{"id":2454,"date":"2024-05-07T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saigonstudenttour.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:46:43","slug":"how-to-spend-3-days-in-ho-chi-minh-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/how-to-spend-3-days-in-ho-chi-minh-city\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spend 3 Days in Ho Chi Minh City"},"content":{"rendered":"You can check off the city\u2019s signature sights, feast on street food, take a cooking course, explore the Cu Chi Tunnels and the countryside around them, cruise the Mekong Delta, and discover a uniquely Vietnamese religion: Cao Dai. Here\u2019s how.<\/span>\r\n

Day 1: Streets and Eats<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nSpend your first day exploring Ho Chi Minh City and feasting on Vietnamese fare. Start with a cooking class that includes a market tour: Soak up the sights and scents of a traditional produce market, then prepare a multi course lunch. Replete, head out on a tour of the city\u2019s signature sights, including contemporary landmarks such as Reunification Palace and colonial-era gems such as the Central Post Office. As night falls, extend your Vietnamese food adventures with a street food tour<\/a> of the heart of the city, traveling by foot or scooter. Cap off the night with a freshly brewed bia hoi draft beer.<\/span>\r\n

Day 2: Tunnels and Temples<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nOn your second day in Ho Chi Minh City, delve deep into the era of the Vietnam War\u2014or, as the Vietnamese call it, the American War. Start with a trip to the War Remnants Museum, where moving displays tell the tale of this tragic conflict. Then travel through the countryside to the Cu Chi Tunnels<\/a>, a war-era underground maze of narrow, low tunnels where Vietnamese freedom fighters lived, fought, and died. Consider a speedboat tour that brings you into the unspoiled countryside around the tunnels, or make a stop at the Cao Dai Temple, Vietnam\u2019s homegrown Vatican. Wrap up the day with a dinner cruise along the Saigon River.<\/span>\r\n

Day 3: Watery Wonders<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nDevote your third day in Ho Chi Minh City to discovering the Mekong Delta and its palm-fringed canals, slender waterways, and tropical orchards. Some cruises include a stop at one of the delta\u2019s photogenic floating markets; others offer visits to islands where you can cycle through the countryside. Alternatively, for a different perspective on the river, explore the mangrove swamps of the Can Gio Biosphere Reserve. Back in the city, catch an early dinner at a modern Vietnamese restaurant before discovering the nation\u2019s answer to Cirque du Soleil: the magical A O Show. Cocktails in a rooftop bar make the perfect farewell to the city.<\/span>\r\n\r\nRead more about our best sell tour<\/span> HERE<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can check off the city\u2019s signature sights, feast on street food, take a cooking course, explore the Cu Chi Tunnels and the countryside around them, cruise the Mekong Delta, and discover a uniquely Vietnamese religion: Cao Dai. Here\u2019s how. Day 1: Streets and Eats Spend your first day exploring Ho Chi Minh City and […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plan-your-trip"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}