Things To Do in Hoi An

1. The Marble Mountains

The "mountains" are actually a series of five marble and limestone formations, which the locals liken to the shape of a dragon at rest. For the...

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• Landmarks

2. Central Market

If you see one Vietnamese market, make it this one, by the river on the southeast side of the city. There are endless stalls of exotic foodstuffs...

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• Markets

3. Museum of Trade Ceramics

Located in a traditional house, this museum describes the origins of Hoi An as a trade port and displays its most prominent trade item. Objects...

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• Museums

4. Japanese Covered Bridge

The name of this bridge in Vietnamese, Lai Vien Kieu, means "Pagoda in Japan." No one is exactly sure who first built it in the early 1600s (it...

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• Landmarks

5. The Tran Family Home and Chapel

In 1802 a civil service mandarin named Tran Tu Nhuc built a family home and chapel to worship his ancestors. A favorite of Viet Emperor Gia Long,...

6. House of Hoi An Traditional Handicraft

This is basically a silk shop with an interesting gimmick: On the first floor you can see both a 17th-century silk loom and a working, machine-powered...

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• Landmarks

7. The Old House of Phun Hung

This private house, constructed in 1780, is two floors of combined architectural influences. The first floor's central roof is four-sided, showing...

8. Old House of Tan Ky

There have been either five or seven generations of Tans living here, depending on whom you speak with. Built over 200 years ago, the four small...

9. The Sa Huynh Culture Museum

After local farmers around Hoi An dug up some strange-looking pottery, archaeologists identified 53 sites where a pre-Cham people, called the Sa...

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• Museums

10. Quan Kong Temple

This temple was built in the early 1600s to honor a famous Chin dynasty general. Highlights inside are two gargantuan 3m-high (10-ft.) wooden statues...