One Pillar Pagoda Chùa Một Cột

A wooden pagoda on one stone pillar

See the small wooden pagoda raised on a single stone pillar above its pond, a short walk from the citadel and the mausoleum in Ba Dinh. It takes little time, so fold it into the Ba Dinh morning rather than making a separate trip, and go in the morning, when it is reliably open.

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One Pillar Pagoda on its single pillar

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Fee25,000 VND

Get thereBeside the citadel, in Ba Dinh

Best monthsApril to June or September to December

Ba Dinh

Pagodas

The pagoda is a small wooden building on a single stone pillar, at Chua Mot Cot, Doi Can, Ba Dinh. It is also called Dien Huu and Lien Hoa Dai, and it dates to 1049, under Emperor Ly Thai To or Ly Thai Tong depending on the account.

One Pillar Pagoda and its roof above the stone pillar — The pillar and the roof from the other side of the pond

It sits in the same district as the citadel and the mausoleum but has its own gate and ticket. Walk over from the citadel and see it before late morning.

Getting there and around

Chua Mot Cot, Doi Can, Ba Dinh. Walk from the citadel or the mausoleum, or take a car or motorbike from Hoan Kiem.

If the night is in Hanoi, search Old Quarter hotels.

From the citadel

Walk to Chua Mot Cot.

From Hoan Kiem

By car or motorbike to Ba Dinh.

Hours and fees

Hours
Vietnam Tourism: Tue–Thu and Sat–Sun, summer 7:30–10:30, winter 8:00–11:00. SEA Games tourism page: daily 8:00–11:30, plus 14:00–16:00 Tue–Thu and Sat–Sun.
Admission
25,000 VND (Vietnam Tourism and the SEA Games tourism page).