Thua Thien Hue Province

With Hue City is a focus in Thua Thien – Hue Province, almost visitors know about the historical value and the ancient features of this destination if have chane to come. Thua Thien – Hue Province is a coastal province located in the north of the Middle of Vietnam. It borders the East Sea in the east and Laos in the west.

How to get in

             From Ha Noi:

-    By flight: there are 3 flights per day from Ha Noi to Hue. It takes you about 70 minutes. The aiport in Hue is Phu Bai Airport, you will spend about 30 minutes from this aiport to the center of Hue City. You can book the flights in offices in Ha Noi center or use booking online in the airlines. It is very easy. For the moving from Phu Bai Airport to Hue center, you can take a bus or taxi.

-        By train: there are many trains from Ha Noi to Hue, you can book your ticket at some agencies in Ha Noi Center or book directly at the station in 120 Le Duan Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi. Its telephone number is 04 39423697.

-      By bus: it takes you about 14 hours for transfer from Ha Noi to Hue by bus. You can book a ticket in some offices in Ha Noi as below:

 Hoang Long: 1A Nam Dong Street, Dong Da District, Ha Noi; Tel: 04 66726080

 Hung Thanh: 287 Tran Khat Chan Street, Thanh Nhan Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Ha Noi; Tel: 04 36337575

The Sinh Tourist: 64 Tran Nhat Duat Street, Ha Noi; Tel: 04 39290394 or 52 Luong Ngoc Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi; Tel: 04 39261568

           From Ho Chi Minh City:

-       By flight: there are 4-5 flights per day from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue City. It takes you about 80 minutes and you will spend 25 – 30 minutes from Phu Bai airport to Hue Center by bus or taxi.

-      By train: there are different table time for train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue. You can book your ticket at Sai Gon Station in 01 Nguyen Thong Street, District 3 in Ho Chi Minh City with its telephong number 08 39318952 or Sai Gon Railway at 136 Ham Nghi Street, District 1; Tel: 08 39318952.

-        By bus: it takes you about 18 hours for transfer from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue by bus. you can book a ticket in some offices in Ho Chi Minh City as below:

Phuong Trang: 272 De Tham Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City; Tel: 08 38309309

Hanh café : 229 Pham Ngu Lao Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City; Tel: 08 39205679

The Sinh Tourist: 246-248 De Tham Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City; Tel: 08 38389597

             From Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province:

-      By train: It takes you about 12 hours for transfer by train from Nha Trang to Hue. There is a lot of trains for this route and you can book a ticket at Nha Trang Station in 17 Thai Nguyen Street, Phuoc Tan Ward, Nha Trang City; Tel: 058 3822113.

-        By bus: It takes you about 14 hours for transfer by bus from Nha Trang to Hue. You can book your ticket at some offices of:

Phuong Trang: 07 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Nha Trang City; Tel: 058 3812812

Hanh café : 10 Hung Vuong Street, Nha Trang City; Tel: 058 3527467

The Sinh Tourist: 90C Hung Vuong Street, Nha Trang City; Tel: 058 3524329

From Da Nang City:

-        By train: Da Nang is far from Hue about 112km, so it takes you just about more than 3 hours for transfer by train. You can book train ticket in Da Nang Station at 202 Hai Phong Street, Tel: 05113 823810

-      By bus: It takes you about 2 hours from Da Nang to Hue by bus. You can book your ticket at:

Phuong Trang: 201 Ton Duc Thanh Street, Da Nang City; Tel: 05113 786786

Hanh café : 105 3/2 Street, Da Nang City; Tel: 05113 525052

The Sinh Tourist: 154 Bach Dang Street, Da Nang City; Tel: 05113 843259

-       By motobike: It takes you about 2 hours to 3 hours from Da Nang to Hue. The time for transfer by motobike depends on that how long you stop on Hai Van Pass or on the road for contemplating the scenes. This mean is for visitors who know about the road from Da Nang to Hue and shoud drive on daytime for safety. In Da Nang city, there are many offices supplying motobike rental that you can hire.

Go around

-          For tourist attractions: there is a lot of beautiful sites for your visiting in Thua Thien – Hue Province or Hue City. It must be Huong River called Perfume River which is very romantic with its lightly undulate waves, and then Ngu Binh Mountain, Vong Canh Hill, Hue Citedal, Truc Lam Bach Ma Pagoda, Thuan An Beach, Canh Duong Beach, Bach Ma Mountain, ect.

-       Pagodas in Hue: It is considered the land of pagodas, you can find out many pagodas in Hue with ancient architecture, quiet and calm space. The most famous pagoda here is Thien Mu Pagoda. It is a symbol of Thua Thien – Hue Province. Beside you can visit the other ones like Linh Quang Pagoda, Dieu Vien Pagoda, Huyen Khong Pagoda and serveral tens of pagodas located in this province.

-        Garden Houses in Hue: this is one of the special features of Hue that cannot find out in the other provinces with the similar. There are famous garden house in Hue with their impressive architecture and structure as An Hien Garden House, Lac Tinh Garden House, Y Thao Garden House, Ngoc Son Princess Garden House, ect.

To transfer in Thua Thien – Hue and visit your love destinations, you can take a bus or motobike. In Hue city, many visitors love to transfer by cyclo to enjoy clearly the beatiful site also the atmosphere here.

The Weather

The weather in Thua Thien – Hue Province is the tropical monsoon climate. It is two seasons per year with rain season from August to January and the restime be dry season. For travelling, you should visit Hue in the dry time to avoid the heavy rains, storms and very strong winds in the rain season.

The best time for visiting Thua Thien – Hue Province is in April with the most pleasant weather. Beside this is the time for Hue Festival, so it will bring you unforgettable experiences when you join it.  

Food and drink

For food: Hue cuisine is considered the treasure of Vietnamese cuisine. There are more than 1000 dishes in which include traditional dishes, royal dishes, simple dishes and vegetarian dishes cooked in Hue style. If you visit Thua Thien – Hue province, don’t miss chance to taste some specialities in Hue as Com hen – Hue mussel rice, Bun bo Hue – Hue style beef noodle soup, Banh beo – bloating fern cakes, Banh uot thit nuong – Steamed rice pancakes with grilled pork, Banh khoai – Plain rice flan, Banh bot loc – Tapioca starch with shrimp cakes, Banh nam – flat rice flour dumpling, Tom chua – Hue sour shrimp, Hue sweet soups, ect.

There are some restaurants in Hue for your reference:

Hang Me: 45 Vo Thi Sau Street. This is family restaurant where serves Hue cakes

Lac Thien: in Dinh Tien Hoang Street, serves plain rice flan

Huyen Anh: 207 Kim Long, serves steamed rice pancakes with grilled pork

Ms Tam family restaurant: 43 Nguyen Cong Tru Street, serves Hue style beef noodle soup.

Lien Hoa Thu Quan: 03 Le Quy Don, serve vegetatian dishes

Tinh Tam : 04 Chu Van An, serve vegetarian dishes

Royal Sweet Soup: 31 Nguyen Hue

Che Hem: 17 Hung Vuong Street, serve Hue sweet soups

And some family restaurants in Han Mac Tu Street and Truong Dinh Street, serve Hue mussel rice, Hue mussel noodle, Hue fried mussel, ect.

For drink: Hue drinks are popular with rice wine, gingseng wine, lotus seed core tea and green tea. You can enjoy rice wine in some family restaurants together with some Hue dishes. For tasting tea, there will be some café for you to try.

Here are some café addresses in Hue for your reference:

The King’s Panorama Bar: 08 Hung Vuong, Tel: 054 3882222

Bar – café Tinh Hue: Bai Boi, Vi Da Ward ; Tel : 054 3888999

Thon Vy Cafe : 06 Tuy Ly Vuong Street, Tel: 054 3938166

Staying

It is not difficult for you to find out some good hotels in Thua Thien – Hue Province and in Hue City especially. For your high class, the hotels you may concern as La Residence located in 05 Le Loi Street, Parkview Hotel in Ngo Quyen Street, Sai Gon Morin in 30 Le Loi Street, Mondial Hotel in 17 Nguyen Hue Street, ect.

There are some hotels in 3 stars that many visitors love to stay in Hue as Festival Hotel in 15 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, New Star Hotel in 36 Chu Van An Street, Asia Hotel in 17 Pham Ngu Lao Street, Ngoc Huong Hotel in 10 Chu Van An Street, ect.

Shopping

The most popular place for your shooping is Dong Ba Market located not far from Hue Center. Here you can find a lot of specialities and products of Hue like green bean cake, sour shrimp, sesame candy, Hue conical hat, embroidered picture, ect. Beside you can come to An Cuu Market in 49 Hung Vuong Street, Ben Ngu Market in Phan Boi Chau Street and some souvenir shops in Hung Vuong Street or Tran Hung Dao Street, ect.

Culture, Holidays and People

Thua Thien – Hue Province is called the royal land where the culture has its very important role in Vietnamese history. You can find the ancient, diversified and traditional features in the culture of this area. Beside the local traits are maintained by the time, so anyone who comes to Hue, feel the calm and profound factors that clearly to be in the life of Hue people.

Hue women who are charming with sweet voice and very clever with their cooking in the kitchen. Hue people are kindly and pleasant to welcome all guests who come to the romantic land and rich in history also architecture. So if you have chane to visit Thua Thien – Hue province and Hue City. to be sure that you love this land at first.

In Hue, there are several tens of holidays in which include royal holidays, popular holidays that happen all year round, so you will have the chances to know about some holidays here when you visit Hue in any time. Especially, for several year, there is Hue Festival be organized in large scale. This national event attracts millions of visitors who come to Hue.