Bat Trang Ceramic Village by Bike

Trip's length:	1 day
Trip Themes:	Local life & Culture
Transport:	Bicycle
Places visited:	Bat Trang Village, Hanoi
Tour operates:	All year around
Start / End cities:	Hanoi / Hanoi

Get picked up from your hotel at 8 AM. After a short brief for itinerary and check the gear, you will start to ride out of the city center. Fistly, you will have chance to visit a local market. Here, in this market, vegetable and fruit gather before taken by vendors to different stores all over the city. Weave thru the crowd and green; soak up the sound and smell and catch up with some interesting moment of local purchasing.

Cross the Red River on the hundred-year-old Long Bien Bridge, one of the historical and interesting sites of the city with the French architecture style by the famous designer of Eiffel tower in Paris. Inhale the fresh air as the water flows under your wheels toward the sea.

Continue to paddle along the River’s bank then stop to visit Bo De pagoda. Here, under the shade of Bodhi trees and by the flow of Red River, the pagoda with beautiful setting and special architecture style is the place for urban people to come to purify their mind. It is also home for more than hundred orphans and disadvantaged people.

From the pagoda, you will keep riding thru some villages on little paths and get into a very peaceful and beautiful green farm land where local farmer growing different kinds of vegetables and fruit trees . On the way you will have chance to contact with friendly local at their work, join with them and have a chat to lean about their life and work.

Upon arrival in Bat Trang ceramic village, you will take visits to some of workshops and have a chance to observe the working process of local artisans on their way to create beautiful ceramic stuffs that famous in the country and international market.

After lunch in a local restaurant and a short break you will cycle back to Hanoi centre. The day tour finish around 5 pm. End of service.

Inclusions:

• Expert tour guide, Entrance fee, Good Bicycles, 1 lunch, bottled water on the ride
• Exclusions:
• Personal expenses, tip or gratuities, others not mentioned...

Additional information :

What to bring: camera, sun hat, sun block, sunglasses, poncho

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