Tuesday 17 March 2009

Vietnam Travel: Hotels In Hanoi

Vietnam is a country located on Indochina Peninsula, in southeast Asia, and is nowadays a rising star on the travel market from many countries, vacation packages to this destination being more and more requested by tourists. Due to its location, a travel to Vietnam is an exotic journey which features a large variety of interesting things to see and to do like tropical nature, majestic sights of rice fields, a large variety of wildlife, visits to Buddhist temples and ancient palaces, tasty and spicy foods, wide sandy beaches shadowed by palm trees, trips to exciting tourists attractions like caves or isolated islets, and many, many others. An important fact that attracts many tourists in this country is the great accommodation offered by a multitude of modern hotels and resorts that feature excellent amenities. Most hotels in Vietnam are pretty new buildings because the tourist industry has been destroyed in the 60'-70', during the American-Vietnamese war, and revived after the ending of the Cold War, when a few renowned travel agencies started to offer again vacation packages to this country and to build lodging units.


In Vietnam are many great vacation spots where can be spend shorter or longer holidays. In north are densely forested mountain ranges, where can be visited villages and seen how lives the local tribes, but also in that region is located the Red River Delta, which is 15,000 square kilometers large and an excellent territory for rice cultivation due to the alluvial deposits. Even if the delta is densely populated, there can be observed many exotic animal species like white-pincer shrimp, golden apple snail, Chinese white tench, nutria, yellow snail, tiger fish, and others. In the southern part of the country are mostly coastal lowlands and are located two of the major attractions of the country, Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) and the Mekong Delta. Nature lovers have to know that in Vietnam can be taken trips to a wide range of natural wonders like two World's Natural Heritage Sites (Halong Bay and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park) and 6 World's Biosphere Reserves - Can Gio Mangrove Forest, Cat Tien, Cat Ba, Kien Giang, Red River Delta, and Western Nghe An. A another vacation spot which attracts many holiday makers is Hanoi, the capital city of the country, located on the right bank of the Red River. This city is one of the oldest capital cities in the world (around 1,000 years!), so it features a multitude of cultural and historical attractions. But in the same time, Hanoi is a modern city which welcomes its guests with modern hotels and resorts, most of them being upscale accommodation units. Some of the most luxurious hotels in Hanoi are Hotel Sofitel Plaza Hanoi, Hotel Sofitel Plaza Hanoi, Hotel Sheraton Hanoi, Hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, Hotel Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake, or Hotel Hilton Hanoi Opera (all this being 5 star resorts), but there are also many good 3 star hotels, that offer also excellent lodging, like Hotel Anise Hanoi, Hotel Serenade, Hotel Fortuna, and Hotel Melia Hanoi.


When holiday makers leave their hotel rooms interesting tourist attractions rise at each step. Some of the most visited points of interests are the Grand Opera House, The Presidential Palace, Cathedral St. Joseph, National Museum of Vietnamese History, Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Contemporary Arts Center, and other cultural buildings. There can be found also many karaoke bars, dance clubs, restaurants (the Vietnamese food is considered as one of the tastiest in Asia!), and shopping areas like Vincom City Towers, Big C Thang Long Supercenter, Ruby Plaza, Parkson Viet Tower and Trang Tien Plaza, where are offered for sale genuine brand products at very affordable prices. All this make the capital city one of the most visited destinations in Vietnam, so most hotels in Hanoi are occupied year-round almost up to the last room! There are many tourists that have not enough time to visit also other vacation spots of this southeast Asian country, so some of they are planing a new travel to Vietnam to enjoy better all wonders that this exotic land has to offer.

By: Victor Tuszing

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