Vietnam Travel Hanoi - Hoan Kiem Lake 湖還劍

 Vietnam Travel Hanoi - Hoan Kiem Lake 湖還劍 (2014 1013)

Location: Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, minutes walking from Hanoi's Old Quarter

Is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha, The water color of Hoan Kiem Lake is not commonly found in other lakes elsewhere in the country: greenish, with dark or light shade depending on the reflection of the sky. The lake is full of tortoise, which is second to none to be found among Vietnamese lakes.

Entrance to the Lake


A small bright red wooden bridge - The Huc Bridge

Ngoc Son Temple - an 18th-century Buddhist temple–the Temple of the Jade Mountain

Ngoc Son Temple was built in the 18th century on Jade Island in the centre of the ‘Lake of the Returned Sword’ or Hoan Kiem Lake.

Hoan Kiem Lake



Turtle Tower - A small stone Pagoda.in the middle of the lake.

Image from Wikipedia






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