Hoàn Kiếm Lake
Hoàn Kiếm Lake, also known as Sword Lake or Tả Vọng Lake, is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
Hoàn Kiếm Lake, also known as Sword Lake or Tả Vọng Lake, is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
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Worth seeing in and around Hoàn Kiếm Lake
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Presidential Palace of Vietnam
The Presidential Palace of Vietnam, located in the city of Hanoi, currently is the official residence of the president of Vietnam and the seat of the presidential office. Before 1954, it was named the Palace of the Governor-General of Indochina.
2.2 km · Vietnamese palace · Wikipedia - 02Ba Ðình Square
Ba Đình Square is the name of a square in Hanoi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. It is named after the Ba Đình Uprising, an anti-French rebellion that occurred in Vietnam in 1886–1887 as part of the Cần Vương movement.
1.9 km · square in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 03Hàng Đẫy Stadium
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, also known as Hanoi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
2 km · stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 04Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House, or the Grand Opera House is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located at August Revolution Square, anchoring the head of Tràng Tiền street.
800 m · theatre in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 05One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda, formally belongs to an architecture complex called Diên Hựu tự which means 'pagoda of extended blessings'. The pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in the central Ba Đình district, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
2.1 km · Historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, dedicated to the deity Guanyin · Wikipedia - 06Long Bien Bridge
Long Biên Bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam. It was originally called Paul Doumer Bridge.
1.7 km · bridge in Vietnam · Wikipedia - 07Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from a range of historical periods.
1.6 km · museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from every historical period · Wikipedia - 08Saint Joseph Cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic church on Nhà Chung Street, in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi, Vietnam.
400 m · church in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 09National Library of Vietnam
The National Library of Vietnam is the national library in Vietnam and it is located in Hanoi. It was established by a decree of 29 November 1917 as the central library of Indochina.
500 m · national library · Wikipedia - 10Ho Chi Minh Museum
The Ho Chi Minh Museum is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. Constructed in the late 1980s and opened in 1990, it is dedicated to the late Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam's revolutionary struggle against foreign powers.
2.2 km · museum in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hoàn Kiếm Lake
- Airports
- Noi Bai (HAN), 22 km · Cat Bi (HPH), 94 km · Nanning Wuxu (NNG), 297 km
- Stations
- Gia Lam Airport, 3.7 km · Hanoi railway station, 1.3 km · Long Biên railway station, 1.2 km · Gia Lâm railway station, 4 km
- Haiphong (Hai An) → Hoàn Kiếm Lake108 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ₫122,000–163,000
- Da Nang → Hoàn Kiếm Lake605 km · quickest by air, 4h 50m · ₫1,760,810–2,731,970
- Nanning (Jiangnan) → Hoàn Kiếm Lake317 km · quickest by road, 5h 55m · ¥145–195
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- Get inBy shuttle bus – (It is not clear if these are still running as of June 2022.) Hourly between the airport and the Tickets at the airport are sold in the building in front of which the minibuses park, or you can give the fare directly to the driver.
- Go nextThe Sapa mountain region close to the Chinese border, home to ethnic minorities, gorgeous mountain scenery, and trekking paths connecting many tiny mountain villages, is the second-most popular trip.
- Go next320 km northwest from the capital, Sapa is accessible by direct private bus services from Hanoi, which now only takes 5h30 thanks to excellent new highways; or by 8-hour train journey from Hanoi Station to Lao Cai, then onward by minibus or hired motorbike.
- Go nextTam Coc/Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh Province, is a day trip is combining heritage tourism and natural landscape tourism.
From Wikivoyage: Hanoi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Hoàn Kiếm Lake
Hoàn Kiếm Lake is 1 km from Hanoi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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