TRAVEL FOR
TOMORROW

A VIETNAM CITY JOURNAL

Alexandra Beaumont

Edited by
Alexandra Beaumont

STAY / EAT / EXPLORE

THE VIETNAM EDITIONHO CHI MINH CITY ↔ HANOI

ALEXANDRA’S VIETNAM NOTEBOOK

Tomorrow
starts with
a better stay.

City stays, neighbourhood days and food stops worth planning.

Find your city base ↗
01 / HO CHI MINH CITY02 / HANOI
Ho Chi Minh City Hall and the Nguyen Hue square, photographed in January 2020HO CHI MINH CITY ↗Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, photographed in July 2006HANOI ↗
STAY.
EAT.
EXPLORE.

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01 / CHOOSE YOUR STARTING POINT

Two cities.
Different daily rhythms.

SOUTHERN VIETNAM

Ho Chi Minh City

Street-level energy, a useful hotel base and room for a food stop.

NORTHERN VIETNAM

Hanoi

Lake-side pauses, Old Quarter streets and a stay chosen around your days.

02 / PLACES TO COME BACK TO

A room for your kind of trip.

All eight hotel notes ↗

03 / THE USEFUL DETAILS

Small decisions.
Better city days.

Ho Chi Minh City Hall and the Nguyen Hue square, photographed in January 2020

STAY / 01

Choose the base. Then the room.

A hotel address should fit the days you actually want.

A modern living room with a sectional sofa, a coffee table, and a potted plant. - Somerset Grand Hanoi (Hanoi)

STAY / 02

Hotel room or serviced apartment?

Space, meals and daily routines belong in the same comparison.

Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, photographed in July 2006

EAT / 03

Leave time for banh mi and coffee.

Fit food stops into a city day without overplanning it.

Alexandra Beaumont

MEET THE EDITOR

Leave room for the city.

I bring hotel research and practical days together: a useful base, a few deliberate stops and space to see what catches your attention.

Meet Alexandra ↗