Why trains are the best way to get around Vietnam...Vietnam's air-conditioned trains are safe, comfortable & inexpensive, theideal way for independent travellers to get around and see Vietnam at groundlevel. The train journeys are an experience in themselves, and become anintegral part of your visit to Vietnam. You might even meet some Vietnamesepeople. Inexperienced travellers sometimes think they'll save time by usinginternal flights - in fact, an overnight train ride from Hanoi to Hué or Danangactually saves time compared to flying, because the train leaves Hanoi citycentre in the evening and arrives in Hué city centre next morning, but it's morethan this, the train journey is a genuine Vietnamese experience, flying is awasted opportunity. Flying takes 4 or 5 hours out of your sightseeing day ingetting to a remote airport, checking in, taking the flight itself, collectingyour bags and getting back into the city centre. And the sleeper train saves ahotel bill, too.
Getting Ninh Binh & AwayThe bus station in Ninh Binh is located near the Lim Bridge, just below the overpass to Phat Diem. Regular public buses leave almost hourly for the Giap Bat bus station in Hanoi (28, 000d, 2½ hours, 93km). Ninh Binh is also a stop for open-tour buses between Hanoi (US$4, two hours) and Hué (US$6, 10 hours), which drop off and pick up passengers at some of the hotels.
Ninh Binh’s train station (673 619; 1 Ð Hoang Hoa Tham) is a scheduled stop for Reunification Express trains, with destinations including Hanoi ( two to 2½ hours, four daily), Thanh Hoa ( one to 1½ hours, three daily) and Hué (12½ to 13½ hours, three daily).
Travelling distances to the nearest major towns are 93km to Hanoi, 60km to Thanh Hoa and 49km to Thai Binh.
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