I am doing my research in the forum. I have about 12-15 days to go to Vietnam the beginning of May. Going to Sapa and Halong seems to have me in and out of Hanoi. Does this make sense. Since I am so close to Cambodia it is tempting to go for a couple days, BUT thinking of saving it for another trip. Here is what I thinking:
DAY 1-LAX- Singapore. One night in Singapore to break
flights up
Day 2- Singapore to Hanoi. Arrive mid day. Metrople
Day 3- Hanoi- Sofitel Metrople
Day 4- Leave Hanoi at night to Sapa. Victoria Train
Day 5- Sapa- either Victoria Sapa RESORT or Homestay
Day 6- Sapa- night train to Hanoi
Day 7- arrive Hanoi 6am. Overnight Sofitel Metrople
Day 8- Leave Hanoi morning for Halong Bay ship.
Valentine (Indochina Sails) or Emeraude
Day 9. Arrive Back in Hanoi- overnight again?
Day 10- Leave Hanoi morning to Hue-need a nice hotel
Day 11-Hue-Hoi An- or a 2nd night in Hue?
Day 12- Hoi An- nice hotel but not Nam Hai probably
too high
Day 13- Hoi An
Day 14- Hoi An
Day 15- Hoi An to Hanoi- overnight again for morning flight next day to LAX via Singapore.
I appreciate the help! I using mileage and have always wanted to fly Singapore Airlines. I can go First Class through Japan with less miles than the ALL Business non-stop flight from LAX. I hope saving Siem Reap is a good idea for another time.
Perfect Itinerary? Please check :)
Dear Mr RManning,
Your Itinerary as I think seem quite good. Here%26#39;s my offer for some accomodation in Hoi An, Hue
* Hue
1. La Residence hotel 4*
www.la-residence-hue.com
Rate: usd 145/double superior river view room/night (incl tax %26amp; breakfast)
2. Imperial hotel Hue 4.5*
www.imperial-hotel.com.vn
Rate: usd 135/deluxe double riverview room/night (incl tax %26amp; breakfast)
* Hoi An:
1. Life resort 4* http://www.life-resorts.com/--%26gt; for someone like the river than beach
Rate: usd 120/superior garden view/night
2. Victoria hoi an 4*
Rate: usd 130/sup riverview or seaside double room (incl tax %26amp; breakfast)
usd 180/double beach front/night
3. Palm garden resort 5*
www.palmgardenresort.com.vn
Rate: usd 109/sup seaview double/night
...
Hope this is helpful for you
Linh (ms)
Perfect Itinerary? Please check :)Your itinerary is perfect, well balanced in places and not too much packing for places so save Cambodia for next trip as it%26#39;s still there.
Looks pretty good to me :-)
I%26#39;d be tempted to spend the second night in Hue so you can get a decent look around.
Have a look at the hotel reviews for help re hotels; we found that tariff isn%26#39;t necessarily a good guide- we had a perfectly nice room in Hue, about 3* (more than that is tinsel we don%26#39;t use anyway) for $15/double, breakfast included. And we loved the Ha An in Hoi An.
what the..
my itinerary would be:
sing - orchid towers. two days at least...every taxi driver knows it!!
hanoi -- go to the floating bars...
halong bay - cut the travel and go to king disco in haiphong. recover in war memorial park, weather is warming up - or stay in halong city. The travel is a killer.street beer is 3000 dong a schooner in haiphong. get absolutely wasted for 3 euro... 5 euro call an ambulance..spend the day in a trance.
Skip hanoi, travel to Hue from haiphong - 8 to 10 hrs by car.
From hue, da nang/hoi an just over two hours. see marble mt in Da Nang. hoi an sleepy but nice - travel to Da nang for action(zzz)
fly danang hanoi. back to floating bars..leave next day with good memories!
have fun!
Sorry, forgot to add - the tarriffs above are really high. I stay IC usually and in hanoi with club exec room (free cocktails and food for a few hours) it was 210USD ++ it is a seriuosly good hotel, Absolutely the best IC hotel i have stayed in!it is so far beyond the hotels mentioned above i cant believ what they are charging. stayed in deluxe suite, bosan hotel, hanoi 80 usd with bkfast. it is also very good, suprising for the price.
Thank you so kindly for your response and your suggestions. The Imperial Hotel in Hue looks great.
I was wondering if you know if it was possible to arrive from Sapa via the train at 6am in the morning and then take the shuttles that leave Hanoi at around 8am to meet the Halong Bay ships? I was going to spend the night in Hanoi and then leave the following morning, but if this is doable I would pefer this.
Thanks
Thank you so kindly for your response.
I was wondering if you know if it was possible to arrive from Sapa via the train at 6am in the morning and then take the shuttles that leave Hanoi at around 8am to meet the Halong Bay ships? I was going to spend the night in Hanoi and then leave the following morning, but if this is doable I would pefer this.
Thanks
Thank you so kindly for your response and your suggestions. The Hu An hotel in Hoi An looks great.
I was wondering if you know if it was possible to arrive from Sapa via the train at 6am in the morning and then take the shuttles that leave Hanoi at around 8am to meet the Halong Bay ships? I was going to spend the night in Hanoi and then leave the following morning, but if this is doable I would pefer this.
Thanks
Thanks for you response. The IC does look nice and might be a good choice in Hanoi.
I can%26#39;t see why you couldn%26#39;t go from the Lao Cai train to the Ha Long Bay shuttles. The train gets in around 4.30am-5am, depending on which one you are on, and the station is only about 5 minutes by taxi to the Old Quarter.
My suggestion:
Baggage space in the train and the junk will be limited, so pack a small bag and leave the rest of your luggage with the nice people at the Sofitel Metropole. Hotels in VN are generally very obliging about keeping luggage at no charge. When you get back from Sa Pa, head for the hotel, have a shower (none on the train) and possibly repack your bag with clean clothes for Ha Long Bay. Our hotel had a bathroom for the use of guests who weren%26#39;t staying overnight, the Metropole may have the same. Get picked up by the shuttle and off you go :-)
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