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.
Tour Highlights
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.
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