The 9 Best Sightseeing Bus Tours in Hanoi

1.City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 611 reviews · 1 - 2 days · from $19Our pick

Use a 24 or 48-hour open-top bus pass to see Hanoi’s old quarter, temples, museums, lake, mausoleum, and French colonial sights. You can hop off at 13 stops, then rejoin the route. Audio is offered in eight languages, and the bus provides WiFi, guidebooks, rain ponchos, and conical hats when needed.

“I like the general information provided about the city. the bus was comfortable. Multiple start points could have been listed. We walked further to get to the initial starting point.”

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2.City Sightseeing Hanoi Hop-on-Hop-off Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 53 reviews · from $38

See Hanoi from an open-top bus on a 13-stop loop linking the Opera House, Temple of Literature, Vietnam Women’s Museum, and Hoa Lo Prison. You get audio commentary, onboard Wi-Fi, a map with local discounts, and flexible hop-on access. Allow up to 90 minutes for the full circuit, but check timing carefully because buses run about once an hour.

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3.Retro Hop-on-hop-off Bonbon City Tour: Classic Package

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 32 reviews · from $20

Use a yellow retro bus to reach nine Hanoi sights, from the Imperial Citadel and Long Bien Bridge to the Temple of Literature and Ho Chi Minh Museum. Your 24-hour pass includes WiFi, air conditioning, multilingual audio, an English-speaking local ambassador, a brochure, and partner vouchers. Check the bus is operating before relying on it.

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4.Hanoi City Tour: Bat Trang, Train Street, Lunch & Luxury Bus

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 15 reviews · from $33

Start with Hanoi’s Hoa Lo Prison, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and Ba Dinh Square, then watch the railway at Train Street over lunch. The full-day option adds the Temple of Literature and Bat Trang Pottery Village, where you make one ceramic sample. Hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, tickets, lunch, and limousine-bus transport are included.

“Great arrangements. Excellent communication beforehand, so nothing could go wrong. Location sent via app. Top notch. The tour was fun and we saw a lot thanks to Tie.”

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5.Hanoi Exclusive Craft Beer Bus: Cultural Sightseeing Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $32Top rated

Spend four hours exploring Hanoi with an English-speaking guide and up to seven other participants. You will visit Train Street, St. Joseph Cathedral, Dong Xuan Market, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, West Lake, and Tran Quoc Pagoda, with banh mi and 3 to 5 local beers included. Guides such as Paul, Mike, Radley, and Daphne are known for friendly local insight.

“Interesting tour seeing Hanoi landmarks while drinking beer. Picked up at a small restaurant and served banh mi and my first beer. The highlight was ending the tour at Train Street and watching the train pass you within arm's length. Very friendly tour guide and bus driver.”

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6.Hanoi Highlight Full Day City Tour By Bus

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 7 reviews · from $36

Spend eight hours seeing Hanoi’s main sights with an English-speaking guide, including Tran Quoc Pagoda, the Ho Chi Minh complex, the Ethnology Museum, Temple of Literature, and Ngoc Son Temple. A Vietnamese lunch with eight dishes, hotel pickup, transport, and entrance fees are included. Puppet theater tickets cost extra.

“was a great experience to know more about vietnam culture and some of their history, the food was a lot of food and delicious. its a great option to meet the highlight of the city.”

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7.Best Of Hanoi City Tour With Incense Village-Small Group Bus

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 day · from $28

Travel by air-conditioned limousine bus from Hanoi’s Old Quarter to Quang Phu Cau Incense Village, then visit Train Street, Hoa Lo Prison, the Temple of Literature, Ba Dinh Square, and Tran Quoc Pagoda. An English-speaking guide, local lunch, egg coffee, entrance fees, and hotel pickup are included.

“Trinh was knowledgeable, most importantly flexible and fluent in English. He knew Hanoi well, his scooter skills and comfort level maneuvering with 220 lb me on the back were impressive. I would not have had such an immersive, insightful visit to Hanoi without Trinh. Many thanks for making my journey through Vietnam so meaningful.”

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8.Retro Hop-on-hop-off Bonbon City Tour: Premium Package

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · from $30

Use a 48-hour BonBon pass to visit Hanoi landmarks by air-conditioned yellow retro bus. Local English-speaking ambassadors ride onboard, while audio is available in six languages. Hop off at the Imperial Citadel, Long Bien Bridge, museums, pagodas, and the Temple of Literature, then continue when the next bus arrives.

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9.Hanoi Exclusive Craft Beer Bus: Cultural Sightseeing City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $35

See Hanoi’s cathedral, Opera House, Dong Xuan Market, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Tran Quoc Pagoda, West Lake, and Train Street from an open-top mini bus. An English-speaking guide such as Rad leads the outing, with 3 liters of beer per person, a local banh mi, and a traditional Water Puppet Show included.

“The beer was so fresh. We had a great time on the bus with Rad. He did a good job introducing the city to us. It was nice making friends with new people.”

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