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Tales of Cho Lon Cultural Walking Private Tour
Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam
$56.00
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Overview
Tales of Cho Lon is a 4-hour walking tour to explore the history, food, and culture of Cho Lon area, also referred to as Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown. Once a separate city with its own identity, modern Cho Lon is rich in stories of different Chinese communities, the influx of migrants, the diversity of culture and religious practices, and a variety of foods & drinks.
The tour will take you to assembly halls, the social-spiritual structures of different Chinese community groups, taste the street snacks, enjoy the coffee from one of the oldest coffee stands that still in business in the city. The walks is through main trading streets as well as one of the largest wholesale marketplaces in Vietnam.
The tour will take you to assembly halls, the social-spiritual structures of different Chinese community groups, taste the street snacks, enjoy the coffee from one of the oldest coffee stands that still in business in the city. The walks is through main trading streets as well as one of the largest wholesale marketplaces in Vietnam.
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Tales of Cho Lon Cultural Walking Private Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- Street food tasting
- Coffee or cold drinks at the coffee roastery
Meeting point
Our Meeting Point will be Nghia An Hoi Quan, 678 Nguyen Trai, District 5, inside the courtyard.
Return details
Our tour will conclude at Binh Tay Market.
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Our tour starts at the front courtyard of Nghia An Assembly Hall. Also known by various names such as Quan De Temple and Ong Pagoda, Nghia An Assembly Hall holds great significance within the Teochew community. It serves not only as a vital place of worship for Teochew people in Saigon but also as a precious architectural and artistic masterpiece from the late 19th to the early 20th century. This temple venerates Quan Vu, a renowned figure from the Three Kingdoms period, who symbolizes talent and moral excellence for the Chinese, hence its alternate names Quan De Temple and Ong Pagoda.
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Tuệ Thành Assembly Hall, commonly referred to as Thien Hau Temple or Ba Chua Cholon Pagoda, is a religious institution dedicated to the worship of Thien Hau, the Holy Mother. It is one of the oldest places of worship established by the Cantonese Chinese community.
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On Lang PagodaOn Lang Pagoda, also known as Ôn Lăng Assembly Hall, Quan Âm Temple, or Ông Lào Temple, is a Vietnamese-Chinese temple belong to the Hokkien Chinese community. It was dedicated to the worship of Thiên Hậu Thánh Mẫu and various folk deities of the Chinese people. Later, the hall also enshrined Quan Âm Bodhisattva, hence the name Quan Âm Temple.
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Enjoy the local market with street food, one of the oldest coffee stall in the city and a traditional Cantonese snack.
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One of the oldest churches in the Chinatown area, St Francis Xavier Church is an excellent masterpiece of Franco-Chinese architecture with Vietnamese influence.
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Binh Tay MarketAlso known as Cho Lon (the Grand Market), Binh Tay Market is famous for its unusual structure for an Asian market, with a big inner courtyard and Sino-French architecture. The market, which has been built in 1928, is one of Vietnam's most important wholesales markets. Our tour also concludes here.
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Tales of Cho Lon Cultural Walking Private Tour
Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam
$56.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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