Hue is known as a land with ancient beauty that is a little contemplating, deep by the traditional beauty, the history of the palaces, of royal music or things bearing the traces of ancient kings. The beauty of Hue not only stands out in the daytime but at night this land also contains its very own activities that make up the beauty of the ancient capital. In the article below, let's explore the unique experience of Hue Street at night!
1. Watch cannon shooting in Ky Dai
Ky Dai, also known as the Flagpole of Hue Citadel built in 1807 under King Gia Long. In the past, there were two guards on the ground and factory guns to arrange guns. Nowadays, visitors can come here at 20:30 every Sunday evening to see a re-demonstration of the shooting. Usually guns shoot 4 beats, and 21 beats on New Year's Eve or events like picking up the national leader.
There are currently 4 guns operating on the principle of using oil and electricity.
2. Discover Hue cuisine
Hue cuisine has a variety of dishes from day to night. After dinner, guests can visit the sidewalk tea shop and enjoy the famous roasted pork with small cassava and rice flour dumplings sweet soup. Some suggested addresses are Mo Ton Dich sweet soup, Hem sweet soup, Ngoc Hien sweet soup ... If you want to enjoy Hue beef white noodles at night, visitors can choose the restaurants on Hanoi Street. In addition, one of the favorite night food places is the bakery next to the city post office. This dish is also known as "Truong Tien noodles" because the shop used to sell at the foot of the famous bridge, open until about 2 - 3 am.
Hue Royal Cuisine
3. Take a cyclo to see the streets
An interesting means of exploring Hue that visitors should try is cyclo. Cyclists will become a tour guide, taking visitors to famous places in the city such as Truong Tien Bridge, Dong Ba market ... At each location, the cyclo will stop for guests to freely visit.
Guests can chat with cyclists to learn more about hue's culture and people. The tour usually lasts one hour, priced from 50,000 to 120,000 VND depending on the location and travel time.
4. Walking along the Huong River
In the evening, Truong Tien Bridge is illuminated by colorful LED lighting, shaded into the Huong River. Located right at the bridge pier is Nguyen Dinh Chieu walking street and a walking bridge on the wooden floor, where there is a bustling space of many restaurants, artistic activities such as flashmob dancing, live music... In addition, another walking street running along the Phu Xuan Bridge pier to Da Vien Bridge pier is also under construction and is expected to be completed this year.
5. Listen to live music in West Street
Another "not sad" night experience in Hue is exploring Tay Street on Pham Ngu Lao, Chu Van An and Vo Thi Sau. This place is a familiar address for young people and foreign tourists such as Ta Hien Streets (Hanoi) and Bui Vien Streets(Ho Chi Minh City). This is the busiest street opened from 21h - 23h, with lively space, bustling of bars, pubs, restaurants, live music cafés, clothes shops ... On weekends, it becomes a walking street from 18h - 2h the next morning (Friday and Saturday), sunday is from 18h - 24h. Some shops suggest Ta Vet, 912, Taboo, Gecko ...
Tay Streets is one of the cool, beautiful check-in points that many tourists love. Photo: Ngan Duong
6. Listen to Hue Songs on the Huong River
If you want to see the city shimmering with lights from the Huong river, you can board a dragon boat and enjoy the "specialty" of Hue. Hue Songs is the intersection, cultural attraction between court music and folk singing. A standard Hue choir usually has only one person singing with a set of 5 trees. The more colors the accompaniment, the more flattering the vocals. Tickets for hue music program in about 1 hour on the Perfume River range from 100,000 to 150,000 VND per person.
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Source: Vnexpress
