Hanoi Craft Village Tour of Quang Phu Cau Incense Village Chuong Hat Village & Da Sy Blacksmith Village

Try incense, hat and knife making
in traditional craft villages near Hanoi

After pickup from your Old Quarter hotel, travel by car to craft villages outside Hanoi with a guide. The half-day group tour visits the incense village and the hat village in about 6 hours, with morning (7:45 AM to 1:30 PM) and afternoon (11:45 AM to 5:30 PM) departures. The private tour options vary, including the Da Sy knife-making workshop, lunch and visits to other craft villages.

See colorful incense bundles at Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

Stroll through the center of Quang Phu Cau, which has produced incense for over 100 years, and watch local families make incense by hand. Meet a family specializing in dyeing incense sticks and take photos among the colorful bundles spread across the yards.

At a nearby workshop, learn how incense is made from scratch and hear about the lives of the workers. You will receive a few sticks of incense as a souvenir after making your own.

Decorate your own non hat in Chuong Hat Village

In Chuong Village, which has made conical hats (non) for over 300 years, see how the hats are made. Paint and decorate one hat and take it home as your own souvenir.

On the way back to the city, the half-day group tour first stops at Hanoi Train Street. If you do not want to get off there, you can wait in the car.

Make your own knife at Da Sy Blacksmith Village

With the knife-making option, you hammer raw steel into the shape of a blade under the guidance of a skilled blacksmith in Da Sy Village. Learn grinding and polishing techniques, then carve a wooden handle to fit your hand and attach it to finish your own knife to take home.

Private tour options with lunch include an authentic Vietnamese home-cooked meal at a local artisan's house, with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes available.

※ The itinerary and order of visits vary depending on the option you choose.