Hanoi
Vietnam's thousand-year-old capital, with a 36-street Old Quarter, quiet mornings by Hoan Kiem Lake, and street food famous the world over.
A natural World Heritage site of thousands of limestone islands rising from emerald water — Vietnam's most iconic sight.
Ha Long Bay is a symphony of rock and water — thousands of islands rising from emerald water, each one a different shape, each view its own story. Spend a night aboard a boat anchored in the bay and watch dawn slip through the limestone peaks, and you'll find yourself slowing down without meaning to.
Ha Long Bay
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Northern Vietnam
Vietnam's thousand-year-old capital, with a 36-street Old Quarter, quiet mornings by Hoan Kiem Lake, and street food famous the world over.
Often called 'Ha Long Bay on land,' Ninh Binh is limestone karsts, winding rivers and bright green rice paddies.
A town in the clouds at 1,500m, where terraced rice fields, ethnic villages and Fansipan all meet.