Metropole Hanoi

... the cities, the food and the low prices justify this. However in the 3 days we spent there we only saw Hanoi. Our hotel was the Metropole, a top renovated hotel where Graham Greene stayed in his time, smack in the middle of the French Quarter and close ...

... Nearby is the French Quarter replete with grand hotels, the Opera House and plenty of colonial buildings. I had brunch at the Hotel Metropole, Hanoi's grande dame for over 100 years. I chose to stay at the Intercontinental on West Lake.   The ...

... sure the company really is the original Sinh Café.    We finished our day at the majestic Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District) where we ate our weight in sweets at the afternoon chocolate ...

... of Hanoi. This place was built in 1901 and has been renovated, restored and Very well maintained. The Sofitel Metropole, Hanoi has hosted dignitaries from many different countries and has had both the first President Bush and William Jefferson Clinton as ...

... Anyway, we made the lonnnnng drive from the airport, which, I think, was closer to the Chinese border than downtown Hanoi, and I reached the fabulous Sofitel Metropole around 10:00 p.m. (Yea, I know. Very decadent, but when I knew I was going to be in ...

... excitement and we had a leisurely breakfast, being the only remaining residents, before packing our stuff and taking a taxi to the Sofitel Metropole, our hotel with Mum and Dad for the next 3 days. We arrived and were met by porters who took our ...

Flight from Danag to Hanoi was fine...glad to leave that guide and meet our next very sweet guide here - very nice hotel - Metropole...a little drizzle as we walked around Ho Chi Minh's house and park. Interesting man ! Toured some of the other sights - ...

Arrived back from Halong Bay to the Sofitel Metropole about 3:00pm.  We had another very nice room in the Opera wing.  We didn't do much, just (re) packed ready to come home and then went and sat by the pool bar.  We went for tea in the Spices ...

... also stopped to view the famous One Pillar Pagoda built around 1020. Next we traveled to the prison which was called the "Hanoi HIlton" by US Troops.  A large percentage of the prison had been destroyed, however what remained was very telling. ...

... a guy that was cheif engineer at the Croc about 8 years ago, Andre and his wife Meen. He suggested we met at the Metropole Hotel which i was glad he did as it was a surreal experience - a spectacular old traditional hotel in the sense of Raffles. Andre ...

... groups about to go on a cyclo tour, not to jump out of their cycle. And a tip for those trying to cross a busy Hanoi, multiple-lane street, to just look straight and walk across. Cars and motorbikes will invariable swerve to avoid you, albeit at the last ...

... everything that was liquid out of our bags and we took all our luggage on board running through the airport in Hanoi with an airline attendant in front of us ran straight through customs and security with the hostie running so fast we could ...

Singapore to Hanoi on SQ Beautiful hotel! Afternoon walk around the lake, stopped for ice cream then temple visit at sunset Back to hotel for happy hour, then to local recommended ...

HANOI!  What can we say?  Buckets more rain; local flooding (worst in 25 years)  How lucky are we?  But we didn't let it cramp our style; began our stay after checking in at the Sofitel Metropol (extremely POSH!) we hopped into a ...