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Artist Hotel
Unusual, eclectic hideaway
22A Hai Ba Trung St, Hoan Kiem District
Hanoi Province
Tel: (04) 825 3044, (04) 824 4433-5
Fax: (04) 934 9949
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Description
The Artist Hotel is an interesting find for those who want to strike out off the tourist track and hang out with, well, artists. The hotel is managed by the Ha Noi Centre for Tourism and Culture (that is, the government) and has decent rooms set around a central courtyard area. We've seen better rooms for the price elsewhere, though the ones here are very clean with hot water bathrooms, air-con and other typical mod-cons. The draw is mostly the unique atmosphere: rooms are set around a compact courtyard dominated by a leafy tree andin summer you could easily pass a day without leaving. Movies are screened daily from early evening onwards, with weekend showings starting at 14:00 -- you have to become a member to watch the films (or rather, digitally projected DVDs) but membership only costs 100,000 VND and then you can see all the movies you want during your stay.
Total rooms: 12
Standard - Double
20 USD (low season)
20 USD (high season)
$24 for a triple
Added to Travelfish on: 17th February, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 22nd April, 2008
Guest feedback
Nothing artistic about the rooms - 
By looklively ( total comments: 4 
) Stayed here 8/2006
What a horrible place - I cannot believe that it even rates a mention. Or perhaps we were just unlucky enough to take the scuzziest room. Either way, it was a rip-off for $20 - the bathroom had used products in it, the room itself was dank and certainly hadn't been refurbished for at least 10 years. The electrics were so dodgy that the bathroom light blew 3 times, and then the electricity got cut off altogether. Nobody could really speak or understand English or French, so we were all reduced to sign language, which was incredibly frustrating when all we wanted was a bottle of water. I cannot think of a real plus about this place - I'm sure some people will find it very 'cultural', but perhaps that is because they haven't made to the other side of town yet.
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