Elios Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
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233 Pham Ngu Lao St., Dist. 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, (84-8)8385585
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After a crazy finish of the year (work wise) time for holidays finally had come. After I had showed Betty the places where I grew up in Germany, we now swapped roles and she played my tourist guide and translator in Vietnam. Start of our trip was Saigon, where Betty spent the first 8 years of her life. We were confronted with our first challenge straight away: my backpack didn't make it, Jetstar had misplaced the luggage. Dead tired after a long flight and discussions with the lost & foun...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam birkborkasson
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam chrismole
Aujourd'hui, rien de special a part l'arrivee d'Eric. J'ai fait le check-out de l'hotel pour aller a un autre 100m plus loin. Je l'avais reserve auparavant pour avoir 2 lits jumeaux. En attendant qu'Eric arrive je me suis comme d'habitude ballade en ville en essayant de ne pas me perdre pour cette fois. J'ai encore mange un pho vers les 16h puis je suis retourne a l'hotel. Eric a debarque un peu plus tard toujours avec sa bonne tete. On s'est vu pour la derniere fois, il y a un an a Tokyo. Ap...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam kukais
Ces derniers jours, nous n'avons pas fait grand chose a part errer dans les rues d'Ho Chi Minh City en regardant comment vivait la population locale. C'est la periode du nouvel an chinois ou fete du Tet en l'occurence pour le Vietnam. Cette fete dure 1 semaine chez les viet. Je m'attendais a de grandes festivites mais finalement j'etais bien optimiste. En fait d'apres ce que j'ai vu, les gens sont tres tres nombreux a sortir le soir pour se promener dans les rues et a se prendre en photo deva...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam kukais
After a good breakfast the remaining 5 of us, plus our tour leader, headed off to the public bus station to catch the bus to Ho Chi Minh City from Phnom Penh, a trip that would take about 7 hours in total. Little did we know that we would be given a boxed breakfast on board. This consisted of a pastry that tasted like an Australian pasty (no sauce sadly, cos it was a bit difficult getting down), and a freshly baked sugar donut. On board was a driver, a relief driver (for a 7 hour trip???) and...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam magswift
After a relaxing sleep and a simple breakfast I was collected for the drive out to Cu Chi tunnels. It took about an hour or so to get there. Felt very 'special' as I was in a car with a guide all to myself. One of the good things about being older is that you are shown tremendous respect everywhere here, so I'm lapping that up. Would like more of the same when I get home too please. The tunnel system was used by the Vietnamese guerilla fighters during the war (called the American War here). I...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam magswift
After breakfast I was collected by my guide and driver and driven to Vung Tau. thsi trip took us out along highway 51 which passes through a more industrial zone of the city. On arrival we colllected a local guide who showed me around the former Australian Army base at Nui Dat. All of the buildings are gone but you can see where they were. The former airstrip is now a road, and there are eucalyptus trees planted along side it. We stopped at the war memorial which marks the battle of Long Tan ...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam magswift
If we thought the journey to CT was exciting, the jouney from CT to Saigon was just as good, if not better - but by boat. The boat was packed with about 30 passengers with all the luggage strapped on the roof. Powerful twin engines kept us speeding at over 35 knots as we took a tortuous path across the delta. Some parts were extremely busy with other river traffic, but this did not deter our captain (very impressive in his starched white uniform with four bars on his epaulets). Despite the tr...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam rosandjohn
Final train journey- a good trip with so much to see. Arrived at HCMC at rush hour-streets crammed. But arrived at great Hotel and had to sort rest of my trip.
Jill goes home I will miss her company. Tomorrow I go to the Mekong Delta
Historical Traveler Reviews of Elios Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
Un servicio de 1ª clase en un 3 estrellas
Hotel Elios, the preferred choice in Saigon
LOCATION
Hotel Elios is located in the backpacker's area of Pham Ngu Lao. The location comes alive at night and very much the choice for many Westerners. There are many hotels around, restaurants, bars, pubs, and even a convenient store. It's just 15 mins walk to Ben Tanh Market (too dangerous to cross roads). 5 mins by bike. Hotel Elios is just footsteps away to the departure and waiting area to Cu Chi Tunnel tours. By 7.30am, there are many buses to pick up passengers. This makes Pham Ngu Lao the most happening tourist area in HCMC, and Hotel Elios gets the prime lot in the area.
ROOM
Standard, Superior or Deluxe rooms, ranges from USD$30 - $50. I had Superior and Deluxe rooms and both rooms have bathub. Rooms are huge, with clean beds. Everything is new including curtains, sofa, air-con unit, tv and mini bar. Like most hotels in HCMC, every level of Hotel Elios is equipped with Wi-FI access point. Dexlue room has a huge window overlooking the park below, while superior rooms do have a smaller window. In general, the room is exceptionally clean and gives you a nice feeling.
ROOFTOP RESTAURANT
The restaurant is located on the top flloor (probably 11th). It's airconditioned, and it has access to the outdoor balcony which overlooks the skyline of HCMC. From there you can see Ben Tanh, New World Hotel, etc. Beautiful skyline at night, I believe there are 4 hotels in Pham Ngu Lao have such rooftop restaurant. Breakfast is served there, very pleasant, and fried rice is my favourite. Some say better than Singapore's Newton Circus and Lau Pa Sat (for your info SydneyWombat).
GYM
There's a small gym, quite cool as it is located one level below the rooftop and hence, it offers view of the city.
SWIMMING POOL
Not available
OVERALL
It's a nice hotel to stay. The staff do greet you everytime when you enter the hotel. There was once, it was drizzling and the hotel boy, brought me an umbrella and escorted me to flag a taxi. For that, I thanked him and the next morning, was glad to see his friendly smile. I gave him a gift, and he was delighted.
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Brandneuer Juwel!
OK zum Discountpreis
Clean room, comfy bed and great shower!
The room was a good size, with a very comfy bed with duvet. There is cable TV with a wide variety of channels and the bathroom had an excellent shower and was very clean.
We found the staff pleasant and helpful. The breakfast menu is limited - noodle soup, rice soup, eggs with toast or fruit, but to be honest we tend to have eggs most mornings for breakfast anyway!
We would definitely recommend staying here.
Saubere Zimmer, bequemes Bett und super Dusche!
OK at the discounted rates
Rooms are clean and nicely furnished but lack some amenities (kettle, safe in the room) that other hotels seem to supply as standard.
Breakfast is basic as previous poster has noted but as the hotel is near the backpacker district there are plenty of nearby cafes where you can get something more appetising.
Free internet access available from 3 terminals in the breakfast area.
During the day, there was some construction noise from work going on at the adjacent building - which, even with ear plugs, hindered a few of my afternoon nap plans!
Overall - OK at the discounted rates but if you are paying full whack you might be able to get better elsewhere.
Un petit bijou flambant neuf
Il n'était ouvert que depuis quelques semaines. Les chambres étaient propres, bien équipées et avec des accessoires de bonne qualité. La douche était super.
Il n'y avait que des chambres standard lorsque nous sommes arrivés. La nôtre était petite et sans fenêtre. Puis nous avons pris une chambre Supérieure qui était plus grande et qui avait une fenêtre donnant sur la rue.
Le buffet du petit déjeuner était assez limité et pas de toute première fraîcheur mais ils servaient des oeufs et de la soupe chinoise à la commande et c'était très bon.
À ce tarif, 24 USD pour une chambre standard et 32 USD pour une supérieure, cet hôtel est d'un excellent rapport qualité/prix pour Saigon.
Brand new gem
It had only been open a few weeks. The rooms were clean, well appointed, with quality fitings. the showers were excellent.
There were only 'basic' grade rooms available when we checked in. Our room was small, with no external view. We upgraded to superior, which was larger, with a window facing the street.
The breakfast buffet was rather limited and tired, but they will cook eggs or noodle soup to order, both of which were good.
For the price - US$24 for basic and $32 for superior, it is great value by Saigon standards.
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