Vietnam

Choose Where to Stay: Vietnam City Guides

By Best Area To Stay In editorial desk · 15/10/2026

Choose your Hanoi base

The Hanoi area guide compares Ma May in the Old Quarter with Ngo Quyen and Tu Hoa at West Lake. Start with the streets you want around you each day. Then compare the routes to the rest of your plans.

Ma May gives the checked Old Quarter choice. The Ngo Quyen hotel adds gardens and a pool to the comparison. Tu Hoa puts the lake setting first. Each has a named hotel and a full street address.

Read the room's window and view details

A central hotel can have rooms without an outside window. A lake hotel can have rooms facing the city. The guide checks these details by category, so a broad location label does not set the wrong expectation.

Confirm the room that is actually on sale. Read its beds and guest limit as well as its outlook. If a feature decides the stay, get that detail settled before payment.

Plan the whole arrival

Use the airport's current transport page, then check the final leg to the hotel entrance. An airport bus ending at the railway station does not end at every hotel. Save any separately arranged transfer with the meeting point and booking details.

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