General

As you know, Hoi An is Vietnam’s most atmospheric and lovely town, graceful and ancient. Thus, it has the great architecture and captivating riverbank location that befits its heritage, yet the 21st-century curses of traffic and pollution are nearly non-existent. The Old Town’s amazing legacy of tottering Japanese merchant homes, Chinese temples, and antique tea warehouses has been preserved – albeit people and rice fields have increasingly been supplanted by tourist enterprises. The atmosphere here includes lounge bars, boutique hotels, travel agencies, and a plethora of tailor shops.

While My Son Sanctuary Vietnam is regarded as one of Southeast Asia’s most important, attractive, and well-known temple complexes. It is frequently compared to other Southeast Asian historical temples such as Bagan in Myanmar, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Borodudur in Indonesia, and Ayutthaya in Thailand. It is a holy land that exemplifies Champa religion, culture, and architectural prowess from the past. My Son Sanctuary is a vast complex with a multitude of religious structures, temples, and graves situated on a 2 km long valley surrounded by mountains.

In order to help you explore Hoi An Ancient town and My Son Sanctuary in one day, Premium Travel Vietnam organizes Hoi An Private Tour.

Amazing Hoi An Ancient town

HOI AN MY SON TOUR ITINERARY:

My Son Sanctuary – former holy site of Cham people

MY SON SANCTUARY

To start with, in the morning the guide and the driver will come and meet you up at the hotel in Hoi An and we commence Hoi An Private Tour. First, we are heading to My Son Sanctuary; the former holy site of the Cham who lived in central Vietnam from 2^nd to 14^th century. In the old days, this place became the very sacred place for them to honor Hindu Gods of Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma.

Thus, My Son was built in a lush green forest and it had a total of approximately 70 temples. According to some research, the French people came here first in 1885 and discovered My Son Holyland in a dense jungle forest. Later on, they cleared the jungle up and found out lots of valuable artifacts and statues left by the Cham people. Since then, the French archaeologists came to conclude that My Son Sanctuary strongly had Indian influences.

Accordingly, each group of temple in My Son Sanctuary has a main temple where the Cham people worship a set of linga and yoni which symbolize for fertility. Besides, there are various temples with different functions around the main temple. Also, the entrance of the main temple faces to the east that the Cham people think is the direction of the sun and where the gods live. Long time ago, the Cham people annually came to My Son Holyland to worship Hindu Gods. And by the way, they prayed for fertility, happiness, wealth, bumper crop, better climate and so on.

At arriving in My Son, we will take buggy car and will be strolling around this amazing spot and visit to main groups of B, C, D. Furthemore, we understand by some ways how the Cham could build this masterpiece without any use of mortar and concrete. From then, we will admire the talent, the intelligence as well as their skifull hands in building such an outstanding spot. Then to continue the trip, we cross the stream and visit group G which had been restored and following up are groups of E, F.

Although the weather and the war savaged most of temples in My Son but many of relics still remain. Through the guidance of our guide, we respect the Cham and learn their unique culture and lifestyle.

After all, we then follow the track back to the car and then we take you back to Hoi An city. As you request, the guide can take you to a restaurant for local food.

HOI AN CITY TOUR

After lunch, we will wander around Hoi An ancient town for Hoi An city tour. The first place is a Chinese Assembly Hall with very Chinese typical architectures. In the past, the temple was a meeting point, communal house for Chinese community living in Hoi An. Nowadays, the temple  becomes an attractive place for tourist all over the place who come to worship for their best wishes in life. The following is another visit to Hoi An ancient houses where you can find the mixture of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese architectural styles. Thus, the houses in Hoi An are kinds of tube homes with 3 different parts with a courtyard in the middle for ventilation. The rear is near the river and the front is near the road. Today, these homes are private and we can understand more about the routine of the owner.

Moreover, we come and visit Japanese covered bridge that is symbol of Hoi An people. The bridge is very well maintained strongly featuring Japanese architectures. The reason why Japanese traders built it because they hope that they could survive from flooding and earthquake. We then end up Hoi An ancient town tour by coming to Hoi An market. Thus, the market is busy will all fresh ingredients and local produce. Coming here, we will see how vibrant the market is and you can taste flavor, watch daily life of the local people.

Hoi An – unmissable place in Vietnam

BOAT TRIP

We will finish up Hoi An Private Tour by a short boat ride on Thu Bon river. We will sail along the river and you can admire the peace of river on both sides. If seeing a fisherman fishing on the river, your camera is ready to take some best pictures. By the way, you can interact with him to know more of his daily fishing life. Although he works very hard, but his smiling face seems to fade away tiredness.

Eventually, we will sail back to Hoi An town and then our car and tour guide will transfer you back to your hotel. So, we will finish Hoi An Private Tour here.

HOW ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HOI AN AND MY SON FULL DAY TOUR?

Japanese Covered Bridge – symbol of Hoi An

VISIT 2 UNESCO SITES IN ONE DAY

Firstly, with this customized private tour, we take you to explore the land of heritage of Vietnam in one day – Quang Nam Province (2 UNESCO Sites in one destination). Certainly, you will deeply understand not only the local culture, lifestyle of Cham people but also Vietnamese people. Since then, you will have a special feeling about the place you visit, about warm – hearted personality of the local people.

PRIVATE TRIP

Furthermore, this trip is privately organized so you can have more free time on your own. For example, you can take more pictures as you want or ask more questions with our pro guide if you wish. So, this is a must – do thing when you are in Hoi An or Da Nang areas.

BEST SERVICES

with more than 15 years in tourism in Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue and central Vietnam. Premium Travel Vietnam is proud to give you as much professional service as we can. Thus, we always use our local tour guides to know about the local culture. In addition, we always provide you with cold water and tissues in every trip. Lastly, our car is always 7 seat Fortuner Toyota so you can have comfort in every minute inside the car. Our drivers are often friendly and ready to assist you anytime you need.

HOI AN MY SON DAY TRIP Price?

68 $ U.S per person (minimum 2 persons)

HOW TO BOOK HOI AN MY SON TOUR FROM DA NANG?

My Son Sanctuary – Vietnam

So, if you come to Hoi An or Da Nang city and would like to find a professional tour operator, do not hesitate to contact us:

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