Ho Chi Minh City itinerary
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- 1
War Remnants Museum - The Vietnam War Told from the Vietnamese Side
The War Remnants Museum documents the Vietnam War and the First Indochina War through photography, military hardware and archival material, presented from the Vietnamese perspective. It opened in 1975 and now holds more…
- Address
- 28 Vo Van Tan Street, Vo Thi Sau Ward, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- No Metro Line 1 station nearby: Ben Thanh station is a 20-minute walk or an 8-minute Grab ride. City buses 06 and 14 stop on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, a 4-minute walk away.
- 2
Cu Chi Tunnels - The Underground Network Northwest of the City
The Cu Chi Tunnels are a network of underground passages dug by Viet Cong fighters between the 1940s and the end of the Vietnam War. At their fullest extent the system ran for around 250 km, linking living quarters…
- Address
- Ben Dinh site, Provincial Road 15 (Tinh Lo 15), Nhuan Duc Commune, Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- No metro service: bus 13 from Ben Thanh bus station to Cu Chi bus station, then bus 79 to Ben Duoc, about 2 hours 30 minutes in total. A Grab or private car from District 1 takes roughly 1 hour 30 minutes.
- 3
Independence Palace (Reunification Palace) - Where the War Ended in April 1975
The Independence Palace, also called the Reunification Palace, served as the home and workplace of the president of South Vietnam. Architect Ngo Viet Thu designed the current building, completed in 1966 on the site of…
- Address
- 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- Ben Thanh station on Metro Line 1, a 12-minute walk. City buses 03 and 04 stop on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street.
- 4
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon and the Central Post Office - The Colonial Pair on Cong xa Paris
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon and the Central Post Office face each other across one small square, which is why they share a single entry here. The cathedral was built between 1877 and 1880 using bricks…
- Address
- 01 Cong xa Paris, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (Central Post Office at 2 Cong xa Paris, same ward)
- Nearest transit
- Nha Hat Thanh Pho (Opera House) station on Metro Line 1, a 6-minute walk
- 5
Ben Thanh Market - The Central Market and Metro Line 1 Terminus
Ben Thanh Market has occupied its present building since 1914, and the clock tower above the south gate is the landmark most people use to orient themselves in central Ho Chi Minh City. Inside, roughly 1,500 stalls are…
- Address
- Cho Ben Thanh, Le Loi Street, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- Ben Thanh station, the southern terminus of Metro Line 1, a 2-minute walk
- 6
Bitexco Financial Tower Saigon Skydeck - The 49th-Floor View over the Saigon River
Bitexco Financial Tower rises 262 metres over District 1 and held the title of Vietnam's tallest building from 2010 until Landmark 81 overtook it in 2018. Carlos Zapata designed the lotus-bud profile, and the helipad…
- Address
- 2 Hai Trieu Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- Ben Thanh station on Metro Line 1, a 9-minute walk; Nha Hat Thanh Pho station, an 8-minute walk
- 7
Cho Lon and Binh Tay Market - The Chinese Quarter in Districts 5 and 6
Cho Lon is the Chinese quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, spread across Districts 5 and 6, and it has been a distinct settlement since the late eighteenth century when Hoa merchants relocated here from Bien Hoa. Binh Tay…
- Address
- Binh Tay Market, 57A Thap Muoi Street, Ward 2, District 6, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- No metro service: bus 01 runs from Ben Thanh bus station to Cho Lon bus station in about 35 minutes. A Grab from District 1 takes 20 to 30 minutes.
- 8
Jade Emperor Pagoda - A Taoist Temple from 1909 in Da Kao Ward
The Jade Emperor Pagoda, known in Vietnamese as Chua Ngoc Hoang or Phuoc Hai Tu, was built by the Cantonese community in 1909 and remains the most atmospheric temple in Ho Chi Minh City. Incense smoke fills the main…
- Address
- 73 Mai Thi Luu Street, Da Kao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- Ba Son station on Metro Line 1, a 15-minute walk. A Grab from Ben Thanh Market takes about 10 minutes.
- 9
Nguyen Hue Walking Street and the Cafe Apartments - The Pedestrian Boulevard and Its Vertical Cafe Block
Nguyen Hue was a canal until 1887 and became a pedestrian boulevard in 2015. The 670-metre strip runs from the People's Committee building down to the Saigon River and closes to traffic from Saturday evening through…
- Address
- 42 Nguyen Hue Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Nearest transit
- Nha Hat Thanh Pho (Opera House) station on Metro Line 1, a 3-minute walk
- 10
Mekong Delta Day Trip - Rivers, Islands and Floating Markets South of the City
The Mekong Delta is the closest full-day trip out of Ho Chi Minh City and the one that changes the scenery most completely. My Tho in Tien Giang province is the usual gateway, two hours by road. A standard day runs a…
- Address
- Tien Giang Tourist Boat Pier, 8 Ap Bac Street, Ward 5, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province
- Nearest transit
- No metro or city bus: intercity coaches to My Tho leave Mien Tay bus station in Binh Tan District roughly every 30 minutes and take 1 hour 45 minutes. Most organised tours collect passengers in District 1.
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