Son Tay Citadel is located in Son Tay town, about 40km from Hanoi city centre. It was an ancient military rampart built with laterite. We at Golden Cycling Tours offer a couple of day trips offering you the chance to discover the ruins of Son Tay citadel, as well as its surrounding rural villages.

Tay Phuong Pagoda is located in Yen Village, Thach That District, Hanoi. This is the exhibition of national engraving and sculpture masterpieces. We at Golden Cycling Tours offer Hanoi day trips, half day tours offering you the chance to discover, at your own pace the pagoda as well as its surrounding rural villages. Cycling on the back roads to visit one of the most beautiful pagoda in Vietnam.

Thay Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam is located at the foot of Sai Son mountain in Quoc Oai district, Hanoi. The temple was established in the 11th century during the reign of Ly Nhan Tong of the Ly dynasty. It is dedicated to Vietnamese Thien master Tu Dao Hanh (1072-1116). Take a day bike tour Hanoi, cycling on the back roads to visit Thay pagoda as well as its surrounding villages.

Tram Gian Pagoda nestles in the shade of centuries old pine trees in Tien Lu Village, only 20km southwest from central Hanoi. The pagoda, founded in 1185 during the reign of King Ly Cao Tong, is also known as Quang Nghiem, Tien Lu or Nui and has undergone various forms of reconstruction and restoration over time. Take a day bike tour from Hanoi, cycling on the back roads to discover the temple as well as its surrounding rural villages.

Laos is now an independent state with a fairly progressive communist government which is tolerant of religion and has undertaken a programme of urbanisation and industrialisation. The fall of the USSR may well have accelerated that policy. Despite being a one party communist state

Visa travel is the norm these days but countries like Laos have realised that it is important to make them readily available to tourists on Laos travel packages. A good Laos tour operator will certainly be able to advise you about the requirements. In most cases a visa can now be obtained on arrival; the main airports in Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Pakse are the most popular places of entry and each has the facility to provide a visa if needed.

While there are similarities between the different cuisines of South East Asia, there are also several differences, country to country. The produce that chefs have throughout the region and there has been significant movement

Laos is a fascinating country to explore and even with its two distinct weather seasons, it is still a wonderful country to travel to year-round. Laos’ climate is fairly straightforward and consists

Cambodia has had a troubled past and it still remains fairly fresh in the memory. The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot were an awful regime and many atrocities were committed during their rule.

Cambodia’s majority is Khmer, an ethnic group that makes up 90% of the national population of just over 15 million. There are Khmer people also living in neighbouring Vietnam and Thailand with perhaps 1 million in Thailand and possibly many more in Vietnam, largely in the Mekong Delta?

Culture embraces a number of things; it affects the behaviour of groups of people, not necessarily a nation, and sometimes across national boundaries that did not exist through the ages. In the case of Cambodia, it is part of a wider geographical region, sometimes known as Indochina,

Cambodia’s popularity with tourists was really initiated by the backpackers, the younger generation in search of adventure and new destinations. Since that time, Cambodia has attracted a wider audience with annual numbers now in excess of 4 million, and rising. More and more people are enquiring about Cambodia holidays and talking to experts who can arrange Cambodia travel packages

Siem Reap is an excellent place to buy Cambodian souvenirs, handicrafts, textiles and art. Only Phnom Penh offers a comparable selection, but much of what is available in Siem Reap is unique to Siem Reap.

Laos is fast becoming a popular cycling destination in southeast Asia. Read these five reasons below why Laos is the best place to go cycling in Southeast Asia, and possibly the world!

Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia located between 14° and 23°N, and longitudes 100° and 108°E. The country shares its borders with Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and China. Vientiane is its capital and largest city.