A landscape of limestone peaks rising from rice fields and rivers, called 'Ha Long Bay on land', a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Take a rowing-boat trip through caves at Tràng An or Tam Cốc, and climb the 500 steps of Hang Múa for a view.
The ancient capital Hoa Lư and the huge Bái Đính pagoda are nearby. It's about 2 hours from Hanoi; stay a night.
A green, peaceful valley of rice terraces, bamboo forests and Thai and Muong villages of stilt houses, about 4 hours south-west of Hanoi.
Founded in 1070 as a temple to Confucius, it later became Vietnam's first university.
The lake at the heart of Hanoi, where, legend says, a golden turtle took back a magic sword from Emperor Lê Lợi after he drove out the Chinese.
Nearly 2,000 limestone islands and pillars rise from the emerald water of the Gulf of Tonkin, making one of the most spectacular seascapes in the wor…
One of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam, created by a dam in the 1970s, with more than 1,300 forested islands.
A karst national park with some of the world's largest caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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