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Region: Northwest Vietnam> Province: Lao Cai> Location: Sapa
Royal View Hotel
One of the best in Sapa
Cau May Street, Sapa
Lao Cai Province
Tel: (020) 872 989
Fax: (020) 872 992
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Description
The Royal View is just up the road from its sister hotel, the Royal Sapa. Its hillside position means that reception is actually on the fifth floor, with rooms above and below, accessible via stairs and a slightly wonky elevator. One of the newest hotels in Sapa, the Royal View has good facilities and fantastic views, but our big complaint is that the staff here treat you like royalty. That is, they treat you like they are royalty, and are a bit miffed at having fallen on hard times and sunk to the level of serving you. Perhaps this is because they do such a steady trade in tour groups, they've settled into a 'guests are cattle' mentality. We've heard complaints about bad service and rooms that were smelly or noisy, though some guests have a pleasant stay. Twenty-four rooms overlook the valley and 18 rooms overlook the garden. The ones we saw were spacious, well furnished, with writing desks, cable TVs, fridges, and polished wood floors. All rooms have electric heaters and though there are fireplaces in some, they are non-operational. There's a nice big fireplace in the lobby. restaurant serves French provincial fare at reasonable prices A swimming pool and sauna is under construction and should be ready by June 2008. Not the best luxury option in town.
Standard - Double
20 USD (low season)
20 USD (high season)
Superior - Double
30 USD (low season)
35 USD (high season)
Deluxe- Double
60 USD (low season)
60 USD (high season)
Family room
40 USD (low season)
45 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 28th June, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 12th May, 2008
Guest feedback
View with a smell - 
By ryanssmith ( total comments: 5 
) Stayed here 7/2006
Our room on the valley side of the hotel had perhaps the most spectacular view of any place I've ever slept. The stench of sewer, however, forced us out of the room by late evening. The staff easily switched us to another room, below the kitchen, where we were kept awake all night by dog-sized rats trying to get into our room via the bamboo ceiling. Be warned, this view comes with a price - a sleepless night in Sapa. Also, we learned that 'mouse' and 'rat' are the same word in Vietnamese - I'll guarantee it was no mere mouse trying to abduct us.
Cleaning standards left something to be desired, nobody visited our room to make the bed or sweep the floor in 3 days.
But the view is fantastic!
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