6 well-girdled steel girders, each span of 67 meters, the span of 6 meters. The bridge is designed in Gothic style, across the Huong river.

 

 

Trang Tien Bridge has played an important role in the life of the ancient capital, and it is also a must-visit tourist attraction in Hue. Pictures of curved spires curving down the river on bright sunny days make the bridge become strangely quiet. Walking on the sidewalk for pedestrians, you will be witnessed the sound and all the familiar images of a normal day in Hue right on this bridge.

 

The images of beautiful smiling girls wearing a purple dress called Ao dai, holding a conical hat on Trang Tien bridge and the images of the red phoenix flowers blooming on the river make Trang Tien Bridge look beautiful and romantic more than ever. The bridge is more brilliant and fanciful even when it’s in the dark thanks to the lights emit vibrant colors such as purple, blue, yellow, red …

 

Visiting Dong Ba Market

 

More than a hundred years ago, Dong Ba boat was fulled of people come to buy and sell. But now, the development of roads has made Dong Ba market is no longer as the past. Every day, there is only one or two trip from the upstream or downstream to the market to exchange the goods.

 

Today, almost no visitors to Dong Ba market by boat anymore, so Dong Ba market became deserted. However, visitors who like to visit a market with more than 100 years old in Hue, or want to see the simplicity of the largest shopping center of the ancient capital in the past, can visit Dong Ba market by boat. Visitors step foot into the boat and then leisurely step into the market, listen to customers bargain with the lovely local voice, you will love Hue more many times.

 

 

With all the beauty of the ancient capital, why won’t you book for a flight and come to Hue right now to discover them? Apply for an E-visa to Vietnam and you will find a peaceful life and never want to leave!

 

A wonderful land with hundreds of little beautiful thing is just a Visa to Vietnam away from you! Enter Vietnam E-visa www.vietnam-evisa.com and start your trip.

 

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