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Hanoi rewards visitors who ride between neighbourhoods and walk the sights, and the countryside within a day’s ride adds pagodas, craft villages, lakes and mountains.
Hanoi Routes & Sightseeing
Nobody goes to Ha Giang to see the road from Hanoi. They go for the loop — the 300-plus kilometre circuit of limestone…
Read guide: Ha Giang from Hanoi: Travel First or Begin the Ride in Hanoi?Hanoi Routes & Sightseeing
Sapa is the farthest of Hanoi’s regular weekend destinations — roughly 300–320 km of mountain road northwest of the capital — and that…
Read guide: Hanoi to Sapa: Train, Bus or a Multi-Day Motorbike Plan?Day Trips from Hanoi
You have two days, maybe one night, and you want to see Ha Long Bay. The question is not whether to go —…
Read guide: Hanoi to Ha Long: Motorbike vs Coach for a Short VisitDay Trips from Hanoi
Plan a Hanoi–Hai Phong motorcycle trip around roads that permit your actual vehicle. This guide discusses National Road 5 as a non-expressway planning…
Read guide: Hanoi to Hai Phong by Motorbike: A Non-Expressway Route ChecklistDay Trips from Hanoi
Ninh Binh is close enough to Hanoi that almost nobody flies, drives a private car, or agonizes over the trip — until they…
Read guide: Ninh Binh from Hanoi: Self-Ride or Bus and Local Rental?Day Trips from Hanoi
Hoa Binh is the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, and on a motorbike it is also the most satisfying weekend run out of Hanoi:…
Read guide: Hoa Binh from Hanoi by Motorbike: A Two-Day Route Planning GuideDay Trips from Hanoi
Van Phuc, the thousand-year-old silk village on the Nhue River, is the shortest worthwhile craft-village run you can make from central Hanoi —…
Read guide: Van Phuc Silk Village by Motorbike: A Half-Day Shopping RouteDay Trips from Hanoi
If you have seen those photographs from Vietnam — fields of deep-red incense bundles arranged like giant blooming flowers, with someone walking a…
Read guide: Quang Phu Cau Incense Village by Motorbike: Visiting and Photography ChecksDay Trips from Hanoi
Riding out to Tay Phuong Pagoda is one of the most satisfying half-day trips you can do from Hanoi on two wheels. The…
Read guide: Tay Phuong Pagoda from Hanoi by Motorbike: Steps, Parking and Return TimingDay Trips from Hanoi
Thầy Pagoda is the most rewarding temple ride within easy reach of central Hanoi — about 25–30 km southwest of the city at…
Read guide: Thay Pagoda from Hanoi by Motorbike: Arrival, Parking and Temple Etiquette09:00–21:00 daily
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