"HUE 18/3/08 to 21/3/08" Top 5 Page for this destination Hue by balhannah

Hue Travel Guide: 615 reviews and 1,656 photos

Hue

I Arrived in Hue early morning on a flight from Hanoi.

Got the airporter bus to my Hotel which was located in a side lane.

After settling in, I went walking, then hired a cyclo to take me past the main sights. My driver could speak English and was informative.

There is a huge market where you can browse around.

Hue is located on the edge of the Perfume river. Alongside this, is a nice river walk.

On the downside, there are quite a few beggars here.

For meals................
There are plenty of restaurants to choose from, have found them all ok.

City tour - Hue

Homes on the Perfume River

I did a full day city tour, which was excellent.

We went to the Citadel first, then a garden house, a incense and conical hat making village and Tu Duc Tomb, which was very impressive.

Lunch was at a city Hotel.

After lunch to Khai dinh tomb, Minh Mang Tomb and the Perfume Pagoda.

It was back to Hue by dragon boat.
A nice, relaxing way to return to Hue, also, I got to see how the locals lived, on and beside the River.

DMZ tour from Hue & Boat on perfume river.

Bombs that were used

This tour visited the war sites and you went into tunnels where a whole village lived during the War.

It was a pleasant, interesting days outing, even though it was a long day.

For my last day, I hired a boat for 6hours to take me up the perfume river.

I thought Hue was quite nice, easy to walk around. It has some lovely, French colonial buidings.

My favorite sites were the Citadel and the Tombs.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Easy to get around, Excellent Tombs & Citadel
Cons:Beggars
In a nutshell:A nice city for a few days.

Last visit to Hue: Mar 2008
Intro Updated Oct 1, 2009
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traveldave Jun 21, 2012 at 12:19 PM

An enjoyable read about your stay in Hue. Looks like a pleasant place to stay despite the begging and other hassles. Thanks for checking out my West Virginia page.
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starship Jan 25, 2011 at 9:58 AM

Interesting page! Too bad that some of the experiences with the local boat people didn't turn out so well. I guess they tried to take advantage of you because you were alone but you did a greaat job of handling them!!!
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HORSCHECK Jan 24, 2011 at 12:49 PM

Very helpful tips. The Holiday Hotel really seems to be a very good find. Interesting to read about your experiences with the boat sightseeing with a local. The steamed buns don't look too bad.
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magor65 Dec 14, 2010 at 11:45 AM

Interesting and useful tips. I wish I had gone to the tunnels when staying in Hue.
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greekcypriot Oct 1, 2010 at 10:59 PM

Very helpful tips...The boat trip wit locals was not a good idea. Yes this happens in these countries.
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Maryimelda Jul 17, 2010 at 6:54 PM

The tunnels must have been fascinating to see. I'll pass on the pink snails, however.
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toonsarah Apr 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM

Very interesting and lots of helpful tips - including what NOT to do like the traditional music tour ;-) The tombs, tunnels and garden houses seemed most appealing to me.
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mtncorg Feb 8, 2010 at 8:02 PM

Off for a week of eye clinic work here in April. Good to have a good base of tips to work from!
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ViajesdelMundo Jan 4, 2010 at 9:29 AM

A great, thorough job! Trev was here doing medevac, rescues, troop assault, (helicopter) etc., and yesterday at church met a Vietnamese man who was a child in Hue at the same time Trev was there, ar TET Offensive!
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planxty Nov 3, 2009 at 6:50 PM

Excellent page, Dee, and very useful. I am researching a trip to Vietnam soon, and this has been most helpful. fergy.