1. Visit the old town, Cau Pagoda and Hoi Quan
If traveling to Hoi An for the first time, the old town is definitely a place you have to spend a few days to explore. Hoi An Ancient Town is full of well-preserved old houses. In parallel, the old town also retains many historical and resonant relics when Hoi An was still the busiest commercial port.
These monuments can be mentioned as Cau Pagoda, a wooden bridge placed on stone pillars built in the 17th century. The bridge temple is also known as Japan’s because this bridge was originally contributed by Japanese merchants. build. However, through many renovations, Japanese architectural elements have gradually disappeared.
Along with that, the assembly halls (places of spiritual activities) of overseas Chinese such as Cantonese assembly hall, Duong Thuong assembly hall, Phuoc Kien assembly hall, etc. It is interesting that these clubs and pagodas are also very Many of the old houses of Hoi An ancient town are located on Tran Phu street, so you just need to go straight to the street to play quite a lot.
2. Take a photo with the yellow wall
One of the things that make the brand of Hoi An ancient town is the old houses with time-colored tiles, yellow walls, brown doors. Many streets with the same design, decorative colors, lots of confetti or colorful lanterns in many streets make Hoi An a beautiful backdrop for those who love to take pictures. The background is already perfect, so you just need to stand in and it is easy to get a good photo.
3. See Hoi An from overhead cafes
The common point of Hoi An ancient town is low-rise houses. However, if you can see Hoi An from the top floor, you will also see a very new and different Hoi An. Fortunately, in the old town there are a few cafes on the 2nd floor with a view of Hoi An on the old town like Faifo or Hoian Roastery. From above, you will see quite a lot of Hoi An with hundreds of brown roofs dyed by time and tourists walking around to see Hoi An on the main roads. Very interesting, isn’t it? Well, these shops also have many beautiful virtual photography angles.
4. Boat ride on Hoai River
The romantic and pleasant Hoi An ancient town is partly thanks to the Hoai River flowing through. Not only as a backdrop for taking pictures, coming to Hoi An, you should try the feeling of seeing the old town by taking a boat on Hoai River. The most ideal time is at sunset, watching the sun play hide and seek with the ancient roofs is really an impressive moment.
If you come to Hoi An on the full moon day, the 1st, you should rent a boat to take a walk around the beautiful scenery, drop flower lights on the river. The price of a boat on Hoai River in Hoi An for a trip of about 30 minutes fluctuates at 50,000 VND/person. You can actively negotiate the price with people to get a price that suits your pocket.
5. Try folk games
For more tourist activities, Hoi An ancient town has a few spots that organize folk games such as blindfolded pot beating or singing hut. Visitors only need to spend about 10 to 20 thousand to be able to participate in these interesting traditional games, or else just standing in the crowd cheering for players is already very happy. Note that these games only take place from the evening.
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