Hanoi motorbike tour, Hoi An cooking class among top travel experiences in Asia
Hanoi motorbike tour and Hoi An cooking class have been selected by readers of US travel site Tripadvisor as two of the 25 best travel experiences in Asia.
The Hanoi motorbike tour takes more than four hours. (Source: Tripadvisor)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi motorbike tour and Hoi An cooking class have been selected by readers of US travel site Tripadvisor astwo of the 25 best travel experiences in Asia.
The half-day guided motorbike tour in Hanoiallows tourists to explore Vietnam’s capital city’s famous landmarks like LongBien Bridge, Hai Ba Trung Temple, the Presidential Palace Historical Site andtry some of the city's best street foods.
As part of the tour, visitors will have anopportunity to explore "Train Street", formed by railway tracksrunning alongside Dien Bien Phu and Phung Hung streets in the heart of Hanoi'sOld Quarter, with residential buildings just a few feet away on either side.
Meanwhile, the five-hour cooking class, organisedby Hoi An Eco Tours Discovery, is considered a fun and interesting way to experience the rurallife in Hoi An, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam’s central Quang Namprovince, and Vietnamese cuisine.
The five-hour cooking class is a good way to experience the rural life in Hoi An and Vietnamese cuisine. (Source: Tripadvisor)
Participants will visit CamThanh fishing village, about five kilometers from Hoi An, where they will betaught how to use basket boats, a dispensable part of local fishermen, andexperience a bamboo basket boat tour in Bay Mau nipa palm forest. After such eco-tour activities, they will be welcomed in the restaurant and participate in cooking around 2 hours with the chef.
On top of the list is Thai and Akha CookingClass in Thailand's Chiang Mai, followed by the Khmer cooking class at aLocal's Home in Cambodia's Krong Siem Reap and sunrise tour of Angkor Wat.
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The Hanoi motorbike tour takes more than four hours. (Source: Tripadvisor) 
The five-hour cooking class is a good way to experience the rural life in Hoi An and Vietnamese cuisine. (Source: Tripadvisor) 
