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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Vietnam
Take a tour of the top places to go in Vietnam. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Central Vietnam city guide,
Halong Bay city guide,
Hanoi city guide,
Ho Chi Minh city guide,
Phan Thiet city guide,
and Hoi An city guide.
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| K Tremaine |
28 December 2004 |
Stayed at Huong Giang Hotel - Hue, Vietnam.
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We spent 2 days in Hue and particularly enjoyed visiting the Imperial City as well as Tu Duc's and Minh Mang's tombs. Allow at least 2 hours looking around the Imperial city and get a guide to show you around. We hired a taxi to take us to Tu Duc's tomb which cost just over $3 and the driver waited around for us. We hired a boat on the river to go to Minh Mang's tomb and the Pagoda of Heavenly Lady. While it was a pleasant boat ride if you were pushed for time in Hue, I would do these sites by taxi as the boat ride was fairly long and a bit monotonous. A restaurant I would recommend is La Carambole in Pham Ngu Lao.
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| A Rundle |
24 December 2004 |
Stayed at Grand Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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We only had one full day in Ho Chi Minh City so took a private tour in the afternoon. We organised this through Ben Thanh Tourist when we went to collect the Vietnam Airlines tickets they had purchased on our behalf. Our 4 hour tour included some of the more famous sites such as the Reunification Palace, Thien Hau Pagoda, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. In the evening we joined masses of people in the street outside the Municipal Theatre listening to the rehersal for a Christmas concert - carols and opera!! We then went on to dinner at Lemon Grass in D Nguyen Thiep, not far from the hotel. We were lucky to get in (the only free tables were on the second floor) and had a most enjoyable, inexpensive Vietnamese meal.
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| A Borbiro |
16 December 2004 |
Stayed at Best Western Chancery Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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You can walk down to downtown Saigon, Ben Tanh markets, but it's an uphill walk back; not too far though. Also close to the Reunification Palace & War Remnants Museum (very one-sided displays re the 'American War', understandably, but it does show the horrors that would occur in ANY war).
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| A Borbiro |
15 December 2004 |
Stayed at Vinh Hung 1 - 2 - 3 - Hoi An, Vietnam.
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Plenty of good restaurants here, We liked the 'Banana Leaf' best, but plenty of others good too, eg Hai's Scout Cafe where did an excellent cooking course. You should also visit the My Son archaelogical site - fascinating.
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| C Chu |
13 December 2004 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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There is nothing much to do in Saigon aside from the shopping, and the visit to the museums. For the nature lovers a trip to Dalat (6 hours from Saigon) is worthwhile. Dalat is very scenic (lots of waterfalls and lakes) and the hotel rates are unbelievably cheap.
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| P Sohonie |
06 December 2004 |
Stayed at Melia Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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The best thing about Hanoi at this time of the year is the weather. It's cool and dry. Not much to see, Ho Chi Minh's museum was closed for annual refurbishing and the one legged pagoda a big dissappoint. The fine arts museum was worth a visit. Halong Bay is a 3 hr drive, very picturesque. Restaurants - recommend Little Hanoi Cafe, Indo Chine, Emperor and Lotus at Melia Hotel.
Taxis are easily available and also enjoyed bicycle rickshaw rides in the evenings when it was wonderfully cool.
Shopping is the main focus in Hanoi. Excellent lacquerware, table linen and plenty of art galleries to choose from. Do be careful, prices vary by 100% for certain artists!! Difficult to figure out the art scene but the Vietnamese artists are worth buying. Copies are excellent, so don't hesitate to buy them.
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| I Brandao |
14 November 2004 |
Stayed at Omni Saigon Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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HCMC is chaotic to foreigners, but organized from a Vietnamese point of view. Traffic is hellish, but it flows, as there are few cars and lots of bikes, cyclos and motorbikes. I hired a private guide (for 15 Euro) on my first day, and went to all the must-see places, like the Reunification Palace and the War Museum, and also took a cyclo ride to Cholon, the busy chinese quarter. On my second day I toured the Mekong Delta for a mere 5 Euro, transportation and lunch included (advised by our tour guide - if booked at a hotel this tour would set you back at least 20 Euro). On the third day I went shopping at the Central Market where I had some local delicacies for lunch for very very little money. I skipped the Cu Chi Tunnels tour as it is not advisable for clautrophobics!!!
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| H Panhans |
12 November 2004 |
Stayed at New World Hotel Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Not too much to see in Saigon. Recommendable to visite the History Museum and to have a beer or two at the roof garden of the Rex hotel. The only recommendable department store is the Tax oposite the Rex hotel.
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| M Miles |
09 November 2004 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Excellent if slightly expensive Vietnamese food (accompanied by very nice traditional Vietnamese music) at the Nam Phuong restaurant which is a 5 minute walk from the hotel. Wouldn't recommend the food at the equally expensive Emperor restaurant (also 5 mins from the hotel) but the bar looked very nice for a relaxing drink or two. Excellent Italian food in a very nice courtyard atmosphere at Luno d'Autumno, and don't miss an ice cream at Fanny's at the south-west corner of the lake - great flavours !
Best museums we visited were the wonderfully abstract Ho Chi Minh museum (go upstairs to see what I mean !) and the excellent Museum of Ethnology with its array of displays celebrating the vast number of diverse ethnic tribes native to today's Vietnam.
Sit back and enjoy a relaxing shave for only US$1 at any number of Hanoi's barber's shops - not only will it be fun for you, but the local staff and customers will love the show!
Can't wait to go back to Hanoi and spend more time drinking in the vibrant culture, amazing buildings and incredible friendliness of the Vietnamese people. Viva Ho Chi Minh!
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| J Gray |
01 November 2004 |
Stayed at Sunrise Beach Resort - Nha Trang, Vietnam.
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Well worth a visit is the hot springs spa, where you can have a mud bath, mineral springs, swimming pool and massage for only a few dollars - is a really relaxing day out. Best way to get there is on a motor bike ride (you can hail them down on the street) for about £1 return, is a bit scary to begin with, but good fun!
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