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Old House of Tan Ky

101 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Hoi An, Vietnam
Ranked #19 of 36 attractions in Hoi An
3.5 of 5 stars 52 Reviews
Type: Historic Sites
Description: This beautiful private home, built around an open courtyard and filled with antiques, is over two hundred years old.
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Quebec
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2012

After paying for our 5 entrance ticket for the old town, we headed for the Tan Ky house because we saw some good reviews about it. They were right, a private guide takes you around the beautiful house, serves you some green tea and answers you every questions.

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Hoi An, Vietnam
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012

Very interesting old merchant house. Short talk on house on arrival, with our Old town ticket, in decent English. Doesnt take long to look around though.

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San Leandro, California
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012

We really enjoyed the blinds and furniture adorned with mother-of-pearl, and the house was a nice example of the famed Hoi An architecture. Expect nothing more than a nice cup of tea and to shoo away the mild efforts at salesmanship and you'll have a nice short visit.

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Malmö
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2012

The house is a smaller souvenir shop and one of the girls who wored ther tried to sell a ver over priced souvenir coin to us and when we told her the price was to high she got very rude. Very disappointing!

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Hoi An
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

A sign says it is free. I thought that sounded ok so I went in. When I indicated that I was leaving there was a demand for money ( a donation I think was what was suggested). I found that annoying. The house was only of moderate interest to me, but everyone has different interests, so go there and see... More

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Calgary
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28 reviews 28 reviews
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

Wonderful that family still lives in house. While there the lady of the house was doing something at a desk while tourists took photos and had tea. Beautiful

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Venice, Italy
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16 reviews 16 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2012

(Real stay Mar 2010, TA doesn't allow earlier than the specified date)

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Hoi An
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2012

Old house but they where restoring while I was there. They did give a good explanation and they showed you how high the water was coming after the floods of the river the past year.

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Hobart, Australia
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57 reviews 57 reviews
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012

there was a mini-tour and then got the chance to buy souvenirs and look around, but you could only go downstairs. there are plenty of other places in hoi an demonstrating similar architecture that you can look around for free without being swarmed by hawkers

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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49 helpful votes 49 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2012
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My two friends and I entered the house and immediately were served tea and given a one-minute explanation of the house's architecture. After that, a huge tour group came in and we were quickly swept aside and encouraged to buy necklaces. When we politely declined, our 'guide' walked away, and that was basically it. We read that the house has... More

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