There are 18 buildings in the Ancient Town of Hoi An that have been opened up to the public for viewing. The catch however is that you have to buy a ticket to see them. The cost of the ticket is VND 120,000 which gives you the opportunity to visit 5 buildings within a span of 24 hours.

Getting to these ticket counters is easy enough. They are setup at all the major entrances to the Old town. Visitors are forced to buy the ticket to enter. At first we decided to use the alleyways to move around the check posts and get into the old town of Hoi An. That worked pretty well until we realized that we couldn’t pay an entry pass at each building individually. You have to buy the main pass. That meant that we had to walk back to the check posts to get one.

The validity of the ticket however seemed to be flexible because we showed them our ticket when entering the next day and we were not questioned.