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Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi vs Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original are both highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is preferred by most reviewers compared to Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original. Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi comes in at 95 with approval from 15 publications including Star Service, Insight Guides and DK Eyewitness.
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Concierge
Insight Guides
Travel + Leisure
Rough Guide
DK Eyewitness
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15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
From $128 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Concierge
"The ideally located Metropole remains the most prestigious address in Hanoi for diplomats, celebrities, and an increasing number of high-end travelers."
Insight Guides
"Built in 1901 and renovated by the French Sofitel company in 2005, this grande dame has maintained its colonial-era atmosphere while improving on its comfort levels."
Travel + Leisure
World's Best Hotels
"The city's grande dame. All 364 rooms include modern amenities, but those in the original wing have a traditional feel."
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Rough Guide
Star
"Though rooms in the modern Opera Wing exude international-class luxury, they lack the old-world charm of the original building, with its wooden floorboards and louvred shutters."
DK Eyewitness
"The Sofitel Legend Metrople restored to its original splendor, is the one of the most atmospheric hotels in the city."
Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original
Rough Guide
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
48 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 0, Vietnam
From $5 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide
Star
"Usually packed to the gills with fun-seeking backpackers. With super-friendly staff, free internet access and breakfast... and quiet dorm rooms, budget travellers have all they need under one roof."
Frommer's
"Here's a budget choice and the first real-deal youth hostel in Vietnam."
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Lonely Planet
"An efficient, perennially popular hostel... impressively organised, with custom-built bunk beds and lockers, and the dorms all have en-suite bathrooms."
