The 4 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 $33Top rated

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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