QUANG PHU CAU AND BAT TRANG VILLAGE DAY TOUR HANOI
TOP CHOICE FOR HANOI DAY TOUR HANDICRAFT VILLAGE
07.30 – 08.00: Get picked up by our guide from the hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter, then start for 1,5 hour drive journey to the craft villages
09.30 – Visit Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. Take a walk to the center of the village and see how locals make incense at an artisanal, family scale. Learn the process of how incense is made from scratch and more about the lives of manual workers.
Meet a family who specializes in dyeing incense sticks and admire the outdoor showroom with thousands of colorful bundles of incense. Here, our guide will take the best photos for you
10.15 – Leave for Chuong Village, which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat-making for over 300 years. Meet the local artisans and observe how conical hats are made. You will have a chance to draw by yourself on hats,, then take them home as souvenirs
12.30 – Have lunch at a local restaurant
After lunch, we will keep moving on to Bat Trang Ceramic Village, the most famous and long-standing pottery village in Vietnam with a nearly 1,000-year-old historic development. On arrival at the village, we will visit Bat Trang Communal House, which was built under Le Du Tong King’s period, from 1719 to 1720.
You will visit a small family factory to see how the artisans form, paint and glaze with unique products made by skillful hands of the artists in harmony with the soil’s spirit.
Take a soft walking tour around the village to learn more about the making process of pottery products. Make a stop at the biggest ceramic market where you can do some shopping for a unique gift. If you wish, you can try your hands in making your own ceramic products, something for the beginners such as cup, bowl or flower vases. (excluded in the tour fee)
17.00 – 17.30: Return to your hotel – End of Quang Phu Cau and Bat Trang Village Day Tour Hanoi