Tran Family Chapel

Looking to explore a cultural spot in Hoi An? You should check out the Tran family shrine! It was built about 200 years ago and is where a Vietnamese family of Chinese descent worships their ancestors. When you go, you can not only admire the old architecture but also buy some unique souvenirs. The cool thing is, half of the shrine has been turned into a small shop where you can grab some handcrafted stuff and old Vietnamese coins.

Guide come with the visit, had the house for ourself :) There’s a boutique in the back, bought some encens as souvenir (quite pricey but still reasonable) we enjoyed the history of the house

The guide was a friendly woman who was happy to show off her family's home. She knew a lot about the architecture and the history of the place. And I found it very interesting. However, after a 10-minute tour, the site is essentially a place for them to sell their goods. They have some good stuff in there at reasonable prices. However, I didn't like paying an entry fee to walk into a place that is essentially a store.

Essentially, a pleasant old family building adapted for visitor use and souvenir selling. The free guided tours (about 5-10 minutes) discuss family ancestry and explain the architectural influences of Japan, China and Vietnam, then take you through the souvenir section where you're encouraged to buy good luck charms, tea, clothes etc, after which you're escorted back to the entrance. Unless you're specifically after souvenirs, there are better attractions to use one of your 5 ancient town passes for.

Beautiful to visit but felt slightly uncomfortable when being shown by tour guide as lots of the place is a gift shop. Would have enjoyed more if we were left to look on our own

One of the '5 ticket' places. Everyone gets a private 5-10 min tour of this small chapel which is cute. Surprisingly not very busy when we went. The gift shop of the chapel is bigger than the chapel itself and you also get a private tour of that too unfortunately.

Interesting enough walkthrough of an ancestral hall with nice bits about the architecture of the building. The majority of the tour is through a souvenir shop. The coins, while interesting as relics and collectors' items, do not have the proported "lucky" properties.

Great use of the “5 site” ticket! It comes with a 10 min guided tour that was really interesting. The lady spoke great English and answered all our questions. No wait and we had the place to ourselves.