Vietnam Travel Guide
Located in Central Vietnam, Hue is the capital of Thua Thien Hue province which is far about 700 km to the southern Hanoi, and 1100km to the northern Ho Chi Minh City. Hue is also central of the national capital, the political, cultural and religious center of Vietnam. Hue – the city of two World Heritages was recognized by UNESCO. Architecture in Hue is the combination of royal architect, folk, religious ones, traditional and modern sides. Visiting Hue, you will get a something mysterious with ancient architectural, and also have a poetic, dreamy and romantic.
Hue is a big famous destination with an ancient history of Vietnam. You couldn’t ignore Hue’s old citadel vestiges when discovering to Vietnam as visit majestic Gia Long tomb, Minh Mang tomb, poetic Tu Duc tomb and magnificent Khai Dinh tomb. In the evening, you can take a cruise along Huong River, take special cuisine and listen to “ Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue”, which are really skillful and magnificent. “Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue” was recognized as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Coming to Hue, you will explore cultural of Vietnam, discover a story of courts, traditional cloth (Ao Dai). Especially, you could have a chance to wear on clothes of King and Queen’s ancient Vietnam.
Beside experience legend of history, you could feel a natural beautiful when visiting Hue. You should go to visit the most wildly beautiful beaches in Vietnam as Thuan An, Lang Co with limpidly blue ocean and white silky sand.
One thing more, you shouldn’t pass food and beverage in Hue. It contributes very much to tourism of Hue. Hue’s food have different from other regions’ of Vietnam is spicy and sweet taste. You should worth try one time as a: rice pastry with meat and shrimp, soft pastry wrapped, roast pork pastry, sweet sticky rice, rice vermicelli with grilled meat…Hue is also famous for its extraordinary special “Che”- sweet soups. There are nearly 50 kinds of “Che”, it’s become a famous brand with the name “Che Cung Dinh Hue”.
Traveling to Hue is very convenient. You can get there by plane, by train or by bus. The Hue ancient capital is located on the main road (1A highway) and the town has a railway station where the north-south trains stop. Phu Bai International Airport is located about 15km from the city, it has daily flights to Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport as well.