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 Hue, Vietnam travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Hue, Vietnam.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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Halong Bay city guide,
Hanoi city guide,
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Phan Thiet city guide,
and Hoi An city guide.
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| D Collison |
25 January 2001 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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Location okay. Could easily walk around city over to historic walled city area. Also motor bike hire is easy and makes outside city attractions easy to reach.
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| G Browne |
22 January 2001 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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We had a day and a half in Hue, and that was long enough. The Imperial City is worth visiting - although many of the buildings have been destroyed, the main gate is impressive and there are a number of other buildings worth exploring. USD 5 entrance fee is a bit much, although this seems to be standard in and around Hue. We spent an hour or so there. Our full day we spent on a tour to the old tombs - a boat ride arranged through the Sinh Cafe, on the main road close to the main bridge cost USD2 per person, including lunch (very basic though). The trip visited 2 pagodas and 3 tombs. The Tu Duc tomb was worth seeing, but the Minh Mang tomb was not - not well preserved. Nice setting, but not for USD5 per person. The Kiet ??? (name?) tomb was also worth a visit - great view of it on the hillside. Both the Tu Duc and Kiet ??? tombs are about 2km from where the boat docks. While you can walk, its best to jump on the back of a waiting motorcycle, which gets you there and back quickly for 20,000 Dong, providing more time to look around.
Generally, we found Hue much more expensive than Hanoi, and the food less appetising. We struggled to find any evidence of the supposed food excellence in Hue. 2 nights here was enough.
There is a pharmacy tucked away in the street parallel to the main road, on the same side as the Sinh cafe.
Before leaving Australia, we had arranged a car with guide to take us from Hue to Hoi An. It's 140km, and takes about 4 hours driving. Worth stopping to see the Marble Mountains (and stop at the shops selling fantastic marble sculptures) and the Cham Museum in Danang. China Beach is a beach - other than a touch of history, nothing worth stopping for.
I'm not sure what we paid for this trip from Australia, but there are lots of tour cafes in Hue offering this trip, for a few dollars pp. if in a group bus.
Hoi An is a very nice town, and we much preferred it to Hue. Note that the river in Hoi An floods every year (Nov / Dec), so unless you're into rowing up and down flooded streets, leave your visit to another time of year. Clothing shops abound in Hoi An.
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| H Mitchell |
17 January 2001 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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Hue was a great place to hire cyclo drivers, the roads weren't too busy and it was a wonderful way to see everything, the drivers know where everything is and they will happily negiotate for you if need be. Ours took us to the markets which was very exciting as Tet was fast approaching, it was crowded, colourful and you could get anything. The Citadel is an essential place to visit, we had been told it wasn't worth going to but I am very glad we didn't listen on this occasion to our fellow travellers. You need a couple of hours to wander around, the architecture and decoration is quite well preserved in some sections and it gives you an idea of the structure within a structure existence of the time. It was also wonderful to wander around a laid out garden without lots of people around, it was peaceful, and the sounds of a flute floating from the former library was very atmospheric. The tour along the river to various sites was worth it but it became rather costly with all the entrance fees and compulsory rides on motorbikes to the actual sites. I would rather pay everything upfront and not be hit by those hidden costs as the trip went along. The best restaurant in town has to be the Mandarin, don't be put off by what it looks like ( I actually liked what it looked like although I heard several people say they were put off by its appearance). The food is fantastic and the prices are unbelievably cheap and there are some wonderful photographs around the walls.
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| K Sackman |
27 December 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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The Citadel area was impressive, much more so than we were led to believe in the guidebooks - perhaps there has been some recent restoration. If you are interested in Vietnam War history, the DMZ tour taking in Khe Sanh & Vinh Moc tunnels and many other sites is very good. It is a long day (12 hours) of minibus & walking but is worth it. The Cham Museum in Da Nang is definitely worth seeing.
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| E Robinson leonhard |
16 November 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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We were unfortunately in Hue during the rainy season (i.e. nonstop rain every day) which is definitely not the best time to visit!
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| C Sifferath |
04 October 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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Do rent a boat and take a tour on the perfume river to see the different temples, and tombs. Great views from the river boat.
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| S Nanal |
14 September 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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I had all the tours by hotels private A/C car, it is bit expensive but better than
as a pinion rider on a motor bike, or by a cycle rikshaw.
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| W Peter |
05 September 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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Got around by taxi and cyclo, which are accessible and easy to deal with.
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| S Buck |
19 July 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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Hue is a great place to visit for about 3 days. You should see the Purple forbidden city/Citadel, some of the emperor tombs, take a boat trip on the perfume river. The town itself looks like rest of Vietnam. The best restaurant visited by us was Hotel Huang Giang' third floor restaurant with very good food (Vietnamese and Western) at very reasonable prices.
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| N Johnston |
04 July 2000 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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My advice would be not to book any tours through the hotel or even through the Information Kiosk at the enterance to the Hotel. We were quoted $30 for a boat trip to see the Royal Tombs whereas by walking down the road to the Sinh Cafe we paid only $3!! The Citadel is phenomenal and definitely worth visiting.
There is a restaurant close to the Citadel which we visited one evening but we ended up having to walk all the way back. It is situated in a quiet, residential area by night which is great to experience as you really have an insight into people's lives but there are no cyclos or motorbikes for a lift home and it is a fair distance.
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