Hanoi Walking Streets - Guide & Map of Attractions

Hanoi pedestrian street around Hoan Kiem Lake has been gradually becoming one of the tourist destinations of Hanoi capital, a place for people to hang out. Many streets near Hoan Kiem Lake have been used as a walking street to serve the needs of Hanoians and also foreign visitors. The Hanoi walking street aims to promote the Vietnamese culture and is really an extraordinary place for both local and visitors to chill out and relish themselves into after a stressful time. Spend your weekend to explore Hanoi pedestrian street will leave you an impressive Hanoi.

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What is Walking Street?

Walking street is officially opened in the Old Quarter in Hanoi, creating the enormous walking area in the ancient capital. Hanoi walking street is a special place to blow your mind and feel every breath of the authentic Hanoi. The walking streets include the route around Hoan Kiem Lake - the heart of Hanoi and start from Friday 6 pm until Sunday at 12 pm.
In order to distribute people in the walking street, Hanoi People’s Committee has established 78 parking spots with 17,380 m2 in total with a capacity of thousands of vehicles at the same time. There are some parking points you can send such as 15 Hai Ba Trung Street, Ly Thai To, Ngo Quyen, Quang Trung, Le Phung Hieu,…

Walking Streets in Hanoi

Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hang Khay Str., Le Thai To (From Hang Trong to Hang Khay), Le Lai (From Dinh Tien Hoang to Ly Thai To), Le Thach Str, Tran Nguyen Han Str., Dinh Le Str., Nguyen Xi Str., Trang Tien Str., Lo Su, Hang Dau, Sword Lake Street, Luong Van Can Street, Hang Bai, Bao Khanh Street.

Hanoi Walking Street Attractions

Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, become one of the best attractive places for both domestic and overseas tourists. In this time, Hanoi walking street was opened to promote tourism, and it often opens in Hanoi Old Quarter on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Folk Games

Perhaps folk games are the most interesting things about Hanoi Walking Street because there is no modern technology available, it is attractive visitors by traditional Vietnamese games. In each segment of the walking street, tourists can find many groups of people playing tug-of-war, play or kickball… and the myriad of community activities take place in Hanoi walking street and they have attracted a lot of young people participate.
These folk games in walking street not only bring an exciting and unforgettable experience but also the role of bridging and connecting people together, which bring tourists back to the childhood innocence without worry or all-purpose daily life.

Portrait Drawing at The Walking Street in Hanoi

Trekking along Ho Guom lake, it is not difficult to find a self-portrait made by painters here. The whole artwork takes only about 20 minutes to 30 minutes to complete. Moreover, when sitting as a model, the painters can tell customers a lot of interesting stories from the soulful artists.
Tourists have just paid 50,000 – 100,000 VND per portrait in the walking street around Ho Guom lake.

Street Music Performances

Strolling along the walking street in Hanoi, we can meet the groups of artists with a variety of styles and in different types of music, from the rock Latin songs to light music, orchestral music, folk music. The scenery of people standing shoulder to shoulder, swinging and singing together in the street without afraid of a car or any means of transports interrupt is gradually becoming one of the best images on Hanoi streets. There all play a vital part in the attractive pedestrian streets in foreigners’ eyes.

Best Place for Gorgeous Pictures

Nowadays, the Hanoi pedestrian street is a more and more popular place to taking photos and also wedding photos because its unique scenery of many symbols of Vietnam country people, and better still, it is convenient when there are no longer bothered by transport vehicles. Around the Sword Lake is always bustling and hustling, there are a lot of people coming here to take pictures, which helps them save the most beautiful moments.

Eating in Hanoi Walking Street

Last but not least, what to eat in Hanoi Walking Street is always on top searching when coming here. Of course, Hanoi walking street seems like a paradise of food, there stands a myriad of sidewalk dishes available cannot miss. You can try Trang Tien ice cream is famous for associated childhood memories, the dry cow dumpling familiar to the Hanoians, or hot rolls, noodles,… There are a lot of street vendor along the road, and if you travel to Ta Hien or Hang Thung street, don’t forget to eat salted chicken legs, fried potato chips and drink beer.
Besides that, many vending machines are available along the pedestrian street in Hanoi. Therefore, if you’re tired or thirsty because of walking under hot weather, you can find no difficulty to buy water and soft drinks, only from 10,000 VND per bottle.

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