Fortuna Hotel Hanoi

Everyone passing by Lang Ha street is impressed by the splendid beauty of Fortuna Hotel. And you will also get better impression when staying here. The hotel with 200 rooms will provide you comfortable and convenient place to rest and relax.
In each room, there are modern facilities including telephone, TV and mini bar. Moreover, other services such as dry cleaning and laundry, store and restaurant are always available to satisfy the guests’ demand. The hotel seeks to bring a balance of traditional style and modern comforts to meet the needs of each and every guest.
This combination is one of the factors attracting visitors to the hotel, as the result, the hotel is often full at high season. To make a reservation at the Fortuna Hotel, please enter the dates of your stay and complete our secure online booking form.
How to get there

Fotuna Hotel is the first choice of many guests when coming to Hanoi because of its convenient location. Situated centrally in the embassy and business district of the capital, the Fotuna Hotel is within walking distance to Giang Vo Exhibition Center and 10-15 minutes drive to center of town. Thererfore, you wont miss any big events of business and art at Hanoi when staying in Fotuna Hotel.
Point of view
I have stayed here for 3 weeks while on business and was occupying a premier room where the rooms are large and comfortable. The room comes with a 42-inch LCD TV and a large Jacuzzi bathtub too. The staff were very helpful. If there is a problem, they try to fix it as soon as possible. For instance, they apologized about items I found trivial like a burned out light bulb and the staff replaced it on their own initiative.
Quality control is efficient at this hotel. There are several restaurants featuring several cuisines. The breakfast buffet is international and should satisfy anyone. The local area has many restaurants if you are adventurous.
Staying here on business, I find this hotel very suitable for business meeting because the facilities provided for this purpose, especially large rooms and banquet, are very good. I also recommend this hotel for golf and spa service. It brings me a really relaxing time!
Fortuna Hotel- Ha Noi
Rates: $115-$175
Address: 6B, Lang Ha St, Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam

Aptez Holiday Hotel

Address: 9 Tong Duy Tan Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
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APT EZ Holiday hotel is a beautiful hotel located in the heart of Hanoi Old Quarter. It offers full services as restaurant, café, domestic and international tours, internet, etc. The hotel owns the professional, sympathetic and friendly staff as well. All commits to satisfy the guests with best service and great care. APT EZ Holiday hotel is a wonderful place to enjoy holiday in Hanoi.

Location

APT EZ Holiday hotel is located in the center of the Old Quarter. It is surrounded by many conveniences that are easy to find in the area such as restaurants, shops, post office, bars, etc. Within a few minutes driving, tourists can visit all must see attractions in Hanoi like Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, Dong Xuan market, the Temple of Literature, One-Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Hanoi Opera House, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Trang Tien Plaza, National Museum of Vietnam History, Vietnam Museum of Revolution, Ho Chi Minh monument complex, etc. It is about 1 km (2mins driving) from the hotel to Hanoi Railway Station and 31.5 km (37mins driving) to Noi Bai International Airport.

Room
Offering 8 floors that can access by elevator with 30 rooms, APT EZ Holiday hotel will give tourists the best comfort ever. All rooms are well-designed and have wonderful view of the city. Each room is in high architectural standards and full equipped with telephone, TV, mini bar, private bathroom, hairdryer, inter, air-conditioned, etc.

Hotel Facilities

• Breakfast
• Internet
• Travel desk
• Tour guide
• Translation service
• Visa service
• Elevator
• Airport transfer
• Luggage storage
• Telephone
• Fax
• Printer
• Photocopy
• Wake up service
• Laundry service
• Ticket service
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Car, motorcycle, bicycle rental
• Water puppet booking
• Baby sitter
• 24-hour reception
• Safe
• Porter service
• Currency exchange
• Message, postal and courier service
• Beauty salon
• Hairdresser
• Business center
• Room service

Hotel Room Facilities

• Desk
• Hairdryer
• Sewing kit
• Shopping bag
• Refrigerator
• Private bathroom
• Air-conditioned
• Satellite/Cable TV
• Telephone
• Mini bar
• Coffee and tea maker
• Internet

Extra Hotel information

• Check-in time: 12:00
• Check-out time: 11:30
• Number of room: 30
• Distance to train station: 1km
• Distance to airport: 31.5km
• Time to airport: 37mins

Maison Dhanoi Hanova

Address: 35-37 Hang Trong Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Maison D’HaNoi Hanova Hotel has been newly built and opened in 2007 in the area of 36 old streets in the centre of Hanoi Capital. The hotel is an ideal accommodation option for both business travelers and tourists as well. For business travelers, the hotel offers quite full services, such as: facsimile machine, photocopying services, computer with internet access and some business centers. Once coming here, you will be satisfied and feel pleasant with the strange and peaceful ambience of the Piano Bar, Minh Hai Lobby Gallery and Hanova Café. The Royal Spa on the topmost 13^th floor will make you unwind after a busy and tierd day.

Location
Located in the centre of Hanoi Capital, Maison D’HaNoi Hanova Hotel offers easy access to the famous Hoan Kiem Lake (just within 3 minutes walk), the Old Quarter and other famous attractions. The hotel is also much close to some restaurants, banks, shops, markets, offices, coffees, bars, cafés, entertainment spots and other hotels. The distance from Noi Bai International Airport to the hotel is about 40 km, which takes a 40-minute drive.

Room
The hotel features Hanoi French colonial with Asian Art Deco façade through it 55 well-appointed guestrooms and suites. Out of these, there are 33 Classic rooms, 18 Deluxe rooms, 01 Classic Suite and 03 Deluxe Suites with window offering road view. All rooms are spacious, comfortable and convenient with a wide range of modern facilities, including: individually controlled air-conditioning, mini fridge, hair dryer, mini bar, multi-channel satellite television, free internet access, safe-box, IDD telephone, and so on.

Hotel Facilities

• Airport transportation (surcharge)
• Complimentary breakfast
• Concierge desk
• Currency exchange
• Doorman/doorwoman
• Express check-out
• Fitness facilities
• Internet access in public areas
• Internet access - wireless
• Medical assistance available
• Porter/bellhop
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Sauna
• Self parking
• Spa tub
• Steam room
• Tour assistance
• 24-hour front desk
• Audio-visual equipment
• Business center
• Business services
• Room service (24 hours)
• Secretarial services
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Coffee shop or café
• Elavator/lift
• Fax machine
• Restaurant
• Smoke-free property

Hotel Room Facilities

• Air conditioning
• Coffee/tea maker
• Hair dryer
• Minibar
• Refrigerator
• Television
• Wake-up calls
• Wireless Internet access

Extra Hotel information

• Check-in time: 2:00 PM
• Check-out time: 11:00 AM
• Number of rooms: 55
• Distance to airport: 40km
• Time to airport: 45 minutes

Phú Diễn grapefruit - fruit for Tết

Hà Nội fruits are famous with Phú Diễn grapefruits and Xuân Đỉnh sapochi. For hundred years now, Phú Diễn (in Từ Liêm district, Hà Nội) is popularly known with the kind of fruit – grapefruit or bưởi.

Phú Diễn grapefruit in Từ Liêm, Hà NộiPhoto: Vĩnh Cát

It’s said that, the former generations had to hybridize the grapefruit Đoan Hùng (Phú Thọ province) to have the local fruit. Phú Diễn grapefruits are not big but thin skin and thick sections, almost few seeds and sweeter than Đoan Hùng fruits. Phú Diễn grapefruit can be stored in 5 - 6 month and the quality remain unaffected. Harvest season lasts from lunar November, December to serve Tết. Growers pick fruits before Tết to get the trees ready for next season. Phú Diễn grapefruits are planted only in garden, not in the fields and they don’t need too much water and fertilizer as well. It’s thought that the soil of Hồ Tây lake and red river make the fruit more delicious and different in tastes with fruits of other regions.

Phú Diễn locals don’t propagate their products and if they sell seedlings, they keep their secret on how to breed. That’s why customers can buy grapefruits in elsewhere but it’s not so good as in Phú Diễn.

Grapefruits become a strategic plants in Phú Diễn due to which, many families become rich. They plant at least 30 – 40 trees even one hundred in a garden.

Phú Diễn grapefruits are in high demand, not only for Hanoians but for tourists at home and abroad. It’s hoped and believed that Phú Diễn will soon an eco -tourism area in Hà Nội.

                                                            HỒNG TÂM 
source : http://www.vtr.org.vn/vtr.php?ml=923&pid=389

Back to explore Hanoi on second Vietnam trip

Each foreign tourist arrives in Hanoi and when they return to their home, they all have an individual impression. Hanoi is ancient and peaceful; Hanoi bustles and is full of vitality; Hanoi has precise and unique gastronomy; Hanoi is brilliant with colours; and Hanoi is passionate and charming.

Common impressions for tourist to easily recognize are the friendly, enthusiastic and hospitable people of Hanoi. Living in California, US, Dr Gish chooses Hanoi capital as the tourism destination for his family. He said that his family had visited many famous landscapes, enjoyed traditional delicious dishes in Hanoi and contacted many people. However, the most memorable impression for his family was the vibrant vitality of Hanoi’s traditional culture.

Sword Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam 

“Hanoi leaves good impressions for me because the city has preserved its cultural heritages, for example, Tortoise Tower in Sword Lake, daily life and business activities of inhabitants in the Old Quarter. I think that Hanoi is trying to preserve its essential cultural values of previous years and be determined to develop a modern city at the same time,” Dr Gish said.

Sharing these thoughts with Dr Gish, Mr. George Saxton also loves to visit historical sites in Hanoi. For him, these are memorable places during his visit.  “I’m sure to remember Sword Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, the Temple of Literature, the house on stilts where Uncle Ho lived and the whole area. I like the way the house on stilts is preserved, that is what I remember about Hanoi.”

For Ms Marcia of Maryland, US, dishes like pho (noodle soup), cha ca (fried fish), rice vermicelli and meat rolls or coffee in Hanoi are all wonderful but her most memorable impression about Hanoi is completely different. It is the people and cultural character of Hanoi. Hanoi’s culture is charming and plentiful. One of the most beautiful images among Asian countries she has ever seen is the image of Vietnamese women in long-dresses and “any time I close my eyes I see that image”. “I also like the image of farmers growing rice in the fields,” she happily said. That is what she remembers about Hanoi.

 That is also the comments of Ms Johnson from Idaho, US. She said that it is hard to use any word to fully describe the people in Hanoi. Therefore, she has to come back Hanoi many times. “Hanoi people are very wonderful and enthusiastic and eager to help strangers. The first time we came to Hanoi was in 1995 we were a little worried of not being welcomed, but unexpectedly every one treated us very kindly. We were helped any time we needed assistance. We had close friends and they treated us very well when we were there. We can not talk all about the wonderful people in Viet Nam,” Ms Johnson said.

The Temple of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam 

Living in Hanoi for many years, James Rhodes and his wife from Alabama, US, were eager to return Hanoi in the autumn to welcome the capital’s 1,000th birthday. Hanoi attracts him and his wife with special things.

“The thing we like most in Hanoi is the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra. This is a wonderful orchestra. I must say that we have listened to symphonies all over the world but the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra is excellent. Additionally, in Hanoi, the folk music is also good. This year, we come back to celebrate the 1,000 years of Thang Long – Hanoi and we don’t intend to leave this city. We choose to live in Hanoi because this is a cheap city and people there are friendly. My wife and I decided to choose Hanoi as our home.

Mr. Steve Ball living in Maine, US said that for him, Hanoi is an ancient city. Hanoi truthfully reflects the culture of Viet Nam, this is a beautiful city for tourists to visit, go for a walk and are welcomed. Mr. Steve always encourages his friends to come to Hanoi.

“I want to send sincere congratulations to all people of Hanoi capital on the occasion of the Hanoi’s 1,000th birthday. I desire that Hanoi continues to develop prosperously. I myself also expect to arrive in Hanoi to share this happiness with the people in the capital about this event. I wish the best things for Hanoi people. Good bye and see you in Viet Nam,” he said on the occasion of Hanoi’s 1,000th birthday.

source : http://www.activetravelmagazines.com/vietnam/Back-to-explore-Hanoi-on-second-Vietnam-trip.html