Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his former residence (closed on Monday, Friday and the whole month of Oct & Nov), One-Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature.

Lunch at local restaurant.

Continue city tour to one of the following museums (note, museums are closed on Mondays): Fine Arts Museum, History Museum, Revolutionary Museum, Military Museum, Ethnology Museum.

Continue to Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple and enjoy a one-hour cyclo tour through the tiny streets of the Old Quarters of Hanoi.