We didn't have fixed plans for here. I think we had intended to get the cruise-organised excursion to the heritage town of Hoi An but decided against it when we realised it would mean 2 hours in a coach there and back. So we decided to just go for it and emerged at Chan May port (it's pretty much a bunch of shacks) with no local currency and hardly any taxi drivers about! There was luckily one ...
Visited DaNang first and toured the Marble factory, then to the old town of Hoi An, a World Heritage town. Visited a silk factory, a Buddist Pagoda, had lunch and stopped at China Beach ...
Hoi An was worth going to, but again not enough time at port to see the whole area. One thing impressive was the silk market. So detailed work of the stitchers doing it from photos of humans! Also, they were able to do tuxedos, shirts and dresses within less than 6 hours and have it delivered to the ship. ...
We pre-organised a bike tour in Hoi An. It was Christmas Day - the weather was spectacular. We organise a private mini van pickup at port through Mrs Ha at Vietland Discovery (who I have used before and they are great). They took us to Hoi An where we booked 6 hour private cycling tour through Heaven & Earth tours. We had a magical day. This was one of my personal favourites of our trip. You ...