Getting to Hue by Road

Getting to Hue by Road

Vietnam has a well-structured road-network that is of a reasonable standard, and facilitates traveling in and around the country. And, Getting to Hue by Road is one of the preferred modes of traveling to the imperial city of Hue.

The capital of the Thua Thien-Hue Province, which is 658km from Hanoi, 1,080km from Ho Chi Minh City, and 108km from Danang, has the National Highway 14, which links hue with the central highlands, thereby greatly contributing towards traveling, and Getting to Hue by Road.

Getting to Hue by Road is quite easy considering that one can use either buses, or cars for traveling on the roads. There are three bus stations in Hue, namely An Cuu, An Hoa and Dong Ba. Bus services from the south come into An Cuu station, 3km southeast of the centre along Highway 1, while buses from Hanoi and the north dump you at An Hoa station, 4km northwest on Highway 1. Minibuses are also a very popular means of Getting to Hue by Road.

There are a number of bus-tour operators who operate services that facilitate Getting to Hue by Road, such as # Sinh Cafe open-tour buses, and Kim Travel open-tour buses.

Cars are another popular means of Getting to Hue by Road. However, as self-driven car hire is not very popular, and visitors to the country have to hire a car with a driver. Yet, there are also some, if extremely rare cases where one can hire cars without drivers, but on the condition of following certain road rules.

Important things to be kept in mind by cars for Getting to Hue by Road

There are certain rules that international drivers and tourists who want to drive cars in Hue need to keep in mind -

  - Be extremely polite, taking an almost submissive approach
  - Be aware that some roads are not well lit during the night
  - Be careful while driving through villages, as they are back roads for the villagers
  - Expect you car to overheat in hilly landscape
  - Be careful, most local drivers travel on the middle of the road. Local drivers also usually drive very fast.
  - Beware of the speed limits; the driving is monitored by the authorities, and breaking rules might invoke extreme punishments.

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