Ancient House Hoi an

... . Thanks to fortunate opportunities, the old town of Hoi An, a unique concentration of architectural monuments of various forms: living house, assembly hall, communal house, pagoda, shrine, temple, water well, bridge, wharf, market...has been ...

... the local hospital. He seemed genuinely sorry so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and rebooked for tomorrow. I walked back to Ancient House (stopping to buy a couple of DVDs on the way for 15,000d each) and jumped in the pool for 10 minutes. The ...

... there 5 star resorts Raffles, Crowne Plaza, Hilton the list is endless. If anyone has the chance to visit Hoi An I suggest staying at the Ancient House Resort, it was beautiful. The original ancient house is still amongst the resort and they make rice ...

... one remaining street! Some of the hotels on the other side of the river are taking people by boat rather than bus. Our hotel, the Ancient House resort was again really nice - a good, big, airy room and a swimming pool. It was about a 20min walk from the ...

... won a prize (see proud photo, below)!   We were staying in a local town guest house which is attached to an original "ancient house" from the 16th century, it has been in the same family for 4 generations and they still make rice noodles and ...

... class in Thailand, we thought we should pass) Photos TBP. Internet Connection: Unfortunately, the hotel we did stay at, Ancient House, only had Internet access (and wireless Internet access) in the public areas. In addition, I haven't been able ...

... and drove a bit more aggressively. We didn't mean to turn him down but we were just beat from the train ride and wanted to get to the hotel. After driving up and down the same road about 3-5 times, we finally found Ancient House. Photos to ...

... some holes to the outside and the incense smoke was visible in the sunlight streaming through them and made it very atmospheric. Then to Hoi An - the centre of which is traffic free (well ,car free and occasionally motor bike free - but not today!). There ...

... Americans during the war as this was a spot where the Viet Cong hid .  It was eerie to see bomb craters pockmarking this ancient holy place.  The trails are clearly marked with stone, and we were warned not to stray from the path.  ...

... a few bia hoi later (they were only 40c per pint) we headed back, beginning to feel very affectionate towards the ancient town. Our final day in Hoi An was spent exploring 'old town', which is soon to be renamed 'street full of shiny people selling wooden ...

... Won tons, and some Bia Hoi (beer).  Afterwords, we strolled around the town and enjoyed the architecture of Hoi An.  It is an ancient town that is well-preserved trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its ...

... we need after our horrendous journey to get here. After freshening up we take a walk into the town to explore.  Hoi An is a gorgeous ancient town in the south of Vietnam. It's warm and sunny, and it’s full of cute cobble streets, with ...

... touristy, so we wandered to the outskirts of town and noticed two Aussies from the post office were hanging out in a random house. Immediately, we were summoned into the house by the owner who insisted we drink beer and sing karaoke with them. They spoke ...

... 17th century; the house of a former ambassador to China, circa 1802; and the Sa Huynh Culture Museum which displayed ancient pottery. In between we shopped and ate and dodged torrential rain. It was pretty unbelievable, the continual pelting we received. ...

... with over 200 enormous faces carved into the buildings. Looked at Ta Keo, an unfinished temple; Spean Thmor, remnants of an ancient stone bridge; and Chau Say Tevoda, a structure being renovated (not that well) by the Chinese. Last stop before lunch was ...

... . Rachel has the same as me but also manages to squeeze down a fruit salad too. We go to My Son, a group of ancient Cham dynasty ruins 40km outside Hoi An on a USD$3 daytrip. The ruins date over a span from the 4th Century to the 12th Century, and most ...

... cheat sheet about Hoi An (It was really useful!), and gave us more tips. Apparently, when we reached the Ancient city, there were not many guest house of hotel, the only guest house we found was full and it was USD10 per night , ...

... limits really wasn’t proving helpful in alleviating our cash crunch. After lunch, we purchased tickets to enter some of the Hoi An Ancient Town tourist sites, and went to buy our bus tickets to Hue. But it turned out we were short of cash to pay ...

... breakfast in a nicely-decorated dining hall of Phuoc An Hotel. Two sculpted walls had images of Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary and Hoi An Ancient Town – the two attractions near or in Hoi An. Breakfast was the usual baguette with butter and omelette. ...