Hue Imperial City Walking Tour (2.5 Hours)

Description

Besides the Hue street food tour to enjoy the cuisine quintessence of Hue. Plus, exploring the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hue is another great experience. If you don’t have enough time for a Hue City Tour 1 day or a Hue city half-day tour when traveling to Hue. However, you still would like to visit the complex of monuments in Hue. Our Hue Imperial City Walking Tour is the best choice for you.

If you book for our Hue Imperial City Tour, you’ll get 2.5 hours to explore the Hue Imperial Citadel complex (Hue Citadel, Hue Royal City & Forbidden City). Plus, our excellent local guide will tell you many stories and interesting information about the royal life of the Nguyen dynasty.

HUE IMPERIAL CITY WALKING TOUR WITH THE LOCAL GUIDE

What Will You Get From This Short Walking Tour?

• Walking around the complex of the citadel Hue with gorgeous and magnificent monuments.
• Understand the Nguyen Dynasty Hue deeply through untold history stories.
• Our excellent English-speaking tour guide will give you a lot of information about the Vietnam War history events.
• Learn deeply about the Fengshui setting and architecture of Imperial City in Hue.
• Our local guide will give you exciting information about the royal life of 13 Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs.
• Learn more about the differences between the Nguyen Dynasty and others in Vietnam and China.
• Learn more about the function of each part of the Citadel in Hue, single monuments in the complex.
• Understand the Nguyen Dynasty’s formation and disintegration from 1802 to 1945.

Hue Imperial Citadel Walking Tour Details

At 8:00 am or 2:00 pm, we will meet our local guide at” Lac Thien Restaurant” at Hue Citadel’s Thuong Tu Gate at 06 Dinh Tien Hoang Street. After the greetings, our guide will give you an overview of the Fengshui setting of the citadel of Hue’s complex and the function of each part.

Our professional tour guide will take you to admire the first section of the complex- Citadel Hue Vietnam. It is a preserved area with highlights that you must visit. Hue citadel includes the Nine Holy Cannons, Ngo Mon Gate (The Noon Gate), the Flag Tower, and the Kim Thuy moat.

Explore Hue Royal Palaces

Continue the Hue Imperial City walking tour, we will explore the second section of the Hue Imperial Citadel complex- the Royal City. Hue Imperial palace is the former working section of the Nguyen Dynasty.

After that, our local guide will take you up to Ngu Phung Palace. This palace is where the Emperors announced the most important policies to the country and people.

Then, we will explore the Thai Hoa Palace. It is the most crucial working office of the Emperor and high-ranking servants. Besides, the Hue Royal Family temple is the worshiping temple of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Next, our experienced local guide will tell you the worshiping order as well as how to pray and burn the incense to offer to the emperors.

Explore Forbidden City

Last but not least, the last place in our Hue Imperial City Walking Tour is the Forbidden City. It is the private residence of 13 Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs. In this part, we will admire the residence of the Emperor’s mother, the Royal Library, the Royal Lake, the Royal Garden, and the Hue Royal Theater.

Our tour guide will tell you many stories and information about the Royal Life of the 13 Emperors, concubines, and eunuchs. Some stories are challenging to find on the internet or guide books.

After 2.5 hours of exploring to learn about the Hue culture, traditions, and Hue Imperial Citadel complex’s architecture. Then, you will be free to visit on your own, and our Hue Imperial Citadel walking tour ends.