ハノイの観光スポット

ハノイ旧市街は、2,000年の歴史が生き残るハノイ文化の中心地です。早朝から賑やかなこの街は、たくさんの屋台やレストラン、専門店などが立ち並び、道行く人々やオートバイの賑わいに異国情緒が感じられるエリアです。ハノイは職人の街で、同業者ごとにかたまってひとつの通りに居住したため、工芸品、銀、はしご、絹、紙などそこで生産される商品の名前が通りつけられているのもおもしろいものです。

ハノイ旧市街では、ネオ・ゴシック様式のセント・ジョセフ教会やティエンムー寺も有名です。ハノイ旧市街はかつて城門に囲まれていましたが、その有名な門の一つがクアンチュオン門です。

旧市街とは思えない魅力たっぷりのハノイの街を散策してみて下さい。

The Lake of the Restored Sword holds as big a place in local folklore as it does in Hanoi’s city culture. According to local legend, an ancient emperor was once floating along the lake when the Golden Turtle God requested his magic sword. It’s an age-old story that locals still tell to curious tourists who wander the lake’s scenic shores. It marks the divide between Hanoi’s Old Quarter and French Quarter and is also home to an endangered species of massive soft-shell turtles that gave nearby Turtle Temple its name.

Today, travelers flock to the lake to escape the hustle of the city. And while the morning hours prove a calming way to greet the day (locals like to gather at one of the many quiet cafes to sip cups of strong, sweet coffee as the sun rises), it’s worth sticking around after dark to capture pictures of Hanoi’s skyline aglow with glittering white lights.

ロンビエン橋は、フランスの建築家が設計し、1899年から1902年にかけて建設されたベトナム初の鉄橋です。ホン川（紅河）に架かるこの鉄橋は、オリジナルのシルエットはエッフェル塔を横にしたようだとも言われ、優雅な曲線も併せ持っている美しい橋です。1954年フランスとの間で戦われたインドシナ戦争では、北部から中部ベトナムへの物質輸送のために重要な役割を果たしました。ベトナム戦争時には、アメリカ軍から何度も爆撃を受け破壊されましたが、その度に修復され、戦い抜き、超大国アメリカを駆逐したシンボルとされています。

数々の歴史を背景に持つロンビエン橋ですが、鉄道線路と歩道があり、歩道には多くの屋台が立ち並んでいます。鉄橋のデザインの美しさから、ウェディング写真の撮影場所として、そして、ハノイで一番美しい日の出や夕陽が眺める場所としても有名です。

Amid the congested streets of Hanoi, the neo-Gothic facade of St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon) seems somewhat out of place. Located in the French Quarter of the Vietnamese capital fronting a small plaza near Hoan Kiem Lake, the Roman Catholic cathedral was built between 1882 and 1886, shortly after the French conquered the city.

The most striking characteristics of the building are its twin bell towers reminiscent of Notre Dame in Paris. The interior of the cathedral features stunning stained glass windows and an intricate alter where mass is held several times each day. Visitors to Hanoi around Christmastime will find the cathedral a bustle of activity, and the small plaza in the front takes on a street fair-like atmosphere.

Once used by French colonialists to house political prisoners—and later by North Vietnam to hold activists rallying for independence—what now remains of Hoa Lo Prison has become a popular destination for travelers visiting Hanoi.

Sometimes sarcastically called the “Hanoi Hilton,” Hoa Lo once held more than 2,000 prisoners in subhuman conditions within its crowded quarters. Prisoners included a number of leaders from Communist North Vietnam, as well as American pilots and soldiers during the Vietnam War. Hoa Lo became a school for revolutionaries once its prisoners were released, before being totally demolished in the 1990s. Today, the original gates to Hoa Lo lead to a replica of the prison, where travelers can tour cells, explore prison culture and better understand the conditions political captives lived under.

この霊廟には、ベトナムの民族解放と独立のために南北統一に生涯をかけた、今もベトナム国民の父として敬愛されるホーチミン主席が祀られています。霊廟には、ホーチミンの亡骸がガラスケースに安置され、ホー主席自身が独立宣言を読んだバーディン広場を臨む場所に建っています。

ホー・チ・ミン廟は、ベトナム人建築家の案を基に当時ソ連の技術面の支援を受けて建てられました。この廟は、ベトナム全土から集められた自然の素材を用いて建造されています。 ホーおじさんという愛称で親しみ深く呼ばれるホーチミンが眠る霊廟は、訪れる人の絶えることがない、極めて重要な意味を持つ場所です。 霊廟の近くには、ベトナム戦争の英雄、ホー主席に関連した資料が展示されているホーチミン博物館も隣接しています。

The Temple of Literature (or Quoc Tu Giam) was originally built as a Confucian Temple in 1070 AD. Six years later on the same grounds was founded Vietnam's first university to educate the administrative and military warrior Mandarin classes.

Over the years buildings have been added and renovated but much of the architecture dates back to the Lý (1010 - 1225) and Trần dynasties (1225 - 1400). The university operated for more than 700 years but today you can experience the tranquility without its warrior students, with its beautiful gardens and pavilions in a series of courtyards.

ドンスアン市場は、旧市街に位置する3階建てのハノイで一番活気のある大きな市場で、食品、日用雑貨、衣料品などが所狭しに陳列し、まさにベトナムらしい雰囲気が充満しいる市場です。ハノイの人々の地元の生活ぶりが見学できるお勧めの市場です。

日中は、客寄せの声が響き、値段を交渉しながら買い物を楽しむ地元の人や観光客でごった返す市場です。周辺には路上市場もあり、夜になると屋台もたくさん出て、日中よりも賑やかになります。伝統音楽、舞踊などのパフォーマンスも行われ、観劇しながら美味しいベトナム料理に舌包みを打つのもいいものです。

Legend has it that while Emperor Ly Thai Tong was troubled about being childless, he dreamt that he met the bodhisattva, Quan Am, who, sitting on a lotus flower, offered him a son. Soon after he married a peasant girl who bore him a son, and in gratitude he built the One Pillar Pagoda (or Chua Mot Cot) in the design of a lotus flower on its stem rising from a square pond.

The original temple was destroyed by the French Union in 1954, it was rebuilt on a single concrete pillar of 1.25 meter (4 foot) diameter. The temple itself is made from wood and bears a statue of Quan Am, to whom it is dedicated, inside.

Dedicated to General Tran Hung Dao, who defeated the Mongols in the 13th century, the picturesque Ngoc Son Temple on Hoam Kiem Lake is one of the most-visited temples in all of Hanoi. A brilliant red bridge connects the mainland to the temple’s tiny island, where cooling waters and shaded trees circle the place where locals gather for worship and contemplation.

Also known as the Temple of the Jade Mountain, Ngoc Son offers breathtaking lake views and picture-perfect shots of the storied Tortoise Tower, as well as a rare glimpse of richly colored wall paintings, handcrafted sculptures and the Pen Tower. Although crossing the bridge is free, there is a small fee to enter the temple.