Sofitel Plaza Hanoi

... 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 ...

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 ...

... , 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 countryside was interesting, we saw yet another Pagoda, then drove back through endless rice fields. We had a great lunch at the Sofitel Plaza near our hotel, and then after hanging out and picking up our laundry we had a late dinner at the Sofitel ...

... ; 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. ...

... if you can guess our choice! The flight was quick and uneventful and we were met at the airport by our transport to the Sofitel Plaza Hotel. Unfortunately the Sofitel had no record of our reservation. This part of the trip was booked in Adelaide so ...

... was absolutely no one in line. The bags were there waiting for me, and so was my ride to the hotel! Slick! The Sofitel Plaza is absolutely gorgeous. Our entire group is on the executive floors, and I have complimentary internet access. I haven't yet ...

... of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter. This evening, enjoy a Water Puppet performance, followed by dinner at a local restaurant Hanoi is a very hectic place...Crossing the streets is a challenge, with all the moto and cars moving in all directions all ...

I've travelled quite a bit and I've never experienced anything like Hanoi.  The photos we took can't begin to capture the noise, the crowding, and the speed here.  You take your life in your hand each time you cross the street as mopeds, bikes, ...

... 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 ...

... 2 weeks/ 14 days traveling through Vietnam. Culminating our tour was 3 nights 4 full days in Hanoi staying at the Sofitel Hanoi Plaza. First impression this hotel's foyer  lounges and lounge bar chairs were  filthy dirty and in a poor state of ...

... . Airport is 30kms out and charge is calculated by the Km travelled, what could go wrong. First up he takes to wrong hotel, Sofitel Plaza and then feins ignorance. He soon regains his memory and we head into the city but pulls up about 500m from hotel and ...

... Simon went off to sort out some flights whilst I had a mooch around the north part of the city where I was hoping to climb the Sofitel Plaza and grab a pic of the misty city. The bastards don't open the roof till 4.30pm. I couldn't be arsed hanging around ...

... then to Hanoi Rock City (nirvana night). She also told us about a roof top bar restaurant on the 20th floor of the Sofitel plaza which delivered the most incredible night time view across the city and its lakes. We enjoyed a couple of cocktails here ...

... the traffic is insane. People honk their horns ALL the time - not that it has the desired effect. Took taxi to our hotel, the Sofitel Plaza (NOT the famous Sofitel Metropole - we wish!) which was pretty far out of the city, but airport convenient and ...

... definitely use them again. Will be staying with them again when we returned from Sapa. At the moment we are staying at Sofitel Plaza, which is a completely different world and one that we are more used to.Luxurious but boring. One thing I notice about ...