Culinary Tour of Vietnam
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Let food be your guide on this enticing journey, where you’ll shop local markets with chefs and take private cooking classes all over the country so you can master regional flavors and dishes as diverse as cao lau and xoi. You’ll have plenty of time to explore vibrant Saigon and Hanoi, and to wander smaller historic towns such as Hoi An. You’ll eat at Vietnam’s most exceptional food destinations, including hip Vietnamese and French restaurants, glowing night markets, and humble food carts.
Vietnam Travel Tour Highlights
Vietnamese food is light and delicate, and its subtle nature is achieved through carefully chosen herbs and spices. This tour takes lovers of fine food and those curious to learn more about Vietnamese life and history to the country’s cultural and culinary highlights. The tour features a number of cooking classes, trips to local markets, and meals at the most elegant Vietnamese and French restaurants in the country. Start with four nights in vibrant Saigon, where you will indulge yourself at Vietnam’s finest restaurants, enjoy some cultural touring, and attend private classes to learn the art of southern Vietnamese cooking. Next, fly to Danang, where you will explore the charming town of Hoi An and take a private cooking class. Next, drive along the coast to Hue for city touring and another exceptional private cooking class that emphasizes renowned Hue-style cuisine. Fly to cosmopolitan Hanoi and absorb the sophistication of this northern city. Your trip will conclude with touring that includes visits to all the local sights, a morning market tour, and a performance of the famous water puppets.
Saigon, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi
Moderate
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Where You'll Stay
Hand-Selected for an Unmatched Stay
aNhill Boutique
A small boutique hotel in central Vietnam, run at a scale where the staff learn your name on the first morning…
Ana Mandara Villas- Da Lat
Seventeen restored 1920s French colonial villas on a pine hillside above Da Lat, kept as houses rather than co…
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay
A boat-access-only retreat on the far side of Ninh Van Bay, where villas are built among granite boulders abov…
Six Senses Con Dao
A beachfront retreat on Dat Doc Beach in the Con Dao archipelago, a former prison island turned national park…
Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai
Villas on stilts above three tiers of lotus ponds on Ha My Beach, midway between Hoi An’s old town and Da Nang…
Capella Hanoi
Bill Bensley’s theatrical hotel in the French Quarter, steps from the Hanoi Opera House and built around the s…
Inclusions & Offers
What's Included
Vietnamese food: Light and delicate, subtle due to herbs and spices. Tour purpose: For fine food lovers and those interested in Vietnamese life and history. Tour features: Cooking classes, market trips, elegant Vietnamese and French restaurants. Saigon: Four nights, fine dining, cultural touring, southern Vietnamese cooking classes. Danang and Hoi An: Explore Hoi An, private cooking class. Hue: Coastal drive, city touring, Hue-style cooking class. Hanoi: Cosmopolitan city, local sightseeing tour, morning market tour, water puppet performance.
What's Not Included
International flights to and from destination Entry visa fees and comprehensive travel insurance Personal expenses, optional gratuities, and alcoholic beverages
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