Sofitel Metropole
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From Travel + Leisure, Sep 2003
“An exception is the grand Sofitel Metropole, a beautiful 1901 landmark in Hanoi's French Quarter; it's the capital's finest hotel, with that rare combination of contiporary luxury and classic atmosphere (swirling rattan fans, tall French windows, trickling fountains)....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Feb 2002
“For a full century, the lush gardens and white colonial grandeur of the Metropole have made it the hotel of choice in the Vietnamese capital. (Charlie Chaplin even honeymooned here.) In the old days, diplomats and writers had conspiratorial chats over French cuisine, comforted not by in-room mini-bars or saunas but by a hotel bomb shelter. Though renovations have added rooms and facilities, the historic allure is still intact—and the bomb shelter, too....” MORE>>
From the T+L 500
Historic French-colonial hotel between Hoan Kiem Lake and the Opera House.
- Stats:
- 363 rooms; 2 restaurants; 4 bars.
- Competitive Edge:
- A landmark that lives up to its reputation: it's still the city's best hotel.
- Rooms to Book:
- Those in the Historic Wing, for wood floors and soaring ceilings.
- Don't Miss:
- French cuisine at the hotel's innovative Le Beaulieu restaurant.
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