Hanoi is one of the most beautiful colonial indochoyan cities. Many "non-batch" tourists often begin and end their trip to Vietnam in Hanoi. Charming Hanoary experienced radical changes in recent years, and today opened its doors to tourism. But even with the growth of tourism, the city did not lose his individuality and the amazing charm of the antiquity.
Of course, Hanoi is much calmer than his older brother Ho Chi Minhmin, and the better - in the city vitals a pleasant lively atmosphere. From early morning until late Night, the shaded streets are sissed by the rigorous motorcycles, which are often squeezed by four or five or even six people. Someone rides a bicycle, but the best way to explore Hanoi is still on foot.
It seems that in Hano, there are no two streets that would intersect at an angle of 90 degrees (this is, of course, it only seems) - the streets as if very long and "fastening" and they are easily lost on them. Streets are terribly crowded. Watching how people rush in their affairs on the roads or pushed with elbows on sidewalks quite enforced, it's as if a separate tourist attraction. Keep the card at hand - if you find something interesting, tick somewhere just in case on the map or in the phone, otherwise you risk never find it again in this anthill.
In Hanoi, there are a number of beautiful parks and museums, where you can pass the clock with a warm day - Lenin Park (Lenin Park), south of Hoan Kiim and north of Lake Bay Kau - one of the most popular, especially on holidays, when all local Residents come here on a picnic. Yes, yes, Lenin Park!
In cool days you can find yourself a cozy cafe, where you can dine, admiring the view of the lively street. Hanoi residents, of course, are happy to be free from French occupation, but there are still many restaurants and a cafe of French cuisine.
Long fresh baguettes are sold everywhere - the perfect bread for sandwiches with pate or omnipresent cheese "Laughing Cow". Coffee in a world-class coffee houses, which is very cool.
Wine here too, where to break, however, all the rules are often violated in the wing storage. So, lovers of red semi-sweet, you are in specialized places, for example, in The Warehouse on Hang Trong, where you will be offered a good choice of domestic and foreign wines.
And, of course, Hanoi is terribly tasty baking. Tasty and fragrant confectionery fill the air with aromas throughout the city - pleasant and very affordable pleasure.
Finally, people in Hanoi are very good-natured and very simple. English here is not very easy, as in the south of Vietnam, and many of the older generation speak a little French. Regardless of the level of proficiency, people will still try to talk to you regardless of whether you can understand them or not. City drivers speak English and often have intriguing past that now they are willing to discuss with foreigners.
Today in Hano, a lot of people work in the field of tourism. The number of services offered by tourists is impressive: hotels and residential complexes with pools, gyms, movies, jazz clubs, groceries and supermarkets, large restaurants and cafes of all kinds. Find a good hotel with good services and great meal here is easier and cheaper than in any other big city. Nightlife here, however, not so diverse, but still at night there are open places, and it will not be boring :)
Someone says that in Hanoi you can come for a day and considers it an extremely unpleasant city, due to the large number of all the same mopeds, noise and dirty air. Someone on the contrary comes here for a couple of weeks, relax and relax. Opinions are completely different - you have to try to try ourselves, not otherwise.
In Hanoi, you can find yourself sitting in a cafe, sipping an excellent coffee, gnawing cookies, admiring the beautiful French-style buildings, in the shade of fig trees. It seems that everything is in French style, and you will begin to doubt, and in one of the country you left the plane, but, moving into one of the street restaurants, and blewing the Vietnamese dish Boon Cha and Springroles, you will understand that it is far Not Paris. This is Hanoi, a city that brings a completely special pleasure.