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Region: Hanoi And Surrounds> Province: Quang Ninh> Location: Halong City



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Photo of Halong Hotel 1, Ha Long Rd, Bai ChayQuang Ninh Province, Halong City
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Spend a night or two here just to say you did
Ha Long Rd, Bai Chay
Quang Ninh Province
Tel: (033) 846 320-1
Fax: (033) 846 318-9

Description
This is a 'government-run' hotel -- which is to say, it was built in 1938 by the French, but was subsequently liberated after they and the Vietnamese had a bit of a falling out sixteen years later. It's not in a great location, and it certainly doesn't embody the high-standards of more modern hotels, but it does have a nice atmosphere -- the rooms are arranged around a courtyard, a les Francaises, and they have a bit of that turgid, shut-in feeling you'd get from an old villa in the French countryside. But in a good way. It's main virtue is that it's a living slice of history -- a hold-over from the days when this would basically be the only first-class joint in town. This is where Catherine DeNeuve holed-up while filming Indochine. Spend a night or two here just to say you did.

Deluxe- Single
35 USD (low season) 40 USD (high season)

Deluxe- Double
40 USD (low season) 45 USD (high season)


Added to Travelfish on: 31st October, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 31st October, 2006

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