Hanoi Capital Hotel, Hanoi

Hanoi

Advantages: Still maintains a lot of its original character
Disadvantages: very busy and chaotic traffic

Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam and is situated in the North of the country. We did a tour of Vietnam from North to south summer 2007 with a company I found on the internet. www.selectiveasia.com and I dealt with a man called Nick who was extremely helpful all along the decision making and booking process. I organized my own flights to Bangkok then from Bangkok to Hanoi with an Asian airline again on the internet www.airasia.com but there may be others, it is worth searching around. We arrived late in Hanoi and we met by our guide Thuy (pronounced two ee) who was a delightful young man about 24 years old. His parents were teachers and had lived through the Vietnam War, Thuy was too young to remember, he said. It was great to have a guide just for us as we were able to ask all kinds of quite personal questions which Thuy was ...

catsholiday 10.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Hanoi (Vietnam)

Hanoi - the sweet home town of mine

Advantages: It's a peaceful city with many beautiful sceneries
Disadvantages: there are not so many places for entertaining

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam (in the Southest Asia). It is located in the north of the country and has the population of more than 3 million people. Hanoi is almost 1000 years old (995 years old actually). The city is beautiful and people here are very friendly. +++ THE WEATHER +++ - Hanoi has 4 different seasons: autumn, spring, summer and winter (unlike Ho Chi Minh city: only dry and rainy season). However, I think the most beautiful time of the year is in the autumn. Everything is so nice: streets are filled with leaves; the smell of milk flowers follows as you walk down some streets, the weather is cool - with gently sunshine ... It's just the best time of the year. - Because the Vietnamese celebrate the Lunar New Year (same as China, Korea and Japan) - they call it "Tet" - so it'd be great if you come to Vietnam in ...

hanhhoang 17.06.2005 (21.06.2005) · Read full review
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Review of Hanoi (Vietnam)

Good morning Vietnam

Advantages: Cheap, Central location, Friendly staff
Disadvantages: Noisy

We Flew into Hanoi from Hong Kong and stayed at this hotel. This an be booked through the Hostelworld website. We got a taxi journey from the airport whch cost us 10USD to the hotel. Our flight arrived in Hanoi just after 9am and the taxi journey was around 40mins and we were allowed to check in upon arrival which is always pleasing. The hotel - Upon first impressions the hotel was a pleasent one. The Hotel staff were extremley friendly upon our arrival and spoke excellent english, which was useful as we spoke little Vietnamese. The room itself had a - Huge double bed, - Mini bar fridge (which is cheaper then the local shop) - Bath/Shower - TV with many channels - Free Breakfest - Free Fruit in your room - Free internet Thankfully as well the hotel offered a full laundry service which was badly needed after spending ...

mtpatton 11.11.2008 · Read full review
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