ATTRACTIONS

It’s not hard finding things to do in Hue. The bulk of activities in town lies on the north side of the Perfume River, in the 10km-around CITADEL, where you can dress up as mandarins, walk through the re-built ‘imperial city,’ sit on US tanks, or fly a kite shaped like Batman

OTHER ATTRACTIONS in town include a down-n-dirty river market, an OK beach, and a few historic sites that date to Uncle Ho Chi Minh’s days studying in Hue as a lad.

Of course, the greatest attractions in Hue are found on DAY TRIPS just outside town — particularly the resting spots for most of the Nguyen Dynasty’s emperors (see ROYAL TOMBS), plus a few pagodas and the old ‘DMZ,’ the (very) militarized zone that split Vietnam into two from 1945 to 1975.

Also see the Hue Top 7 & One-Day Planner.