Sofitel Saigon

... , amusing road-sights, and 2 ferries during the 6 hour journey to Saigon. No better way to get there. Hotel in Saigon is a Sofitel (supposedly 5-star, but 3-4 is more like it) - we're not thrilled (had higher expectations). But it's clean and conveniently ...

The History Museum in Saigon is very near the Sofitel Hotel, just down the street from the French and American General Consulates, both of which have very high walls around them--the American one topped with a five-foot steel grill to ward off ...

... . After a short flight to Ho Chi Minh from Nha Trang, I headed straight to the hotel in the middle of the city at the Sofitel.  After all that biking, I decided to reward myself with a little 5 star luxury.  While the accommodations were a bit ...

... calm had been restored and in any event it was quite late and I was tired, so I just enjoyed the pleasures of the "Sofitel Silom" for the evening. At the end of this holiday I reflect on an amazing journey that has given me many wonderful ...

... 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 ...

... hash brown et corned beef juste avant la terrible ascension (mais ça, c'est un autre récit de voyage...) mais celui du Sofitel Saigon n'a aucune commune mesure tant il est gargantuesque. Je pense même que j'ai pleuré un peu d'emotion devant ...

We had a one night stay in Hanoi after Halong Bay and Laura took the initiative and bought a room at the Sofitel Metropole.  This is one of the top 3 hotels in South East Asia (the other two being the Oriental in Bangkok and Raffles in Singapore) and ...

... way south), evergreened forests, waterfalls, lakes, gardens, strawberry jam, local wine (Vang Dalat), inexpensive golf, an artists enclave, a Sofitel Hotel (see Derek and Michelle Day blog for more on Sofitel), romance and charm (Dalat is reputed to be ...

... $170 per night, it was way beyond our budget, however nice the antique telephones, old-style baths were. As with the Sofitel Hotel in Hanoi, everything purred of French sophistication and unabashed luxury. Tomorrow we get on the 8am bus for the 7 hour ...

... in Saigon - clothes, linen and eyewear Easy riders motor bike tour in Dalat countryside French restaurants L'en tete (Saigon) and Sofitel Dalat Palace Cooling off in Nha Trang - great beach and pool Mekong floating markets Cocktails for less than ...

... 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 Hanoi, I ...

... your guess or mine. An interesting layered sweet bean 'cocktail' by the side of the road, then I took myself off to the Sofitel hotel for a day pass to the fitness center. Sometimes you just need to feel the blood pumping through. Gym, sauna, poolside ...

... and not much different from the local cabs.  The local cabs on meter should be about US$8 for a trip to Dist 1. Stayed in Sofitel Plaza in Le Duan Blvd.  It was a nice hotel.  Paid using my complimentary Accor voucher.  We manage to ...

... 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 ...

... til ham her fra Vinpearl og godt forstå at han har inviteret mange fra børnehaven herned. Vi ville egentlig gerne videre sydpå mod Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) men pga af Tet'en er alle fly herfra Nha Trang fortsat fuldt booket et par dage og efter den sidste ...

... from ground level. The water park had all of the attractions we had seen at Wet, Wet Wild in Singapore and Dam Sen in Saigon. The water was quite cold though and it was still cool weather and windy. The water park was set along a white sandy beach and ...

... for Vietnam because I have heard the country is gorgeous. The first day I spent in Ho Chi Min City formally known as Saigon and I visited the war remnants museum which gives you the Vietnamese perspective on the Vietnam War which was very intense and made ...

... we waited a few hours for our plane, which, true to Jetstar form, was delayed. While waiting at the airport, I called the Sofitel in Saigon one more time.  My parents had made a reservation at the Metropole -- or so we thought....  I had ...

... 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 ...