Saigon Discovery Private Tour Shore Excursion from Saigon Port
Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon and long considered as the Pearl of the Far East, is the most dizzying city of commerce and culture in Vietnam. A visit to Saigon is like an encounter with exotic delicious food, French colonial architecture and memories of Vietnam War.
A state-run handicraft enterprise exports a wide range of products—including furniture, carpets, lacquer paintings, and other works of art—made largely from local materials and you will be shown a part of this attraction.
There are so many amazing attractions and you will have a chance to discover apart of those such as War Remnants Museum to learn more about Vietnam War, Jade Emperor Pagoda to learn more about a part of Vietnamese culture. Saigon Central Post Office is known as Center of Telegraph in Indochina War or exploration the National Monument of Reunification Palace; Ho Chi Minh City Museum is to learn about Trading Centre of South Vietnam.
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Saigon Discovery Private Tour Shore Excursion from Saigon Port
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The Independence Palace
Surrounded by royal palm trees, the dissonant 1960s architecture of this landmark government building and the eerie ambience of its deserted halls make it an intriguing spectacle. The first Communist tanks to arrive in Saigon rumbled here on 30 April 1975 and it’s as if time has stood still since then. The building is deeply associated with the fall of the city in 1975, yet it's the kitsch detailing and period motifs that steal the show. It's also known as the Independence Palace. The building was named Independence Palace and was home to the succeeding South Vietnamese president, Nguyen Van Thieu, until his hasty departure in 1975. Designed by Paris-trained Vietnamese architect Ngo Viet Thu, it is an outstanding example of 1960s architecture, with an airy and open atmosphere. The Reunification Palace, also known as Independence Palace, is a landmark building located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. And it is known as a must see National Monument once you are in Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City Museum
A grand neoclassical structure built in 1885 and once known as Gia Long Palace, HCMC’s city museum is a singularly beautiful and impressive building, telling the story of the city through archaeological artefacts, ceramics, old city maps and displays on the marriage traditions of its various ethnicities. The struggle for independence is extensively covered, with most of the upper floor devoted to it. Deep beneath the building is a network of reinforced concrete bunkers and fortified corridors. The system, branches of which stretch all the way to Reunification Palace, included living areas, a kitchen and a large meeting hall. In 1963 President Diem and his brother hid here before fleeing to Cha Tam Church. The network is not opened to the public because most of the tunnels are flooded. In the gardens are various pieces of military hardware, including the American-built F-5E jet used by a renegade South Vietnamese pilot to bomb the Reunification Palace on 8 April 1975.
Central Post Office
The city's landmark French-era post office is a period classic, designed by Marie-Alfred Foulhoux (though often credited to Gustave Eiffel) and built between 1886 and 1891. A mosaic of Ho Chi Minh takes pride of place at the end of its barrel-vaulted hall. The post office features a unique, bright yellow exterior framed with white trim. Curved windows are elegantly framed with green shutters and a large clock is featured prominently at the building’s main entrance. The stunning, spacious interior has tall, domed ceilings with metal arches and a gorgeous patterned tile floor. There are two painted maps inside the office – Lignes télégraphiques du Sud Vietnamet du Cambodge 1892 (Telegraphic lines of southern Vietnam and Cambodia 1892) depicts the postal route from southern Vietnam to Cambodia, and on the right side of the building is Saigon et ses environs, 1892 (Saigon and its surroundings), a local map.
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- All entrance fees
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- English speaking tour guide
- Picking up & dropping off at Saigon Port No.05 Nguyen Tat Thanh street, district 4
- Tipping/ gratuities, personal expenses
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Optional: $30 USD/ person for picking up in Hiep Phuoc JSC Port
- The remaining time is allotted for the travel time
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Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We will pick you up and drop you off at main gate of Saigon Port No. 05 Nguyen Tat Thanh street, district 4, Ho Chi Minh City or any place nearby which is located district 1 of Ho Chi Minh city
