Highlights of Vietnam 2026-27

Departure on Emirates/Turkish Airlines scheduled flights to Hanoi - meals on board – overnight flight.

Arrival in Hanoi – transfer to the hotel – dinner at the hotel/restaurant - evening at leisure – tour leader available - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – visit of the city of Hanoi (Tran Quoc Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, once Vietnam's first university) – cooking-class experience (we explore Hanoi's market, an engaging mix of flavours, lights, voices and colours, and then in small groups, accompanied by a chef and his assistants, we prepare a few traditional dishes) – lunch with the dishes we have prepared and other typical courses - in the afternoon, visit of the Museum of Ethnology and a walk to discover the city's daily life, sampling some local foods - we continue with a fun ride by electric van or rickshaw around Hoan Kiem Lake and through the quarter of the 36 trades - visit of the Ngoc Son Temple, the famous tube houses more than a hundred metres long, and the pagodas - dinner at the hotel/restaurant – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Halong Bay - immediate boarding for a 20-hour cruise on Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, aboard a magnificent wooden junk - lunch and dinner are served on board and feature delicious fresh seafood - overnight stay on board the junk.

Breakfast on board – in the morning we continue exploring the many attractions of Halong Bay – brunch on board - return to the port and disembarkation - in the afternoon, transfer to Hanoi airport across expanses of rice paddies along the Red River delta – departure for Da Nang on a scheduled flight– on arrival, transfer to the hotel in Hoi An - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, visit of the town of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - a stroll through the town's narrow streets to discover the Chinese houses dating back more than two centuries, the Japanese bridge, the Chinese temple and the Tan Ky house – traditional lunch in a restaurant with a tasting of the village speciality – afternoon at leisure for shopping or independent activities - tour leader available - dinner at leisure in one of the typical little restaurants along the river - evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure to visit the Cham temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating from the 4th to the 13th century of the Cham Kingdom - lunch in a traditional restaurant in Da Nang - in the afternoon, transfer to the airport – departure on a scheduled flight to Ho Chi Minh City – transfer to the hotel – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – visit of the War Remnants Museum - departure for My Tho, a small town on the banks of one of the river's main branches, from where we board for a cruise on the Mekong – visit of the Vinh Trang Pagoda - navigation along the river past 4 islands – stop at Unicorn Island and visit of a fruit plantation – lunch in a restaurant – return to Ho Chi Minh City in the evening - free time for shopping – dinner at a Skybar a stone's throw from the centre, a beautiful setting in which to spend a magical evening enjoying a breathtaking view over the whole city - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, visit of Saigon (the Cathedral, the Post Office, the Chinese temple of the Jade Buddha) - departure for Cu Chi – visit of the underground village of Ben Duoc at Cu Chi, a vast network of underground galleries and narrow tunnels dug by the Viet Minh in the war against the French and later by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War against the Americans – the network lies 3–4 metres underground and runs for 200 kilometres, well organised with meeting rooms and infirmaries – today it is considered one of the greatest historic sites of the Vietnam War - lunch in a restaurant – transfer to the airport – departure on an Emirates/Turkish Airlines scheduled flight for the return home – meals on board – overnight flight.

Arrival in Italy.