An Dinh Palace Cung An Định
Khai Dinh’s palace on the An Cuu
Khải Định’s private palace on the An Cựu river, later the house of Crown Prince Vĩnh Thụy, the future Bảo Đại. Walk through the ceramic-relief gate and the octagonal Trung Lập pavilion to Khải Tường tower, a three-storey European-style castle with murals inside. Go for the late Nguyễn court in a European frame, a contrast to the Imperial City.
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The yellow facade of Khải Tường tower at An Dinh
Photo: Chainwit. · CC BY 4.0
An Dinh faces south on the An Cựu. Khải Định, then still Phụng Hóa Công, made a residence here in 1902 and rebuilt it with his own money from 1917 to early 1919. From 28 February 1922 it was the house of Crown Prince Vĩnh Thụy, later Bảo Đại. The family lived here after 1945. The grounds are 23,463 square metres.
Photo: Chainwit. · CC BY 4.0
Three buildings remain. The main gate is two storeys and three arches, with ceramic relief. Trung Lập, inside the gate, is an octagonal pavilion that held a life-size bronze of Khải Định cast in 1920. Khải Tường tower, behind it, is three storeys and 745 square metres, in the form of a European castle, with murals on the first floor.
An adult ticket is 50,000 VND, and children under 13 enter free. Hue residents and the other groups named in Resolution 55 pay half.
Getting there and around
From the south bank, follow Phan Đình Phùng along the An Cựu river to the palace gate.
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From the south bank
Phan Đình Phùng, along the An Cựu river.
Hours and fees
- Hours
16 Mar–15 Oct: 06:30–18:00, tickets until 17:30. 16 Oct–15 Mar: 07:00–17:30, tickets until 17:00 (conservation centre notice, 12 Mar 2024). Confirm the board on arrival.
- Closed
No weekly closing day on the centre’s notice.
- Admission
Adult 50,000 VND. A child from 7 to 12 is free. Under 7 is free. Hue residents and the other groups named in Resolution 55 pay half. This is not the Imperial City ticket.
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