Old Quarter, Your Way
▶The film for this experience is in production. This is our illustration of its streets.Why I created this one
Some travellers arrive with a list. Others arrive with a feeling: old houses, street food at dawn, photography, one perfect gift to find. Your Way starts from that feeling instead of a fixed route. Tell us the theme and the pace, and Suzy drafts a map from the streets she films every week. You adjust it until it sounds like your day. Bao Son Travel then quotes it in writing, and a licensed guide leads it, with Suzy joining when her schedule allows. Nothing on this route is copied from a catalogue, because it begins with you.
The blank page experience: your theme, your pace, your streets. Suzy drafts the route, you adjust it, and a licensed guide walks it with you.
Suzy lives and works in Hanoi and designs every route on this site from the streets she films. She joins your day when her schedule allows; a licensed guide leads every tour, and Bao Son Travel sells and operates it.
More about SuzyThis experience is for you if…
- You have exactly one free day and a head full of wishes.
- You are returning to Hanoi and want the streets the tours skip.
- You travel with a camera, a child, or a grandparent, and the pace must fit them.
- You want one theme done properly: food, craft, history or photography.
Make it yours
This route is a starting point, not a script. Mention any of these in the planner notes and we will shape the day around you:
A sample day, hour by hour
This is a sample plan, not a promise: your guide adjusts the order and the stops to the day, the weather and your appetite.
Food, craft, history, photography, family, or a mix. Add your date, group size and the pace you enjoy, using the planner on this page.
Within 12 hours you receive a draft route built from the streets of this site, with honest notes on what each stop costs your time.
Swap streets, drop stops, add a coffee, slow the morning. The map is yours; we only flag what will not work on the ground.
The licensed company prices the agreed route line by line and confirms your guide and meeting point in writing.
Your guide leads the day you designed. Suzy joins when she can, and your stops become field notes for the channel, with your permission.
Where we meet
A famous landmark agreed in writing before your day
Your confirmation names the landmark, describes exactly where your guide stands, and includes a photo of the spot. Nobody hunts for a bare street number in this quarter.
The exact address and a photo of the meeting spot come with your written quote from Bao Son Travel, so nobody hunts for a bare street number in the Old Quarter.
Honest answers, including the limits
There is no catalogue price because there is no catalogue route. Once your draft map is agreed, Bao Son Travel sends one written, line by line quote. You pay the company, never a person, and never in chat.
Two days or more lets us draft a thoughtful route and confirm your guide. Shorter notice is sometimes possible in the pilot season; ask and we will answer honestly within 12 hours.
Almost. If a wish is not practical, not safe, or not allowed, for example entering the train street lanes at barrier times, we will say so plainly and offer the closest honest alternative.
Suzy designs every Your Way route and joins when her schedule allows. A licensed guide leads your day either way, and the route notes carry her picks and warnings.
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