Hanoi is often the start or end point of a trip to Vietnam, and what a great welcome or farewell it is! If you have been to Hanoi or still at the initial stage of planning your Vietnam Holidays, you can easily see Hanoi Old Quarter in all the top lists of where to go or what to do in Vietnam. So, Hanoi Old Quarter is really attractive, lively and dynamic, which is reflected in the busy life of local people, the sound in the small streets and the tastes of local food. Tours of Old Quarter are truly Hanoi’s specialty and many foreign travelers take interest in theRead More →

A crowded local market always has full tastes of a region and its people. Wandering around, you can see local lifestyle, culture and culinary as well. In Hanoi – Vietnam’s Capital, all the local markets are always bustling with hundreds of stalls selling everything from morning to evening. Imagining, all home meals of the people here begin from their markets, so there is no better place for tourists to have first-hand experience of local daily life than markets when they travel to Vietnam. Here are the list of best local markets you should not miss when staying in Hanoi during your Vietnam Tour: Typical wet market in Hanoi 1.Read More →

Museums are hugely important in travel industry, and contribute significantly to a tourist’s experience when visiting a country. However, there can be a long list of reasons that many travelers do not want to visit a museum in their tour schedule. Assuming that they might have been to a disappointing museum before and the experience can be enough to put them off museum-going for a long time. In fact, when a museum is good, it can be very, very good in providing travelers a good sense of the local place and it is a great way of getting to know the history and culture ofRead More →

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In July, 2017, Nadova Tours had an on-air talk with The Great Destinations Radio Show about “Staying Safe In Vietnam” The Great Destinations Radio Show launched in May 2016. The weekly show is aimed at 35-64 year old travellers. It airs in one and two-hour versions on around sixty UK radio stations. You can hear us on FM, AM or DAB in destinations as diverse as the Scottish Highlands to the Scilly Isles and Norwich to Pembrokeshire. If you once backpacked but now expect some convenience and comfort as you learn about the history, culture, food and unique experiences around the world, this is the showRead More →

There are many excellent historic and cultural sights in Ho Chi Minh City. If this is your first time travelling to Vietnam and you are so confused of where to visit during your short time in Sai Gon. Here are some recommendations:   1. Ben Thanh Market This largest of the city’s major markets is located in the downtown area. It opened in 1914 after two years of construction. The market has a wide selection of inexpensive, locally produced garments and textiles as well as items imported from the West and Eastern Europe. At one end is a “Wet Market” with all kinds of fresh meats, fish, fruit andRead More →

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Across Vietnam, noodles are a staple. But how they’re prepared and what they’re served with varies according to the climate, history and personality of each region What’s better than the moment when you receive a steaming, aromatic bowl of noodles? Is it when you add the garnishes and that squeeze of lime that somehow always ends up on your face? Or is it that blissful moment when you finally get to eat the noodles, when it’s just you and the noodles and no one else? The noodle maker In Vietnam, noodles are the thread of daily life. From flat rice noodles (bánh phở) in theRead More →

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Nadova Tours is offering Special Summer Promotion 2017 in Vietnam and Cambodia. These promotions are guaranteed by high quality tour packages, add-on values and reasonable prices. Nadova Tours kicks off Special Summer Promotion 2017 with two tours in Vietnam and two others combining between Vietnam and Cambodia. (https://www.nadovatours.com/promotions/). Each tour is provided with unique and special value-added services. In this promotion, the offers are well selected to secure the add-on values of the tour. Each traveler will receive a free Vietnam Traditional Body Massage 60 mins at SF Spa – one of the best spas in Hanoi; one free Vietnam Traditional Gift and a freeRead More →

Water puppetry is a unique form of Vietnamese art, which has existed for more than 1000 years. We don’t know whether water puppets appear in other countries or whether they remain only in Vietnam, but we do know that they continue to spread and to gain intimacy with their audiences. In many travel guide to Vietnam, people said that “Not watching a performance of water puppetry means not traveling to Vietnam yet.” Most visitors to Vietnam should try to watch a show of water puppetry at least once. If you want to see water puppets in the true environment, you must watch them in theRead More →

A traveller’s guide to making decisions between Vietnam’s two main cities – Hanoi and Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh City. If you’re travelling to Vietnam, you may be trying to work out how to spend your time in the country’s major cities – Hanoi, the capital in the north, and Saigon, the commercial centre in the south. We’ve run a comparison between the two cities to help you make your choices. We’re into historic, tasty, photogenic places, with lots of local character – so these are the things that form the basis for our recommendations.   The verdict first Just in case you don’t haveRead More →

Finding the perfect place to shoot a major motion picture is an early issue any studio must face. Will they film in a studio? Will the jungle be computer-generated? The decision sets the aesthetic for a film and can often make or break a production.For Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of “Kong: Skull Island,” it was not a matter to be taken lightly. “I made the decision very early on that I wanted ‘Skull Island’ to be as real as possible,” he told Travel + Leisure. “I wanted it to feel like a tactile, tangible place.” Kong skull island in Vietnam Vogt-Roberts and his team made manyRead More →