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Rex Hotel
One of Saigon's best known hotels
141 Nguyen Hue Blvd, District 1, Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City Province
Tel: (08) 829 2185
Fax: (08) 829 6536
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Description
One of Saigon's best known hotels, the venerable Rex Hotel is a rambling affair bringing together the best and the not-so-best of Vietnamese hospitality and hotel facilities. Many US officers were billeted here during the American war, and their daily press conferences -- known as the Five o'Clock foibles -- were held on the hotel's spacious terrace bar. Today the hotel retains a somewhat quirky charm, delivered with a generous dose of rattan and beaded curtains throughout. One of the highlights is the unashamably over-the-top Rooftop garden. Voted one of the best bars in Southeast Asia by Newsweek, this somewhat tatty bar is the hotel's epicentre of kitsch and is certainly not to be missed -- though luckily you don't need to stay in the Rex to experience it. Rooms are not shabby, but they're not luxurious either -- keep an eye out for some of the fittings seemingly dating back to the original Rex of the 1960s. The construction of yet another wing is underway, so be sure to ask for a room as far as possible from that work. It's slated for completion in 2008.
Total rooms: 217
Junior Suite
110 USD (low season)
110 USD (high season)
Superior - Double
90 USD (low season)
90 USD (high season)
Deluxe- Double
100 USD (low season)
100 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 19th December, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 13th April, 2007
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