Depart from your hotel for a day of off-the-beaten-path exploration around Hanoi, discovering local traditions and crafts. You’ll begin in an authentic village, welcomed by your Vietnamese hostess in her traditional home surrounded by a bonsai garden. Over a welcome tea, she’ll outline the day’s itinerary before accompanying you to the local market, where you’ll select herbs, vegetables, and spices together for the cooking class.

Back at her home, you’ll prepare several Vietnamese specialties according to family recipes in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. After sharing a meal, you’ll cycle through the countryside, cross the Red River by ferry, and reach the Bat Trang craft village.

There, you’ll learn to shape ceramics alongside local artisans before strolling through the old quarter, exploring narrow alleyways, centuries-old houses, and ancestral temples. You’ll end with a local tea shared with a villager for a simple and heartfelt experience. An urban and cultural experience that reveals the authentic face of Vietnam, between living traditions and the art of living.