Hoi An Ancient Town Tickets 2026: Prices & Rules

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The rules here come from the visiting announcement of the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management, dated 28 January 2026, and from the Da Nang Department of Tourism's ticket page of 6 March 2026, which adds the new venue for the performances. The class details are from the GetYourGuide listings.

The quick answer

The 2026 Ancient Town ticket costs 80,000 VND (the townscape, one landmark and two more sites) or 120,000 VND (the townscape, the landmark, a museum and three more sites). One ticket covers your stay for up to 3 days, children under 16 go free, and both tickets include the cultural performances and the Night Town activities. Since 7 March 2026 the traditional art performances are at Hoai River Square.

How much is the Hoi An Ancient Town ticket in 2026?

80,000 VND or 120,000 VND, per the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management's announcement of 28 January 2026. Visitors must buy a ticket before entering the old town.

Both tickets open the townscape, the old streets of the town UNESCO listed in 1999, plus one landmark: the Japanese Covered Bridge or Quan Cong Temple. The cheaper one adds two more sites of your choice. The dearer one adds a museum from the Hoi An museum system and three more sites. Prices are in dong as printed; the GetYourGuide classes on this site are priced in USD.

The announcement now sits on the heritage center's Da Nang City domain. Since July 2025 Hoi An has been part of Da Nang City, and the town is now split into wards such as Hoi An Ward and Hoi An Dong Ward. Older signs and listing addresses may still say Quang Nam, which was the province before the merger.

What it covers	80,000 VND ticket	120,000 VND ticket
The townscape (the old streets)	Included	Included
One landmark	The Japanese Covered Bridge or Quan Cong Temple	The Japanese Covered Bridge or Quan Cong Temple
A museum	Not included	One museum of the Hoi An museum system
More sites of your choice	2	3
Performances and Night Town	Included	Included
Valid for	Your whole stay, up to 3 days	Your whole stay, up to 3 days
Children under 16	Free	Free

Which Ancient Town ticket should you buy?

The 80,000 VND ticket for a stroll, the bridge and two more sites. The 120,000 VND ticket if you want a museum and one more site.

Our take: for a first visit the cheaper ticket is plenty. You get the streets, the Japanese Covered Bridge and two sites, which is about what fits into an afternoon. If you like a museum courtyard and an extra hall, the 120,000 VND ticket is the better day, and with three days of validity you can spread it out.

Keep the stub. The announcement says that once you have used all your sites, the stub is your pass in and out of the old town for the rest of the three days. More on what to see in our Ancient Town guide.

A museum courtyard in an old Chinese-style house with a stone well — The 120,000 VND ticket adds one museum of the Hoi An museum system.

How long is the ticket valid, and who goes free?

One ticket covers your whole stay, up to 3 days. Children under 16 go free, and groups buying 8 or more tickets get a free guide.

The free list in the announcement also covers people from poor households, journalists, researchers and members of the Vietnam Heritage Association, and people with severe disabilities as defined by the government. A further list of 50% discounts applies to Vietnamese nationals in set groups, such as war veterans and the elderly, with only one discount per person.

The group rule is handy for families and friends traveling together: 8 tickets or more and the heritage center sends a guide for the old town and the sites on the ticket.

A small wooden ticket kiosk at a street corner — Buy the ticket before you walk into the old town.

Start the day at the market and on the river: a stroll through Hoi An Market, a basket boat in Cam Thanh and a class with local chefs.

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What performances does the ticket include, and where are they now?

Traditional art performances at 10.15am, 3.15pm and 4.15pm daily, at Hoai River Square since 7 March 2026, and a Japanese tea ceremony at 9.30am and 4.30pm.

The art performances used to be at 66 Bach Dang Street. The Da Nang Department of Tourism says they moved to the 2nd floor hall at Hoai River Square, 01 Cao Hong Lanh Street, Hoi An Ward, for better facilities. The tea ceremony stays at the Japanese Cultural Exhibition House on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street.

In the evening the Night Town programme fills the streets: bai choi (a sung folk game), folk games, folk singing and traditional instruments played outside. It is covered by both tickets.

When	What	Where
9.30am and 4.30pm	Japanese tea ceremony	Japanese Cultural Exhibition House, 06 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street
10.15am, 3.15pm and 4.15pm	Traditional art performance	Hoai River Square, 01 Cao Hong Lanh Street, 2nd floor hall (since 7 March 2026)
Evenings	Night Town: bai choi, folk games, folk singing, traditional instruments in the street	Around the old town
9am to 9.30pm (summer), 9am to 9pm (winter)	Pedestrian hours in the old town	The old town streets
5.30pm to 9.30pm (summer), 5.30pm to 9pm (winter)	Pedestrian hours on Phan Chau Trinh Street	Phan Chau Trinh Street

When is Hoi An Ancient Town pedestrian-only?

From 9am to 9.30pm in summer and 9am to 9pm in winter. Phan Chau Trinh Street is pedestrian-only from 5.30pm to 9.30pm in summer and to 9pm in winter.

Visitors follow the rules of the “Walking and Cycling Town”, per the announcement. In practice: walk or cycle in, and plan your class pickup or taxi for the edge of the old town during those hours.

The rainy months can also change the picture. In October and November 2025 floods closed riverside streets of the old town and the Hoai River boat services, per VnExpress International and VietNamNet. If you visit in the wet season, read our rainy season post first.

How does a cooking class fit around the Ancient Town ticket?

Easily: cook in the morning, see the old town in the afternoon and at night. The ticket lasts up to 3 days, so you never have to cram both into one day.

On the market, boat and class the full option starts with a stroll of about 25 minutes through Hoi An Market, per the listing, then goes by minivan to the Cam Thanh coconut village for the basket boat and the class at Dragon Restaurant. The coconut forest entry is included on that listing. Sabine (Oct 2026): “The walk through the market was very interesting, and we got lots of cooking tips to try at home.”

The coconut forest is a separate place with its own fee: the Bay Mau coconut forest lies about 3 km from the old town, and on your own entry costs 30,000 VND per person, per the Da Nang Department of Tourism. The from-price on the market listing is for the lowest-priced option; the full market, boat and cooking day costs more, so check the options on the listing.

Market Tour, Cooking Class & Basket Boat

The classic Hoi An morning before your old-town afternoon: the market, a basket boat with crab catching in Cam Thanh and a hands-on class with local chefs.

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