Leaving the hustle and bustle of Hanoi behind, join our suburban tour Hanoi for a few hours to discover suburb of Hanoi city within 30km from Hanoi centre by visit traditional pottery village of Bat Trang and Le Mat village, combining with an authentic lunch with hospitable local family.
8:00 AM: Our guide will pick you up from your hotel by taxi, then go to the bicycle's shop & taking bike, after short brief information about the biking trip and how to ride the bike, we start cycling to the Long Bien Bridge - the most famous bridge in Hanoi that was built by French, take photos of red river with vegetables fields. Continue riding in the dyke of the Red river, we will say good-bye with the noisy traffic by turning to the villages. Passing the villages, you can see a flush green of rice fields, cornfields and vegetable plantation areas. This is the biggest vegetable and herbs area of Hanoi. Visitors also see kumquat fruit, grape fruits and peach flower blossom here.
After more than 1 hours, we reach Bat Trang village, tourists can take a walk or join a buffalo tour for sightseeing and shopping. Besides many ceramic stores along the road in the village, tourists should visit Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market where they can directly make pottery products by themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are interested in in this pottery- making experience, and spend a whole day in the market to make a gift for family or friends.
Around 11.00 AM: Continue cycling to the Le Mat village, we will get in to Le Mat snake Village after around 45 minutes. Visit a snake farm and you can see lots of snakes being kept here. Tasting snake meat seems very strange to you but it is supposed to make people stronger. After visiting the snake farm, we continue riding to Le Mat Communal house which is dedicated the Founder of Le mat Village with a myth of rescuing the King’s daughter.
Have short break with fresh fruits or juice before cycling back hotel. Arrive Hanoi old quater around 3:00 PM.