HANOI – NINH BINH 2 DAYS - 1 NIGHT

8:00 Am our profestional English speaking tour guide and driver of Grand Vietnam Tours will meet you at the lobby of hotel and transfer you to Ninh Binh - with 2 hours driving.
Our fist stop for this day trip is Bai Dinh Pagoda Complex, this is  the largest pagoda in Southeast of Asia. walk up on the road in  Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley  below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away.
In this amzing pagoda, you have a great chance to see  500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats),  2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tones and  Three bronze statues of Tam The (50 tons each), 100 tones statue of Buddha Sakyamuni made of bronze and enjoy the panoramic view of picturesque landscape dotted with limestone mountains.
After that, you will enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant with speacial local dishes.
In the afternoon, we will embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous  caves in Trang An Grottoes, a UNESCO-listed series of grottoes carved from the region's striking natural monoliths of limestone, which rises dramatically out from the fabulous  paddy fields. On this leisure sampam trip,you will be rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves: "Hang Toi" (Dark Cave), "Hang Sang" (Bright Cave) and "Hang Nau Ruou" (Cave of Distillery).
Drive to hotel for check in and overnight in Ninh Binh

Breakfast at hotel before English speaking tour guide and driver transfer you to visit Hang Mua -  the most picturesque spot in Ninh Binh where you will climb around 500 steps to enjoy amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc, rice fields and karst landscape.
Continue drive to Kim Son dis where you have a great chance to visit Phat Diem Cathedral.This  is a complex comprising of a lake, a cathedral, a stone church, Phuong Dinh (bell house) and three artificial grottoes.
Different from other churches in Vietnam, the highlight of Phat Diem stone church’s architecture is the harmonious combination between Eastern and Western architecture. All items are arranged in an overall “Vuong” – which means “King”. The space is created multidimensionally by the feng shui element with the lake in front and then the mountain behind. According to the concept of the ancients, wished that everything would go well and be peaceful for life.
After viviting the beautiful church, we will drive back to Hanoi for overnight. End of the trip in Hanoi
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