This beautiful and cozy apartment has 1 queen size bed and 1 twin size bed. It is located on Duong Thanh Street (French Quarter/Old Quarter). Just walking distance (10 minutes) to Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, The St Joseph's Cathedral, Water Puppet Theater, as well as many restaurants, bars, cafes and souvenir shops. When you walk out of the door you are in the heart of Hanoi life. The apartment has Wifi, cable TV, a modernly equipped kitchen, washing machine. Other nearby attractions include Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature. This apartment has everything you will need to make your stay in Hanoi a comfortable and enjoyable experience. More than just a place to stay, it will be your home in Hanoi. Price includes electricity, washing machine, cable TV, Wifi, Lavi water and weekly cleaning service.
Guest Access
* You will use entire apartment
* You can use washing machine in your apartment (privately).
* You can use the basement and free parking area.
Interaction with Guests
* I or my brother will always meet guest when check-in and check-out, and upon the guest's request anytime
* Guest can contact us via (SENSITIVE CONTENTS HIDDEN), Line, -------, Hangouts, Zalo, Email, SMS.
The Neighborhood
* Located in Hanoi's Old Quarter, the apartment has so many choices of cafes, restaurants and shops within easy walking distance. However, it is set back off the street so provides a quiet retreat when you want to relax.
* I usually update the guidebook with my local favorites of special food/ restaurant, nighttime hot spots and attractions (please see the guidebook for your details)
Getting Around
* The location is very strategic and convenient to tourist hotspots/ landmarks:
+ about 400m to St. Joseph's Cathedral
+ about 500m to the Hoan Kiem lake/ Ngoc Son Temple
+ about 500m to Night Market of Old Quarter which is opened from 8pm to 12am of every weekend - Friday, Saturday, Sunday
+ about 700m to the Water Puppet theater
+ about 800m to Hoa Lo Prison Museum
+ about 1km to Hanoi Opera House
+ about 1.3km to The Museum of Vietnamese History
+ about 1.3km to Temple of Literature (i.e. Van Mieu).
+ about 1.6km to Ho Chi Minh complex, One Pillar Pagoda.
+ about 2.8km to Trn Quc Pagoda
+ about 5.8km to Vietnam Museum Ethnology
* Our Private Airport-Car Service: I also provide car service to pick up and drop off you at the airport with the cheap fare of VND400,000 flat; VND500,000 flat and VND800 flat for each trip/ route for 5 seats; 7 seats and 16 seats respectively, which is much cheaper than normal taxi. You only need to tell me in advance for booking the car service.
* Taxi: Taxi fare is VND12,500 per km and VND14,500 per km for 5 seats car and 7 seats car respectively. It takes about 32km from Noi Bai airport to my house. You can take Mai Linh Taxi, Noi Bai Taxi, ABC Taxi, Thanh Cong Taxi, CP Taxi at the airport (there is taxi advisor there).
* Public transit: you can take bus (fare of VND7,000 per each trip), normal taxi and modern taxi such as: Uber (IOS and Android app for hiring taxi service with cheaper price than the normal one) or hired local motorbike-driver (in Vietnam we call "xe m") to get around the city. Should you need any advice on public transit, please let me know.
* Scooter for rent: I also have a scooter (Vespa, Honda Lead) which is available for rent. The price (without fuel) is USD10 per day. There is a parking area with security in the building. The parking fee of my scooters are paid, so you needn't to pay it. However, you are requested to make a security deposit for hiring my scooter. The security deposit can be your passport, your international driving license or USD200. The security deposit will be returned to you when you return the scooter.
Other Things to Note
* Tour arrangement: I can help you to arrange transportation & accommodation or customize tour to all tourism places in Vietnam, like: Sa Pa, Ha Long Bay, Mai Chau, Tam Coc - Ninh Binh, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet, Phu Quoc, Ho Chi Minh, etc. given I have become a strategic partner of The Sinh Tourist who is one of the best tour operator in Vietnam.
* Stay/Residence Registration: Foreigner is required to (i) present the information of Passport/ Visa/ Immigration declaration/ Temporary residence permission; and, (ii) execute House Lease Contract for residence registration purpose with the local authority.
* Prepaid Phone/ Hand-phone plan for tourist/ foreigner: You can buy "Happy Tourist" plan of VND250,000 of Mobifone for data & call in 30 days:
+ For Happy Tourist Data pack, you will have 3GB free high speed; out of these free data, data price will be VND9.77 per 50KB. Besides, you can deposit more money into the account by using phone card to use local SMS and international SMS of VND350 per SMS and VND2,500 per SMS respectively.
+ For Happy Tourist Voice & Data pack, you will have 1.5GB free high speed and VND80,000 in balance. Out of these free data, data price will be VND25 per 50KB. Besides, cost for local SMS and international SMS are the same to Happy Tourist Data pack. And you can call locally at VND1,780 per minute and internationally at VND3,960 per minute.
