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Getting around Hanoi
How to move around Hanoi on a 3-day walking trip: metro, tickets and the notes that matter.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Hanoi
Transit and walking
Follow the official link before you buy. Full walking days: Hanoi itinerary.
Rules and getting around
- The mausoleum's rules apply to the whole Ba Đình complex: modest dress, no hats inside, no photography in the mausoleum, and bags left at the free cloakroom before the queue; visitors file through in silence.Source: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board · checked Sep 2026
Questions
Quick answers
How much walking is this itinerary?
Day one is under 3 km in a straight line, day two about 4 km, both flat but on crowded pavements and across busy roads; day three is under 1 km plus two taxi rides.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Hanoi
Hanoi's centre is compact and best on foot, so the plan walks two of the three days: day one circles Hoàn Kiếm Lake, crosses to the Ngọc Sơn temple, visits the cathedral and loses itself in the Old Quarter as far as the Đồng Xuân market and the Long Biên bridge, ending with the water puppets; day two covers the Ba Đình monuments in the morning, when the mausoleum is open, then the Imperial Citadel, the Temple of Literature and Hỏa Lò Prison, ending at the Opera House; day three takes a taxi out to the Museum of Ethnology and comes back to the Quán Thánh temple, the Trấn Quốc pagoda and sunset on West Lake. The mausoleum opens only in the morning, is closed on Mondays and Fridays and shuts for about two months every autumn, so check the dates.
