Marcel Knorr✭✭✭✭✭
a week ago
Wonderfull old town. A bit crowded.

Recommend to go after 19:00 just for a walk or earlier if you want to visit the museum and other historical buildings

V H✭✭✭✭✭
2 months ago
Crazy….Chaotic….Overwhelming….All part of the fun

However, a 3 night visit over a weekend, is more than enough, in our opinion,

Whilst we can play the haggling game with the best of them, old town has some shady vendors and whilst we found a great jacket on an outside rack with a big sign saying 200K… we ended up having to walk away, after the price miraculously went up to 500K.

Being Friday it was the start of the weekend and thus the start of the Hanoi Night Markets! Woo hoo! They more or less close off the street that runs from the lake to the Dong Xuan market and we took a long walk up one side and down the other. (I say more or less – but scooters still sneak through and terrorise shoppers.) generally enjoying the market vibe, we did all our shopping here, the shop owner and vendors were less push.

Aalishan Indian Restaurant, just opposite the hotel (gets a special mention) it was dead set brilliant! So yummy – naan bread, mango lassi and some great curries. We were making hugely happy noises as we sat there and enjoyed ourselves immensely. so much so we visited two nights running.

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