Hue Vietnam Guide – Everything you NEED to Know

Hue Vietnam is often a stopping point for those travelers making their way from North-South or South-North. Many tourists make a stop for a day or two to take a look at the ancient city. The biggest draw here is the Citadel, which is a Chinese style town and settlement dating back to the 1800s.

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Hue Vietnam Basics:

Does Hue have an ATM?: YES

Getting to Hue

You have several options from buses, trains, planes, and taxis.  We flew due to the time it would have taken on a bus and the flight was really cheap. There is an airport in Hue but at the time of our flight it was closed, so we flew into Danang and then took a 2-hour bus to Hue.

For a detailed list of how to get from Danang to Hue click here. Our flight was under $50USD with luggage per person and took only 1 hour from Ho Chi Minh City. Once we landed in Danang it was 100,000 VD from the airport to the bus terminal, and then 60,000 for the bus to hue, and 30,000 from the bus stop in Hue to our hotel.

Make sure to always ask for a metered taxi, otherwise, you will pay much much more than needed. You could easily get a private taxi right from Danang airport to Hue, think we heard the price down to 1,000,0000 but I know this could be negotiated down further we didn’t try.

Lots of people take the sleeper buses, and they sell single-ride tickets or open tickets that will include your legs around the whole country. Lot’s of people recommended Sinh Cafe, we didn’t use them so unsure. I get car sick easily, and the buses are always honking and passing so we opted to fly, the open ticket would have been $60 per person and our flights from Ho Chi Minh-Da Nang and Da Nang-Hanoi were only $100. Flying saves days on buses too.

The train is a good option too, but the prices we were seeing online would have been more than flying.  Make sure to check the train schedules, and if possible buy your tickets at the train station to get the best prices.  Prices vary based on the class of seat your purchase, sometimes you get what you pay for.

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Highs

The Market: We had a great day just wandering around the Hue market, there is something about Asian markets.

Hue Beer: One of the better beers we had in Vietnam, and it was only found in Hue.

Lows

Weather:  We had a few great hours a day but even after some research and talking to others it sounds like the weather in Hue is notoriously bad. It’s usually misty, drizzly or outright rainy.

Attractions: The main attractions the Perfume River & the Imperial Citadel just weren’t that impressive to us. The tombs are quite a distance outside of the town, and going on a day trip or hiring a driver is a must. The entry into all the cities attractions was 180,000 VD ($9USD) valid over 2 day period.

Food: There aren’t many cheap options, coming from Ho Chi Minh we expected more options. Nothing we had was bad, we just expected more. We ate at Hot Tuna and Little Italy, as the prices were cheaper than the small local places which seemed odd to us.