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Region: Central Vietnam> Province: Quang Nam> Location: Hoi An
Minh A Guest House
A merchant house you can sleep in
02 Nguyen Tai Hoc, Hoi An
Quang Nam Province
Tel: (0510) 861 368, (0903) 583 671
Description
This is the only old merchant house that we know of that has been turned into a guesthouse, providing a very unique opportunity to actually sleep and eat in the kind of place that people usually take tours of. It's over 100 years old, and is in the same style as the other old houses in town -- dark-wood columns decorated with Chinese characters in Mother-of-pearl inlay, a family alter for worshipping ancestors and so on. But here the bedrooms in the front house have been turned into guest rooms -- you'll have to put up with no A/C and shared bathrooms (all on the ground floor) but it looks to be well worth the sacrifice. There are smaller rooms in the back, and on the upstairs balcony, two small 'rooms' (just enough rooms for a bed) with a comfortable shared common area and balcony overlooking the street and the nearby market. We imagine a family or group of four could have a great stay here. Check it out.
Total rooms: 8
Dbl fan share b'room
12 USD (low season)
12 USD (high season)
US$15 on the second floor
Added to Travelfish on: 2nd August, 2007
Last visited or updated on: 2nd August, 2007
Guest feedback
Awful! - 
By stilltravelling2007 ( total comments: 11 
) Stayed here 9/2007
Ok, yes, it's an authentic old house and a very novel hotel.
But it's also uncomfortable, it's not clean (bedbugs, I'm afraid) and really stuffy and hot at night. The staff are rude, too.
The building was simply not designed to be an hotel, and it shows.
The rooms are divided by nothing more than screens - there are thin curtains over them to stop you peeking in at your neighbours. That means there is no privacy, I could actually hear the people in the next room breathing at night. Imagine if they snored!
There's no ventilation at all, so not even two fans could prevent us from feeling like we were sleeping in a sauna.
Don't be tempted, you'll regret it.
Avoid like the plague! -
By acat100 ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 9/2007
This place is original and yes it is an 100 year old shophouse but if you don't want to get bitten by bedbugs all night, DO NOT STAY HERE! The staff are rude and teh rooms are hot!
Avoid like the plague! -
By acat100 ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 9/2007
This place is original and yes it is an 100 year old shophouse but if you don't want to get bitten by bedbugs all night, DO NOT STAY HERE!
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