Under each name of food or place, I also send a Google maps link, if you click on it, it will open exact location in Google maps.
Restaurant (must try: beef pho/chicken pho, grilled pork with noodles, grilled fish with noodles)
Restaurant name: Pho Khoi Hoi
Dish: Beef Pho
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yijSuTcBHgKe1BxaA
Restaurant name: Pho Tien
Dish: Chicken Pho
https://maps.app.goo.gl/oRksb3ZEShijCxtT8
Restaurant name: Pho cuon Chinh Thang
Dish: Pho rolls
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fHVM7GJ2t8YyJJ4v7
Restaurant name: Bun Cha Hang Quat
Dish: Grilled pork with noodles
https://maps.app.goo.gl/o4BG7Bpdsk3mSHrW6
Restaurant name: Cha Ca Thang Long
Dish: Grilled fish with noodles
https://maps.app.goo.gl/soxmRk15VBfdYcQq9
Restaurant name: Cua Hang an uong mau dich so 37
Various dishes of Vietnamese cuisine
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mE8PnVjuPkEDQR4J9
Coffee (must try: creamy egg coffe)
Restaurant name: Ma Xó Cafe
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SvRDZLX1uzyuLnws8
Restaurant name: Thaiyen Cafe
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CNPr91LoZ3Ws5PP8A
Places to go:
Tran Quoc Pagoda (a 1500 years-old pagoda, was the center of Buddhism in the capital city of Thang Long in Ly and Tran dynasties)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/V2fAiquQgSHqyvWt7
Quan Thanh Temple (built in Ly dynasty around 1000 years before. It’s one of 4 old temples that guarded 4 sides of Thang Long capital (name of Hanoi in Ly dynasty))
https://maps.app.goo.gl/L1EtNL4p58eMD8dD7
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (Vietnam president during wars against French and American, his body is kept intact inside, you can go in the mausoleum to visit him)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/md6aZeo3hbnX1Zh56
Temple Of Literature (Vietnam’s first national university, built in Ly dynasty around 1000 years ago)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JJYuVcjJnUitVw2L8
Hoa Lo Prison Relic (built by French)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GsXMhqLSCVcnNZyc9
Recommend if you have half a day to explore Hanoi:
Catch a 2 floors bus, which take you to the most famous places, you buy the ticket for one time,
at each stop you can go off, and then catch another bus of the same company later to go to the next stop.
https://hopon-hopoff.vn/tours/hanoi-city-tour-hop-on-hop-off-2
