FULL DAY HANOI - OP 1

Full day city tour of Vietnam’s capital. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples. The city tour includes such sights as President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and house, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature, Museum of Ethnology, the Lake of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter. (L)

HANOI HALF DAY COOKERY CLASS - OP 2

Attend a special cooking class at the Hanoi’s famous Sofitel Metropole Hotel. The morning course starts with a walk, accompanied by the chef of the hotel’s Spices Garden Restaurant, to the local market where participants get a chance to learn all about Vietnamese ingredients. A cooking demonstration follows in the kitchen and everyone has the opportunity to play an active part. After the class lunch is served in the Spices Garden Vietnamese Restaurant to sample all the different dishes prepared during the demonstration. (L)