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BELLE MAISON HADANA RESORT AND SPA

9/15/2018

I love Hoi An. This former port city just south of Danang is so well-preserved that visitors can still enjoy this melting pot’s Ancient Town. Its architecture is a good mix of French colonial buildings, Chinese tea houses and shops, and ornate Vietnamese temples. It even has a Japanese Covered Bridge! Not far from the city center’s row of shops and dining outlets along and near the canals is a more quiet neighborhood hotel called Belle Maison HADANA Resort and Spa. Just under a kilometer from the more touristy spots. Well, some may wish to be where the action is but given the crowd congregating in a few blocks of tourist spots, you may want to consider being just a few blocks away from the chaos, somewhere more quiet.

The hotel guests can use any of the hotel’s smart-looking bikes for free. Named after some local fruits, one can pedal into the tourist spots riding “Rambutan”, a small red fruit with soft spikes, tasting like lychees. Being a resort and spa hotel, the hotel lobby looks very inviting and relaxing, with a good view of the hotel pool — certainly a favorite spot in this hot and humid season. I am not certain but it looks like all rooms have balconies overlooking the pool. Breakfast is served in a salon that opens up to the pool too except that it being summer, the glass doors are closed and the air conditioners are thankfully running!

Breakfast offers a wide selection. On the day we departed, I asked if I could pack some of those delicious banh mi sandwiches to eat at the airport since we have a noontime flight and I wasn’t sure there is a dining outlet at the Danang Airport. The waitress came back to our table with 2 plastic tubs and ziplocks and invited us to take out whatever we want!
I enjoyed my breakfast goodies off the breakfast buffet and again, out of my takeout bags. They were really very nice about it. 👍 For sure, I’d recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Hoi An.

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HOTEL SAIGON MORIN (Hue)

9/15/2018

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If you like hotels with a history, you can’t go wrong booking your stay in Hue here. It is the very first hotel in Central Vietnam and based on records, the hub of French colonial life here. Its history dates back to 1901 when a French businessman named Morin set up this colonial-inspired building around 2 beautiful courtyard gardens and a tiny pond. It was and still is understandably a perfect choice for milestone events and affairs, and grew to be a favorite of celebrities and business circles.

We got ourselves a big, spacious room with a balcony overlooking the bridge spanning across the Perfume River. The location is perfect. It’s right in the city center, just 10 minutes away from the famous Pho Di Bo walking street, which is the city’s heartbeat. In the mornings, breakfasts were served in the courtyard by the tiny pond. It would have been enough to sip your coffee paired with an assortment of bread and pastries here. But the breakfast spread here has gained its own reputation for being among the best — like the Bun Bo Hue which is served here like it was in royal courts of old. My only problem when I tried this specialty dish is that I had no one to share the beef and vermicelli soup dish with. I was overwhelmed by the generous serving — and seeing those huge chunks of beef nearly gave me a migraine so early in the morn. I must confess I wasted more than half of the bowl, hoping I can switch to other options from the breakfast buffet. But even half a bowl was too much for a morning upper. I actually felt I could skip lunch that day!

The lobby, the corridors, the courtyard gardens, the rooms scream history. The furnitures are of colonial vintage but hotel boasts of modern amenities including good WiFi connection in the spacious rooms. In short, we’re happy with this century-old Hotel. We didn’t have a chance to try the pool nor the spa, but those welcome drinks in the lobby were very refreshing, and the wet, cold towels surely peel away the summer woes. Service was excellent too. Would we recommend it? Por supuesto!

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BELLE MAISON HADANA RESORT AND SPA

HOTEL SAIGON MORIN (Hue)

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