Overview:

Spend half a day getting acquainted with Ha Long city on this inland tour; visit a local seafood market, see a historical Pagoda and the largest church in Quang Ninh Province.

Itinerary:

We will pick you up at your hotel and start our day with a visit to the vibrant Fish market where you can find all kinds of fresh seafood. Outside of the market, we walked along the wharf and watched the colorful fishing ships unload their morning catch. Continue visiting Quang Ninh Provincial Museum (closed on Mondays) - exhibiting the early cultures of Ha Long, Ly, and Tran Dynasties, Quang Ninh's ethnic groups, times of wars, the history of the region's coal industry, the revolutionary tradition of working class in the mining area and more. Over the last 40 years, the museum has found and preserved over 10,000 artifacts.

The next stoppover is the largest pagoda at the base of Bai Tho Mountain in Ha Long City, Long Tien Pagoda was built in 1941 as a Buddhist Temple, but it also has altars dedicated to the warriors of the Tran Dynasty and to the Holy Mother of Three Palaces. The last visit of the day is to Hon Gai Church. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, the church is located on a high hilltop overlooking the city of Ha Long. Hon Gai Church was destroyed by the war in 1972 but rebuilt and expanded in 1998 and is now the largest church in Quang Ninh Province.