Interest Tour — Book Street, Art Museum & Galleries (Saigon Culture Walk) — Ho Chi Minh City

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Interest Tour — Book Street, Art Museum & Galleries (Saigon Culture Walk)

Half-day

4 stops · Half-day

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My Trip

From the book street beside the cathedral to an art museum in a converted colonial mansion and a Vietnamese contemporary art gallery — a quiet interest tour linking Saigon's book and art scenes. A half-day course indoor-focused to escape the heat.

Half-day4 stopsEst. budget 9,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Nguyen Van Binh Book StreetĐường Sách Nguyễn Văn Bình
District 1 · Bookstore · 40 min stay
Saigon's book street, where bookstores, secondhand shops and book cafes line a shaded pedestrian path beside the cathedral and post office. A fresh starting point peeking at local publishing culture while browsing Vietnamese books, imports and stationery.
오전
Taxi 10 min
2
Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts MuseumBảo tàng Mỹ thuật TP.HCM
District 1 · Art museum · 60 min stay
The yellow building converted from a 1930s merchant's mansion is itself a work of art. With stained glass, tiles and Vietnam's first elevator, plus war and lacquer painting collections — a place to see architecture and art at once.
Taxi 12 min
3
Galerie Quynh갤러리 뀐
Art museum · 35 min stay
A first-generation Saigon commercial gallery that has introduced Vietnamese contemporary art to the international stage. You can see emerging and mid-career artists' planned shows for free, good for checking the 'now' of Vietnamese contemporary art.
화~토 10~19시 (일·월 휴무 주의)
Taxi 10 min
4
L'Usine Concept StoreL'Usine
District 1 · Select shop · Cafe · 40 min stay
A concept store-cum-cafe curating Vietnamese local design goods, clothing and art books. As the shopping/rest endpoint of the culture walk, you can see local design sense at a glance.