Hue Trips & Tours

Full to the brim of temples and tombs, pagodas and palaces, Hue, in the central-eastern region of Vietnam, is an architectural delight. In 1945 the last of the Nguyen emperors, Bao Dai, abdicated from the throne and the city was left to crumble into nothing. In the 1990s the People’s Committee of Vietnam declared the city a UNESCO World Heritage Site and began an immense project of restoration. Today, you’ll probably be drawn to visit the Imperial Citadel, an impressive fortress modelled on Bejing’s Forbidden City and perched on the banks of the pretty Perfume River. Stay a while longer and you’ll uncover the gems: the seven-storey octagonal tower of the Thien Mu Pagoda, the extravagant mausoleums of Tu Duc and Khai Dinh, and countless examples of royal buildings, Vietnamese artefacts and the famous garden houses. And, if there’s any time left, a royal Hue afternoon tea on the banks of the river is a rather lovely addition…