Many tourists believe that Hanoi is one of the most beautiful capitals in Asia.

Hanoi is the combination of esplanade lined by large trees and old French colonial buildings and narrow streets with low buildings and many parks and lakes. In addition to this, we have Hanoi’s active commerce, good coffee, great food and many pagodas, churches and temples.

Hanoi is with all its sights a fantastic experience.

Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city is Vietnam's second largest city after Ho Chi Minh city, Saigon. Hanoi has 3.4 million inhabitants.

The first time Hanoi became the capital city was in 1010 under the name of Thang Long. This year is the year the city was founded as a city. Hanoi was also the capital of French Indochina from 1902, in North Vietnam to 1954 and in the united Vietnam from 1976.

Hanoi is located at the Song Hong, which is called "Red River", and its river banks. Song Hong winds its way up past the Bai Bang.

Hanoi is a great city, with buildings from several eras, which contributes to the charming environment here. It is interesting to see that each street has its own focus, for example, there is a street cobbler, another with clothes, one with toys and so on.

There are several lakes in Hanoi. The best known is Little Lake is located in the center near the Old Town. The Pagoda is located on a small island in the lake there will be via you can use a bridge to go there. Around the lake there are  nice walking paths, there nice places for dining and drinking cafe near the lake. If you want to have some views over Hanoi you can take the elevator up to the City Wiev Bar located in a building at the roundabout where the market street ends / begins. A good restaurant is Cha Ca, which serves a wonderful FISH and is on a street with the same name, the parallel street to the market street.

The old city is from the 1400's and this is ongoing every activity on the sidewalks. Haircuts, meat, mending of meals, yes all you can think of. Would you like to shop, there are plenty of shops of all kinds, antiques, DESIGNER JEANS, shoes, electronics, textiles, cloths, tailors - yes all that you can think of. Would you like to buy crafts from the minority population, go to Pho Hang Bac, there are plenty of such shops.

Hanoi is easy to get around. In Hanoi you either walk or use a bicycle taxi or a normal taxi. Taking a taxi is not very expensive in Vietnam.