Đường Lâm Ancient Village
Làng cổ Đường Lâm
An ancient village of reddish-brown stone in the western suburbs of Hanoi, with hundreds of years of old houses, communal houses and wells, and Vietnam's first nationally recognized ancient village.
Đường Lâm Ancient Village lies about 45 km west of Hanoi in Sơn Tây town. It was the first village in Vietnam to be listed as a national historical site and produced two historical kings, Ngô Quyền and Phùng Hưng. The houses and walls in the village are built from the local reddish-brown honeycomb stone. Its alleys wind through the village and preserve a number of wooden houses two or three hundred years old, the Mông Phụ communal house and old wells. Villagers still live here, and in some of the open old houses you can drink tea and taste ginger candy and maltose. A ticket is required to enter the village. You can explore by bicycle, and it is often combined with Sơn Tây Ancient Citadel and the Ngô Quyền Tomb as a day trip.
Opening hours
All day (old residence about 08:00–17:00)
Nearby sights
- Vietnam Military History Museum
- Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
- Lotte Center Hanoi Observation Deck
- West Lake (Hồ Tây)
- Trấn Quốc Pagoda
- One Pillar Pagoda
- Quán Thánh Temple
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum