Hanoi War Sites Walking Tour

We can start the tour at 9:00 AM or 2:00 PM depending on your booking. Our tour guide of this Hanoi war sites walking tour will welcome you at your hotel and then start the walking tour to discover the history of Vietnam’s modern wars at Museum of Revolution.

Hoa Lo Prison – nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton”, the prison was used to house Vietnamese political prisoners, as well as French and American prisoners of war, and offers a fascinating and chilling glimpse of prison life. Most of the original prison was demolished in 1996 to make way for the Hanoi Towers (now Somerset Grand Hanoi) serviced apartment and office complex, but the southernmost corner has been preserved and reopened to the public as a memorial to the revolutionaries who died here in atrocious conditions. Visitors can view the original cells, complete with leg-irons, along with a selection of bilingual (Vietnamese and English) displays illustrating the horrors of life in the prison during the French colonial period.

With French Quarter (apply on Mon and Fri), we will visit Monument of Sacrifice and Hoan Kiem Lake. The tour ends around 12:00 PM (for the morning tour) or 5:00 PM (for the afternoon tour).