Hanoi Quang Phu Cau Incense Village Chuong Hat Village & Trung Hau Pagoda Tour with Hotel Pickup

Explore incense and hat villages
and Trung Hau Pagoda near Hanoi with a guide

After pickup from your Old Quarter hotel, travel by car to craft villages or a pagoda outside Hanoi on this 4 to 6-hour guided tour. The half-day group tour visits the hat village and the incense village in about 6 hours, with morning (7:45 AM to 1:30 PM) and afternoon (11:45 AM to 5:30 PM) departures. Private tours are available for the hat and incense villages or for Trung Hau Pagoda and the Women's Museum.

Decorate your own non hat in Chuong Hat Village

At a workshop 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.

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, admire the colorful bundles, and receive a few sticks after making your own at the incense workshop.

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

Explore Trung Hau Pagoda, built in 1618

The Trung Hau Pagoda option takes you to the pagoda about 25 km from central Hanoi. Built in 1618 during the Later Le dynasty and restored many times, it features grounds full of trees and flowers where ancient and modern architecture blend together.

In the center of the courtyard is an emerald water lily pond with a wooden, lotus-shaped Quan Am Pavilion. You will also see artifacts that tell the pagoda's history, including a large bell cast in 1625, a small bell from the reign of Emperor Quang Trung and three ancient reliefs.

※ The blooming period and colors of the water lilies vary by season.
※ The itinerary and sites visited vary depending on the option you choose.