Three days covers the lantern-lit old town, the beach and rice paddies around it, and the Cham ruins an hour inland.
Hoi An · 3 days Vietnam
Best time: February to April for dry, mild days.
The old townDay 1
📍9:00 AM
Japanese Covered Bridge
The sixteenth-century roofed bridge with a small temple built into its span, the emblem of the town.
🚶 ~4 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.2 mi
📍1:00 PM
Assembly halls and merchant houses
The Chinese congregation halls and two-hundred-year-old trading houses along Tran Phu, still lived in behind the shopfronts.
🚶 ~2 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 381 ft
⛴️6:30 PM
Lanterns on the Thu Bon river
The riverfront at dusk, when the silk lanterns go on and paper candles are floated on the water.
Beach and countrysideDay 2
🌳8:30 AM
An Bang Beach
The wide sand strip north of Cua Dai, calmer and less eroded, with a line of simple beach shacks behind it.
🚶 ~30 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.1 mi
📍1:00 PM
Tra Que vegetable village
A working herb-growing village between the town and the beach, farmed on seaweed fertiliser from the lagoon.
🚗 ~11 min · 3.1 mi
📍5:30 PM
Cam Thanh water coconut palms
The nipa palm waterways east of town, worked from round basket boats.
My Son and the riverDay 3
📍7:30 AM
My Son Sanctuary
A cluster of brick Hindu towers built by the Cham between the fourth and thirteenth centuries, in a valley ringed by hills. Go at opening; it is hot and exposed by ten.
🚗 ~51 min · 14 mi
📍1:30 PM
Thanh Ha pottery village
A five-hundred-year-old pottery village on the river west of town, still turning and firing by hand.
🚶 ~42 min · 🚗 ~5 min · 1.6 mi
🍽️6:00 PM
Night market on An Hoi
The lantern market across the footbridge, plus the grilled-seafood stalls behind it.
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Best time to goFebruary to April for dry, mild days. October to November is the wet season and the old town floods most years.
Getting aroundThe old town is pedestrianised for much of the day. Bicycles are the local default and most stays lend them; the beach is a flat fifteen-minute ride.
Local tip: The old town ticket covers entry to a set number of heritage houses, halls and museums. You do not need it simply to walk the streets, which is what most people actually come for.
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Day 1: The old town
9:00 AM
Japanese Covered Bridge
The sixteenth-century roofed bridge with a small temple built into its span, the emblem of the town.
1:00 PM
Assembly halls and merchant houses
The Chinese congregation halls and two-hundred-year-old trading houses along Tran Phu, still lived in behind the shopfronts.
6:30 PM
Lanterns on the Thu Bon river
The riverfront at dusk, when the silk lanterns go on and paper candles are floated on the water.
Day 2: Beach and countryside
8:30 AM
An Bang Beach
The wide sand strip north of Cua Dai, calmer and less eroded, with a line of simple beach shacks behind it.
1:00 PM
Tra Que vegetable village
A working herb-growing village between the town and the beach, farmed on seaweed fertiliser from the lagoon.
5:30 PM
Cam Thanh water coconut palms
The nipa palm waterways east of town, worked from round basket boats.
Day 3: My Son and the river
7:30 AM
My Son Sanctuary
A cluster of brick Hindu towers built by the Cham between the fourth and thirteenth centuries, in a valley ringed by hills. Go at opening; it is hot and exposed by ten.
1:30 PM
Thanh Ha pottery village
A five-hundred-year-old pottery village on the river west of town, still turning and firing by hand.
6:00 PM
Night market on An Hoi
The lantern market across the footbridge, plus the grilled-seafood stalls behind it.
Make this Hoi An plan yours
Forward your real booking confirmations to Petrel and it builds this exact day-by-day view for you: flights, hotels, reservations, live flight status, and the travel time between stops. Under a minute.
