A volunteer club in Huế
Free tours of Huế with local students
Student volunteers show you the Citadel, the royal tombs and the food of Huế — in English, as friends, not as a business.
- Guiding is free
- In English
- You pay tickets, travel & your buddy’s meal
How it works
Three steps to a day with a buddy
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Book
Pick a tour and send the booking form — at least one day ahead.
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Plan
A buddy writes back and plans the day with you.
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Meet
Meet your buddy. Guiding is free; you pay tickets and transport for you and your buddy, plus your buddy’s meal.
Say hello like a local Đi mô rứa? “Where are you off to?” That’s how people in Huế greet a friend. Try it on your buddy.
Tours
Five ways to spend a day in Huế
Routes are flexible and may change — tell your buddy what you’d like to see.
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Half day
Photo: longnguyenhoang
The Citadel and one royal site
Walk the Imperial City, then add one: Thiên Mụ Pagoda, or the tomb of Minh Mạng, Tự Đức or Khải Định.
Citadel+ one site of your choice
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Full day · 1
Citadel, pagoda and market
The pagoda above the Hương River, then the city’s busiest market.
CitadelThiên Mụ PagodaĐông Ba Market
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Full day · 2
Photo: lichsunuocvietnam.com
Citadel, a poet-king’s tomb and a quiet pagoda
Tự Đức’s lakeside tomb, then a pagoda among the pines.
CitadelTự Đức tombTừ Hiếu Pagoda
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Full day · 3
Photo © Giorgio Guglielmino
Citadel and two royal tombs
Two emperors’ tombs, built in two very different styles.
CitadelKhải Định tombMinh Mạng tomb
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Evening · after 4 p.m.
The food tour: Huế on foot
Meet your buddy after 4 p.m. and eat your way through the city.
Local foodWalkingHistoryStories
From our guests
Not as a tourist, but as a friend
Let’s Hue is a great way to get to know the real Hue and meet new local friends in the process. … I’d highly recommend for you to get in touch with Let’s Hue and enjoy the city not as a tourist but as a friend.
My guide Linh was very knowledgeable and told me many things about the history of Vietnam and the citadelle. It was stunning how much she knows.
Hannah and Hoa are such a great pair of buddies to show us around the city … Great, great friends to know.
Explore Huế
Places our buddies love to show
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Royal tombs
The murals of Khải Định’s tomb
Inside the last great royal tomb of Huế, the ceiling painting Cửu Long Ẩn Vân shows nine dragons hidden in the clouds.
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Craft village
Thanh Tiên paper flowers
A village near Huế where families make paper flowers for altars and Tết.
Our buddies guide you for free. You pay your own entrance tickets and transport — and your buddy’s, plus their meal if you eat together.