Sofitel Metropole Hanoi

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... the cafe were waiting to go to, you guessed it, Halong Bay!  The Aust. couple happened to mention how wonderful the Sofitel Metropole hotel is here, built during the French Colonial period in early 1900s, he works for Marriott Hotels in Aust. (more ...

... but has been restored to its former glory. Also in this area are some beautiful hotel buildings like the Hilton Opera and the Sofitel Metropole. Like some of Saigon's famous hotels, the Sofitel here has hosted many famous writers, film stars and ...

... photo, scanning the surrounding crowd like a true paranoid New Yorker. Needless to say, when we finally stumbled upon the Sofitel Metropole, we were more than happy to check it out for a drink. And, sitting by the colonial icon's pool for a ...

... spring rolls. In the afternoon, we walked on and around the Hoan Kiem Lake, with its Ngoc Son temple, checked at the Sofitel Metropole (great place, Jules) and collapsed in the ??? cafe for a banana muffin and black/green tea at the Tamerind Cafe– ...

... fleece, we keep walking to taxi rank and catch a respectable cab and tell him to put the meter on and take us to Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, no worries. Airport is 30kms out and charge is calculated by the Km travelled, what could go wrong. First up he takes ...

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. ...

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 - ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...