HOI AN
The best of Hoi An, day and night.
The 15 most popular workshops in Hoi An, with prices, run times and who you book with. The ones worth planning a day around, and what each is actually like once you turn up.
Learn Vietnamese coffee from crop to cup in Hoi An. Make egg, salt, coconut and more using a Phin filter. 2-hour class for $14.
Most Popular“Had so much fun in this class! It was very well organised and informative.”
Make a foldable Vietnamese bamboo-silk lantern in Hoi An. Choose shapes and silk colors, learn the steps, and take it home.
“Amazing experience from start to finish. So much fun, beautifully organized, and the lanterns turned out gorgeous. The team guided us every step of the way and gave plenty of hands-on help, making our lanterns look professional despite our very limited skills. Highly recommend.”
Market shopping, bamboo basket boats, net fishing in Cam Thanh, then a hands-on Hoi An cooking class with recipes to take home.
“Hai was our chef and was good teacher. Food was great. Enjoyed coconut boats ride before cooking. Fun morning”
A small-group Hoi An food day: market shopping, bamboo basket boat crab fishing in the nipa palms, then a chef-led cooking class and meal.
“We booked this class expecting a fun, authentic experience, but it was one of the most disappointing things we did in Vietnam. From the start there was relentless upselling — we were repeatedly pushed to book more tours, visit tailor shopRead more”
Hoi An market-to-basket-boat-to-cooking class: bargain for ingredients, float through coconut palms, then make Bánh Xèo, phở, chè for $17.
“Excellent. Cooked 4 different dishes & very glad I skipped lunch tasting it all. Tried different things”
Make a foldaway silk lantern in Hoi An. Choose colors and shapes, build the bamboo frame, and taste Vietnamese tea. Take it home.
“This was a fun and low stress activity. The teachers show you what to do and then help finesse your lantern so that you end up with a very pretty result. We really enjoyed this.”
Hoi An cooking, market shopping, coconut basket boats, and crab fishing. Small group, pickup included, and you leave with recipes.
“Had a wonderful time at this cooking class and coconut boat tour. I paid extra to have a driver pick me up in Da Nang. The first stop was the local market where we learned about all the vegetables and other foods that Vietnamese like to eat. We then went for the coconut boat tour…”
Hoi An Hangcoconut tour: basket boat crab fishing in Bay Mau nipa forest, then a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class and meal.
Hoi An eco tour blends a local market, nipa coconut forest basket-boat ride, traditional fishing, and a 2-hour cooking class for one price.
“Really good experience from the local market to eating what we prepared ! Only weird point was the basket boat where we tried to fish but others (asiats) toutists were just there to sing and party… a bit strange but ok !”
A small-group Vietnamese coffee class in Hoi An where you brew 5 styles, learn the story behind egg coffee, and take home a phin filter.
“We had a great time learning about the history of coffee in Vietnam, we made 5 different coffees, my favorite was the coconut coffee, I would recommend this to anyone who is a coffee lover, we also received a lovely gift at the end.”
Make a traditional Hoi An lantern in 90 minutes. Choose fabric or paper, follow an English guide, and take home a backpack-foldable souvenir.
“We very much enjoyed making lanterns. We had a lovely class and even got to meet other people durring the process. I recommend this activity to anyone visiting Hoi An.”
Make a foldable 20-cm lantern in Hoi An, learn Vietnamese-Japanese-Chinese lantern influences, and take home a custom souvenir for $8.
“Myself and my daughter had a great time making the lantern, they were very helpful on making them, highly recommended”
Cook four classic Vietnamese dishes with an English-speaking chef in Hoi An, then eat your meal with a local family. Great value at $23.
“This was the best cooking class I’ve ever been to!”
Market shopping, river cruising, basket-boat riding, and a hands-on cooking class in Hoi An, with massage and vegetarian options.
“A jam packed experience with truly delicious food. Our 3 children 6,8,10 were able to join in as they had lovely helpers and when they tired of it they played happily nearby. There is a little bit of upselling at a few stages, but nothing major. The basket boats and river boat ride were the…”
Hands-on Vietnamese cooking in Hoi An or Da Nang with hotel transport. Cook 4 dishes, eat what you make, get practical recipes.
“Firstly, this is excellent value for money! Our lesson was really fun and interactive and our teacher took us step by step through each recipe. He also gave us some tips on cooking each dish when we’re back home too. The transportation was on time and came to our hotel. The whole morning’s experience was…”
From the lantern-lit old town to the basket boats, the cooking classes and the day trips up the coast, every way to spend your time in Hoi An.
