Hotel Advice ??

Hiya all......Me and my fiance are planning a trip to Vietnam. I would like to spend a few days visiting some war memorials and then finnish off with a few days romancing and relaxing (Must have clear blue water sea and nice pool for the missus!!!!) Does anyone have any advice on the best hotels, locations etc. We dont mind travelling to a couple of different hotels but would like to stay in the south and have been advised that Phan Thiet is wonderful. Please help. Thank you.

Hotel Advice ??

Hi Saf,

I%26#39;ve returned my Vietnam trip. I stayed at Sealion Resort in Muine, PhanThiet. Very nice resort and pool

I book thru travel agent in Saigon http://travelindochine.net/en/index.php? there are many good sea food restaurant. I enjoyed sea food at Golden Sand res and bar at Sailing Club.

Hotel Advice ??

Terracotta resort 4* very good, you can try

Hi, Mui Ne/Phan Tiet seems to fit the bill, I%26#39;ve stayed at a few places there and enjoyed them all. Full Moon Resort is nice in a laid back sort of a way and the Sailing Club is pretty swish in a more upmarket style. You might want to have a look at Phu Quoc Island too, my favourite beach hang out in Vietnam.

I choose Blue Ocean in Muine 4stars resorts

Hi, have visited Mui Ne several times and by far my favourite resort is the Sailing Club. It is very small, private with high quality service and food.

Agree, I%26#39;ve only stayed there once but Sailing Club would be perfect for what you are after, pool which is only a few steps from the sand, a nice bar and balcony overlooking the beach, great service and nice rooms.

I%26#39;d guarantee you would not be disappointed.

We%26#39;ve just been back from MuiNe / Phan Thiet. Its lovely, but ocean is very choppy, making it hard to swim. Very windy - great for kite flying and wind surfing!

We stayed at White Sands resort. Not recommended, unless you are looking for somewhere out the way and verrry quiet! (See hotel reviews)

Mui Ne (Phan Thiet) is perfect place. Best to stay at resorts on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Str. i.e. around Blue Ocean, Saigon-Mui Ne resorts area. That is central and you can just walk across the street with line-up restaurants, bars... Most of resorts are private, some recommendations would be Blue Ocean, The Beach, Sunsea Resort, Full Moon, Cham Villas, Sailing club.

Get yourself to Cham Villas. We have been to Mui Ne many times and stayed at almost all of the hotels (just arrived back) and nowhere else compares. Best location, they even sieve the sand where their sunbeds sit on the beach. Faultless Accommodation.

Hi Mark

SAFC supporters here, just got back from the Stoke game so obviously vey happy.

We have been to Saigon a couple of times and also Phan Thiet, we stayed at the Ocean Dunes and travelled by taxi to Mue Nue most night%26#39;s - very cheap.

The area is very remote and not much going on, we had a fantastic time though and if we went to the area would only stay at the same hotel, it was a bit out of the way but very very good - we were there for 9 nights which was enough time and we followed that with 5 nights in Pattaya, one extreme to the other but suited us.

Daytrips,nightlife and excursions in Vietnam

Can anyone tell me a little about what Daytrips,nightlife and excursions are available in the various places in vietnam?!

Would be very greatful

Daytrips,nightlife and excursions in Vietnam

Hi,

There are so many day trips or short excursions in Vietnam.

- Hanoi- Halong Bay:

+ City tour: half or full day

+ Pagoda tours

+ Handicraft Villages tour

+ Halong bay cruise 1-3 days

- Sapa: magnificent sight with range of mountains

+ Walking tours

+ Sapa weekend market

-%26gt; you can trek some local villages, even trek Fansipan mountain with adventure

- Hue: with half or full day tour visiting tombs of Kings; biking and cruising also

- Hoi An: with half or full day city tour, visit World heritage site of My Son

- Nha Trang: famous for its beautiful beaches, it%26#39;s an ideal place to relax and entertain

- Da Lat: fames on its charming beauty, with a bike, you will have a wonderful trip there, or hiking to mountain with whole sightseeing.

- Ho Chi Minh city and Mekong tours: a dynamic city will attract you at the first time.

More reference, you can view at Activetravelshop with all things you need.

Good luck and have a nice day!

One way motorbike rental from hoi an to Hue

Hi all, having a fantastic time in Vietnam.. I would really like to travel the next leg of my trip from Hoi an to Hue on motorbike. Can someone recomend a place that will do a one way rental... I was thinking of sending the luggage up on taxi to our hotel in Hue. any info would be appreciated.

thanks

One way motorbike rental from hoi an to Hue

Hmmm, sounds good doesn%26#39;t it, but....

Your question and similar ones have been asked many times before. The following link answers your question and lists many

considerations you probably haven%26#39;t thought of. I recommend that you read the posts on both pages.

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293926-i10089-k24…

One way motorbike rental from hoi an to Hue

hi, mixed comments.. I have been riding now for several days in hoi an without any issues.. common sense riding ie slowley and checking all around you. I really do want to experience the route over the hai van pass and would still like to attempt it..

Are the main routes really that dangerous especially around the pass ? and how long would it take to Hue i was thinking 5hrs or so...

My idea now was to send the luggage up with my wife in a taxi and follow along on the bike..then get the taxi company to bring the bike back to hoi an.. .anybody done this.. thx

clear my labtop

1 or 2 day trip to mekong

the wife and I are in Hoi An at the moment and we plan to go to mekong on sunday for a 1 day tour or 2 day tour with sin cafe, has anyone done either of the tours is it a lot better to go 2 days rather than 1

1 or 2 day trip to mekong

Here is the link for Mekong Delta Tours by Sinh Cafe.

www.sinhcafevn.com/Tour.asp?TypeTour=47

Hope you will find a suitable one for yourselves

Mr Phuoc

P.s : Make sure you will go with the REAL Sinh Cafe

Add :246 - 248 De Tham St., Dist. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Tel: (84-8) 3838 9593 - 3838 9597 / Fax: (84-8) 3836 9322, Email: info@sinhcafevn.com

1 or 2 day trip to mekong

Hi Artattack,

I think if you have enought time u should take Mekong delta tour 2d/1n( homestay) that better .

Help a first-time-traveler in Mui Ne

Hi all!

In Mars are we going to Asia and Mui Ne (Sealion Resort) for the first time and is looking forward to a lovely two week holiday. I麓ve been reading alot in this forum for help and tips but have a few questions I hope you can help me with.

- How much does lunch and dinner cost?

- Is there only seafood at the restaurants or does they also serve meat or chicken?

- How麓s the snorkeling in Mui Ne?

Thanks in advance

Magnus

Help a first-time-traveler in Mui Ne

hi Magnus

I don%26#39;t know about snorkeling, but I can help with the meal questions. The restaurants do serve meat and poultry beside seafood. Cost for a good sumptuous meal runs from $15-$40 for 2, with seafood like oyster, crabs and prawn, including beers but not liquor. I guess you can go for much less at local restaurants but the ambiance is no comparison.

We had a wonderful dinner at Ngoc Suong, a famous restaurant where our table was on the beach in a beautiful setting and it costs us around $40. I highly recommend everybody in Mui Ne to check it out for a romantic special dinner. Too bad their website does not state the price but you can have an idea of what they serve.

www.ngocsuongvn.com/en/thucdonmon.php鈥?/a>

We also had lunch at Hoa Vien restaurant. It is also very nice with a beach view. And if you%26#39;re a fan of Czech beer, they brew their own on site.

http://hoavi锚n.vn/

Another one we visited was the Cay Bang restaurant next to Hoa Vien. The food was good, fresh seafood but the crowd is loud, the facilities not really clean and service is very slow.

All in all, the food would be good wherever you eat in Mui Ne. You%26#39;ll like it. The highlight of our recent trip was indeed the food.

Happy planning.

Help a first-time-traveler in Mui Ne

Thank you so much for your answer!

I麓ve written down your recommendations and will try to wisit them once we are there.

It sounds really great that you can have a sumptuous meal for that amount of money. But can you (or someone else) tell us how much a simple lunch and dinner may cost in Mui Ne? We are trying to figuera out how much money we need to allocate to this vacation.

And another questions I cant find the answer to, how much does a bottle of water costs?

/ magnus

Hi,

I can give you some examples about food cost.

There are always the very budget small rests

where you can eat for $10 p.p.

But for a european standards restaurant:

Lobster 750000 dong Kg

Tiger prowns 500000 dong/Kg

Fish excellent quality 20-400000

Tuna 300000 - Chicken 300000

1Euro=23000 dong

see pictures of fish prices inside my review for

Terracotta resort

Good Luck

For a simple lunch or dinner we chose to eat at the two roadside eateries directly across from SinhCafe%26#39;s Mui Ne resort. They allowed us to choose seafood from the day%26#39;s fresh catch which they prepared for us on the spot. It was very good and the service was beyond friendly. These restaurants lack the upscale atmosphere and beachfront views of their counterparts down the road but the food and service are uniformly excellent. The cost was about 7USD per person including beer.

Cassia Cottage or Beach Club?

We are a married couple in our early sixties and are looking at a week at Phu Quoc Island.

We live in Australia and have travelled extensively throughout the world especially Asia, but never visited Vietnam.

Can anyone recommend one of the above hotels which are number 1 and 2 on trip advisor or are there any other recommendations?

Also, has anyone flown from Perth Australia and if so what route can you recommend?

Any comments will be very useful thanks.

Cassia Cottage or Beach Club?

We stayed at Mango Bay Resort - north of the main town and away from the main drag of hotels. This is an ';eco';resort, very nicely spaced between natural rooms. Have a look at their website, and if you need any further info. do please private message me. We had an amazing and very chilled week there at the end of January.

Tiggy.

Cassia Cottage or Beach Club?

Hello,

I try to give you an idea what is the difference between the 2 hotels.

Cassia Cottage http://www.cassiacottage.com/ , swimming pool, A/C in a room, but more expensive (the cheapest room from $60 smartstays.com/cassia-cottage-resort-phu-quo鈥?/a> ) than

Beach Club http://www.beachclubvietnam.com/ no A/c, no breakfast with a room, no airport pick up, but you could get a beach front bungalow for $28 (this is the April price, in low season you could get it for cheaper price ).

Beach Clus has 4 bungalows, and 6 rooms , Cassia C has 18 rooms, and the bungalows. I think (howewer I have never stayed there ) CC more resort style, but looks very prity on the photos.

It is always depends on what you are looking for, privacy, nice beach without too much tourist, or the opposite one.

Beach Club is on the far end of the Long Beach, a little bit isoleted from the other hotels, while CC in the middle of the tourist resorts.

Because you are in your early sixties , I would recommend CC, if you want to choose between the 2 hotels, maybe CC suits you better than BC . (I chose BC , but I`m just 35 years old, and I do not like big resorts , and I`m sorry but I do not like too much tourist around me, and I like challange :-)) )

But you could check Sea Star or Mango Bay resort,as well, they have a very good review , lots of people recommend them on this forum .

http://www.seastarresort.com/eng/

www.mangobayphuquoc.com/swf/accomodation.html

And more info :

http://www.hotels-phuquoc.com/

http://www.phuquochotels.com/

http://www.hotelsinphuquoc.com/

www.phuquocstop.com/?S=23%26C=24%26T=0%262N=5%26L==

Have a nice holiday!

zskin

Sorry about some of the spelling mistake, I forgot to check it.

Mango Bay is vastly overrated in my opinion. It%26#39;s basically a wooden hut backpacker resort with an overpriced restaurant attached (nowhere else to eat nearby!) and good branding/marketing. The beach there is nothing special, the rooms aren%26#39;t very clean, the beds are hard, service unremarkable and the restaurant offers little choice. It%26#39;s also a bit out of the way if you plan to do some touring of the island, and you can forget going anywhere else at night.

Not stayed at Cassia, but stayed at Beach Club and I love it. The rooms are way better than those at Mango Bay, and they%26#39;re right on the beach. Plus the service is fantastic and the bar/restaurant has plenty of variety and is reasonably priced.

Have to disagree with the previous Poster - has he or she actually stayed at Mango Bay?

Yes, it is fairly basic, ie no air-con, fridges or phones in the rooms, but we found our fisherman bungalow to be very clean. The rooms are very well spaced out and really the whole ethos of the place is peace and quiet. The restaurant was fine with enough choice, but you could wander towards town and find a few little very interesting places to eat!! and we even found a tiny place next to Bo Resort. And for the more energetic the walk along the beach, around 1 hour, to town was fun, especially when you cut in and wander down the narrow little road parrallel to the sea, very friendly people getting on with their lives and always keen to practice their English!! Or the taxi ride into town was short and cheap and quickly arranged by reception...... We also hired a motor bike from one of the staff and did some great exploring of the island, both north and south. We went to Mango Bay for real peace and quiet which is what we got - so it is really a matter of ';horses for courses'; .......

Yes, I spent 4 days there in December, and yes it was peaceful, but I felt it was way overpriced compared to other resorts on the island, especially the restaurant which is VERY expensive.

we just returned from vietnam and had a 4-day stay at sea star resort, which i give a giant thumbs-up. for $45, we had a nice little bungalow with a great view of the beach, AC, a decent breakfast and a fantastic location. of all the long beach locations, i think sea star has the nicest beach by far--lots of shade, trees and chairs that you can drag around, and they keep it immaculate.

they also have bungalows that are right on the beach, but these have a shared wall, and honestly though we were 30 steps farther from the sand, we loved having more privacy.

the staff couldn%26#39;t have been nicer, and there was a good mix of families, couples, older, younger, etc. a fantastic spot! i%26#39;d stay there again in a heartbeat.

Purves_Grundy,

You stayed in Beach Club, can you tell me how far is it from the town by walk ? (I read info on TA,but one said 30 min. the other said 40 min , all right I know it depends on how fast are you , but just about..? )

What else do you suggest to see in Phu Quoc?

( I have already known the list like pearl farm, fish sauce factory etc )

I do not want to go by organised tour, I`m planning to hire a moped, and discover the island myself , Is there any unique places what I should see ? (

Thanks

zskin

Anyway, where is warnerbros ?

You can just about walk into town from Beach Club, I guess it would take around 40 mins.

Plenty to see on PQ - Bai Sao beach, the north-west cape with its fishing villages %26amp; views of Cambodia, take a drive through the rainforest, take a boat cruise/fishing trip, and just rent a bike %26amp; drive around. Beautiful scenery. Go now before they ruin it!

Thanks.

';Go now before they ruin it!';

I hope it is not too late...

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Ancient town offers price cuts to lure visitors

Hoi An has tied up with tour companies to offer discounts to visitors to the ancient town, an official said.

Deputy chairman of the town People’s Committee, Truong Van Bay, said visitors staying at five- and four-star hotels for more than two days between Mar 26 to April 1 will get discounts of 10 to 30 percent on tours, souvenirs, and food at well-known restaurants and do not have to buy entrance tickets at tourist spots.

Visitors staying in three- and two-star hotels would get 10-20 percent discounts for beauty services and souvenirs as well as free breakfast, he said.

Mr. Bay promised that the details of the campaign and the names of businesses joining it would be publicized.

The city tourism authorities plan to run seven more promotions campaigns this year.

Have fun

Einstein

Ancient town offers price cuts to lure visitors

Thanks for the info Einstein - please do keep us posted on the details.

Ancient town offers price cuts to lure visitors

Hi Einstein

Good new,this would promote more tourist to Hoi An

Thank you