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Hanoi

A thousand-year capital where French elegance meets Vietnamese soul.

3-4 nights recommendedOctober-December (cool and dry), March-April (spring)Plan this chapter →

Hanoi is a city of layered beauty: crumbling French villas draped in bougainvillea, the mesmerising choreography of motorbike traffic, and the scent of pho drifting from every alley. The Old Quarter's 36 guild streets still hum with the trades that named them centuries ago.

We also reach the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Train Street, and the karsts of Ninh Binh at Trang An, arriving via Noi Bai (HAN).

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Culture Seekers · Food Lovers · History Buffs

Hanoi, A thousand-year capital where French elegance meets Vietnamese soul.
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The Stay

Heritage properties and design hotels.

Sofitel Legend Metropole

  • Heritage wing
  • Le Beaulieu
  • Bambou Bar

Capella Hanoi

  • Opera-themed suites
  • Backstage restaurant
  • Intimate scale

Hotel de l'Opera Hanoi

  • Rooftop pool
  • Central location
  • Art Deco interiors
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The Palate

  • 01Dawn pho at a sidewalk stall with a 40-year queue
  • 02Private cooking class in a courtyard villa
  • 03Bun cha at Obama's table in Lê Văn Hưu
  • 04Egg coffee at Giang, the original since 1946
03
The Stillness

  • 01Hoan Kiem Lake at dawn, tai chi on the shore
  • 02Temple of Literature in morning silence
  • 03Water puppet theatre, a tradition from the rice paddies
  • 04West Lake pagoda at sunset
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