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Ho Tay Water Park & Moon Park
On summer's most sweltering days it may seem like all of Hanoi converges on this Water Park, 5km north of the city centre. After cooling off on the water slides and in the refreshing pools, you can catch a stiff breeze on a double-corkscrew roller coaster in the adjacent Moon Park.
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Hoa Lo Prison
US POWs ironically dubbed Hoa Lo the 'Hanoi Hilton' during their stay here (Senator John McCain was among them), but Hoa Lo's history is much deeper. The French built it to detain Vietnamese dissidents, and the exhibits manage to emphasise the horrid conditions under French rule while simultaneously painting a somewhat rosy picture of POW life here. Nonetheless, it's well worth a visit.
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Metropole Hotel
The 1953 Citroën parked in front of Hanoi's legendary Metropole says it all, for behind the hotel's wedding-cake exterior you'd never know the French got their rumps kicked at Dien Bien Phu (in 1954). When it opened in 1901, this was one of the classiest hotels in all of Asia. It still oozes colonial extravagance. Take a look around, and have an exotic cocktail at the Bamboo Bar.
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