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Professional Advice (11)
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“48 Hours Hanoi—The Best of a City in Two Days” National Geographic Traveler Magazine
“Vietnam: Remnants of Hanoi's French colonial past” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
“The slow traveller” Guardian Unlimited / The Observer
“Riveted by Vietnam” canoe.ca / Sun Media
“A tale of three cities” Sydney Morning Herald
“Hooked on Hanoi” Sydney Morning Herald
“Getting a Taste of Hanoi's Braised Fish Street” GoNomad.com
“Hanoi” wordtravels.com / Globe Media Ltd.
“From the city to the sea” Boston.com / Boston Globe
“Under the influence” Sydney Morning Herald
“Modern, But Unmistakably Vietnamese” New York Times (free registration required)
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“The Old Quarter” VirtualTourist.com
“Old Quarter” IgoUgo.com
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 61 attractions in Hanoi
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Traveller Description:
Hanoi’s lively Old Quarter comprises nearly 40 streets packed with shops selling all kinds of goods, each street named for its primary good or... more » Hanoi’s lively Old Quarter comprises nearly 40 streets packed with shops selling all kinds of goods, each street named for its primary good or service. « less
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Attraction type: Neighbourhood, Flea/street market, Historic walking area
Activities: Shopping, City walk sightseeing
Address: Hanoi
Vietnam

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“A place with rustic charm”
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4 of 5 stars
Belly_1701
14 Jun 2008
8/8 found this review helpful

This place is beautiful, and you will find both tourists and locals doing their shopping here. Street after street of shophouses offering a piece of Vietnam that every tourist can bring home - handicrafts, apparels, and even its very own coffee beans! While you are there, take some time out to savour the aromatic viet coffee at the local coffee... more

“A journey into the soul of Hanoi!”
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4 of 5 stars
seabrat76
Makati City, Manila
4 Apr 2008
14/14 found this review helpful

Armed with a map and a sense of adventure, I decided to give myself a walking tour of Hanoi's Old Quarters, the eternal soul of a changing city. The Old Quarters is an elaborate maze of (about) 36 street, each one named for the goods sold on it -- shoes, bamboo, metals, bags, herbs & spices, silks, etc. It is... more

“So nice Spring Here”
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5 of 5 stars
cdgh
hanoi
28 Sep 2007
1/7 found this review helpful

I got an unforgetable spring in this city. The Old streets selling all kind of goods, foods and the nature is so beautiful. more

“Expérience vietnamienne”
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2 of 5 stars
MNT73
CHAMBERY
16 Nov 2008

Hotel d'un charme certain mais situé en bordure d'une artère très fréquentée donc très très bruyante !!! malgré les efforts... more

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