Sofitel Hanoi

Arriving in Hanoi, we checked in to arguably its best hotel, the Sofitel Metrople, thanks to my having hosted their Sales Manager when he visited me in Hue. As I have seen much of Hanoi, family had to put up with visiting the Ethnic Museum during the day. ...

... knowing we had a bit of real luxury to come after all the places we had been staying. We had booked three nights at the Sofitel plaza in Hanoi for my birthday, it was amazing right in the heart of Hanoi and our room was on the 13th floor so we had a ...

... . 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 ...

Over a week in Hanoi and we are already beginning to feel at home.The Sofitel Plaza where we are staying at the moment is very comfortable and centrally located.Given a room with a fanstastic view of the West Lake. Besides its offering of history and ...

... with 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 ...

... , western hotel.  Mind you that it only cost a bit more than the Radisson back home.  We checked in at the Sofitel Plaza with a huge, marble lobby, piano playing, comfortable room and most importantly - a huge indoor/outdoor pool!  We swam, ...

... prop up quite stand alone and look quite strange, with a mixture of French and neo eastern block style. We stayed at the Sofitel Plaza a 5 star hotel that sits across a small lake between the Old Quarter and the French Quarter is central to Hanoi, with ...

... the Sofitel Plaza near our hotel, and then after hanging out and picking up our laundry we had a late dinner at the Sofitel Opera in Old Quarter.  The latter location was very happening and incredibly charming – felt very French with some Jazz ...

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 ...

... 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 Cyclo; both of us I might add; the poor bloke really had his work cut out for an ...

... ; The hotel we had booked before arriving in Vietnam turned out to be a disaster. Firstly it had at least 4 different names; Sofitel Plaza (not the nice big expensive one), Darling Back-Packers Guesthouse, The Real Darling Café, and Hello Vietnam Hotel. ...

... 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. ...

... and make 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 ...

... great place to enjoy an evening stroll around the closest lake.  The downside is definitely the weather.  Brrrrrrrrr!  Hanoi overcast, cold and damp.  Seriously, I thought I was back in Portland.    Tomorrow off to ...