Guide to visit the Imperial Citadel from A to Z

27/04/2023

An area of ​​up to 18,000 hectares, have you visited all of them? Today’s article Hoang Thanh Thang Long will guide in detail a day to visit with only 30,000.

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Parking

Cars or motorbikes have a spacious parking space, cute security guards will guide you to park your car, so you can rest assured. The ticket price for motorbike parking is 5,000/time, the fare for car parking is 25,000/hour.

Buy ticket

The ticket counter is like a train station, giving people the feeling of being back. The trip back to the roots at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long with only 30,000 and 15,000 for students. For children, people with meritorious services to the revolution will be free. Through the automatic ticket gate, you can freely visit the monuments here until 5pm during the day.

Check – in at Doan Mon gate

The straight conical road will lead you to Doan Mon relic – One of the main gates leading to the Forbidden City. This characteristic relic is the most checked-in point of each visitor when coming to the Imperial Citadel. Don’t be afraid to take a picture of yourself here!

Explore Dan Chi yard

After stepping through Doan Mon gate, in front of you will be the archaeological foundation excavated in 1998 – 1999. The depth of the Le dynasty was 1.2m, the depth of the Tran dynasty was 1.9m, the depth of the Ly dynasty was 2m. It is also here that in the night tour Decoding Thang Long Imperial Citadel, an art performance will be performed right on the archaeological glass.

Check – in with lantern street

This road is so shimmering that anyone passing through will be drawn to the striking red and yellow colors. The lantern path is one of the spots where young people and students take year-round photos a lot.

Explore exhibits and exhibitions

We have a separate article that summarizes the galleries at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long. Please visit http://hoangthanhthanglong.com/2023/04/17/tong-hop-phong-trung-bay-tai-khu-di-san-hoang-thanh-thang-long/ to learn more.

In addition, the heritage site is having two exhibitions:

  • “Hanoi Citadel – Imprint of a time” – A place imprinted with a bit of ancient features intersecting with modern features of Hanoi citadel in the period 1802 – 1945. This exhibition hall is on the right of Kinh Thien Palace.

  • “From the underground to the museum – The journey of artifacts” – Introducing many similar artifacts of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long and Toulouse (France), explaining the journey to bring artifacts to the public, thereby contributing part promoting the rich history and cultural traditions of the two historic cities.

Visit to Dien Kinh Thien

The most important palace, the place where the most solemn ceremonies of the court were held, the place to receive foreign envoys and the place where the court discussed national affairs. Today, this space has become a “dual” relic for both eras: Kinh Thien Palace of the ancient Thang Long Imperial Citadel and the General Command of the Vietnam People’s Army – an important historical monument of Vietnam. modern history of Vietnam.

Costume rental

Believers in “virtual living” certainly cannot ignore the old-style ao dai and Vietnamese costumes. Come to Viet Phuc Hoang Thanh and choose for yourself extremely luxurious – genuine – smooth costumes and accessories, priced from only 80,000 / set.

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Explore tunnel T1, house and tunnel D67

Built in late 1964 and early 1965, tunnel T1 was the working place of the General Staff, which directly directed the war zones and battlefields in the 12 days and nights of Dien Bien Phu in the air. The tunnel is divided into 3 rooms, including: combat briefing room (20m2), combat duty room (34m2), engine equipment room (10m).

D67 house and tunnel, built in 1967 secretly, is one of the few military architectures in the war against the US that is still relatively intact. House D67 leads down to tunnel D67 9m deep underground. The basement consists of a large meeting room, a duty room and a room containing venting and filtering equipment, providing clean air to deal with chemical and biological attacks.

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Witness the archaeological ruins with your own eyes

The relic site revealed many vestiges of the palace foundation, attics along with the drainage system, ancient wells, rivers and lakes, which were very clearly planned.

Visit to the gallery

After walking around to explore archaeological relics, the archaeological site gallery – A very important part of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long. After centuries of being buried underground, here, for the first time, the mysteries of Thang Long Imperial City were discovered by archaeologists in 2002. The exhibits promise to bring visitors interesting experiences. special feeling about the Heritage of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi that is rarely found anywhere else.

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Move a little up the most romantic street in Hanoi – Phan Dinh Phung, on your right hand side is Cua Bac relic. Built in 1805 with trapezoidal door, 8.71m high, 17.08m wide, 20.48m thick. This place is associated with the fight to protect the Hanoi citadel in 1873, 1882 and the names of the two Governors Nguyen Tri Phuong and Hoang Dieu. The second floor of the relic is now a place of worship to commemorate the two men defending the Hanoi citadel.

Hopefully through the above article, you will have a fun and sightseeing schedule at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – World Cultural Heritage Area in Hanoi.

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