Sacred Spaces of Hanoi
Hanoi · Vietnam
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You will wander through a diverse collection of temples, churches, and shrines that define the spiritual heart of the city. This walk takes you from quiet Buddhist sanctuaries to historic places of worship by the water. It is a wonderful way to experience the deep devotion and peaceful energy woven into the urban fabric.
The walk
Quan Su Pagoda
The former embassy for Buddhist diplomats that became the headquarters of Vietnamese Buddhism.
Ngoc Son Temple
A nineteenth-century sanctuary on an islet dedicated to sages and a national hero.
Tran Quoc Pagoda
The oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, standing for nearly fifteen hundred years on a small island in West Lake.
Cua Bac Church
A rare Art Deco church blending French urban planning with traditional Vietnamese roof tiles.
Khue Van Pavilion
Khuê Văn Các is a place of worship in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kim Lien Temple
The southern guardian of old Thang Long, dedicated to the mountain god Cao Son.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
This page is the map and the itinerary. The app is the guide who walks it with you.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.