Sapa
It's no surprise this hotel is a favourite with tour groups, the service here is on the ball and there's a wide variety of rooms on offer. You really want…
Must-see hotels in Northwest Vietnam
Northwest Vietnam
Excellent value with spotless, colourful rooms and a friendly vibe at reception. The hotel is just a short walk to a strip of restaurants serving Thai…
Meo Vac
Centrally located, opposite Meo Vac's Sunday market, this stately hotel has vast, neat rooms with soft beds and big TVs. A comfortable choice, though…
Northwest Vietnam
Your best choice if forced to overnight in Lai Chau, with spacious, modern rooms and fine views over the city from the upper floors. There's not much in…
Ha Giang Province
Near the Lo River, this place has 42 spotless and spacious rooms with actual separate shower cubicles in the bathrooms – some even have rain shower heads…
Meo Vac
This large guesthouse has spacious sitting areas overlooking the Gam River and is popular with motorbike tours. Choose between the eight new river-facing…
Bac Ha
Right in the middle of all the action in Bac Ha is this tidy, pleasant place. Rooms are clean and inviting, if plain, while the dorms, little more than…
Meo Vac
This popular hostel has good dorms, a rooftop terrace bar and smart private rooms (some with riverside balconies) a couple of buildings away. The English…
Sapa
This friendly guesthouse has a decent, though dark, dorm and snug private rooms. Motorcycles and bikes can be hired, trekking and transport arranged, and…
Ha Giang Province
Along Yen Minh's main road, the Thao Nguyen has clean, well-kept and spacious rooms, if you can get past the old-fashioned wallpaper. Secure parking is a…
Dong Van
The villagers of this picturesque Hmong village have initiated a homestay – little more than mattresses on the floor in relatively bare rooms, although it…
Northwest Vietnam
This gleaming main-drag edifice has handsome rooms trimmed with colourful art, wooden furniture and comfortable beds. Surprisingly sophisticated for a…
Ha Giang Province
A virtual wall of exotic booze bottles in the lobby forms the entrance to Ha Giang's capable budget option. Rooms are utterly unremarkable, but are clean…
Dong Van
A new hotel (slogan: 'More polite, more amenities'), just steps from the market, with standard budget rooms and a vast top-floor dorm with six huge, comfy…
Lao Cai
Towering over Lao Cai's train station, the Thien Hai is a solid option with big business-brisk-style rooms and professional staff. Rates shoot up on…
Ha Giang Province
This sweet little place on the main road through Tam Som offers simple, light-filled rooms with crisp, clean linen on the beds.
Dong Van
At the western edge of the market, this family-run budget place combines new, clean rooms and dorms in a shophouse.
Mai Chau
Virtually every stilt-house building in central Lac village now acts as a guest house, offering dorm-style accommodation or simple private rooms, with…
Dien Bien Phu
Bright-feeling but plain rooms in a large three-star hotel complex one minute walk from the bus station. All rooms come with a balcony and the VIP rooms…
Muong Cultural Museum Homestay
Northwest Vietnam
Simple rooms, both private and shared, are available in this art- and culture-focused compound. Breakfast is an additional 30,000d and other meals cost…
Bac Ha
The five floors here culminate in what is an imposing hotel for such a small town. The rooms aren't great value, and could use an update, although the…
Bac Ha
This rickety wooden house has bare-bones basic rooms with fan, while at the front more expensive, rather plain rooms run past a pot-plant-festooned…
Northwest Vietnam
The ageing, government-run Thanh Binh has 17 tired but passable rooms at the north end of town, but staff are rarely troubled by any guests. The upper…
Northwest Vietnam
Set just off the main street, this white-and-gold palatial-feeling place has slightly aged rooms that could use an update – which is what was happening…
Lao Cai
Basic budget rooms a short walk from the train station; you'll find lots of similar places along this strip. You can pop in and take a shower for 100,000d.
Sapa
Inside this nondescript concrete hotel there's a decent budget deal to be had, with rooms that are basic and somewhat dark, but spic and span.
Northwest Vietnam
At the far western end of town is this hotel with spacious rooms in pink and baby-blue pastel tones with rather grand desks and hard beds.
Sapa
The dorm here is a squeeze and the private rooms plain, but the foyer has comfy sofas and stacks of books. And as the base for Sapa Sisters, there's a ton…
