Hotel des Arts Saigon MGallery is a modern boutique-style hotel, located on the edge Saigon's central Disctrict One, the Hotel Des Arts is close enough to walk to many of Saigon's central attractions.
The hotel is part of the luxurious Sofitel MGallery Collection and offers a distinctive, sensuous hotel experience with authentic 1930's art and decor, scented hallways and fine dining.
It's an area that has a bygone feel about it in a city that has undergone so much change over the last few years.
This theme is continued in the hotel itself where the modern chic style is complemented nicely by touches of old Indochina.
With 168 rooms it's a superb boutique hotel and its facilities, including two restaurants, a fitness centre, as well as the city's highest rooftop pool, all add up to provide a comfortable stay.
Rooms are a very spacious mix of contemporary and period design and feature very large picture windows which mean great views over the city, especially from the higher floors.
The rooftop bar and swimming pool are bonuses for day time cooling and night time viewing and the hotel has a great range of luxury dining options.
Hotel Des Arts is one of our favourite luxury boutique hotels in Vietnam. Entering the lobby feels like being welcomed into the home of a rich and tasteful relative.
The style is romantic 1930's Indochine but is complimented superbly by modern features. The hotel feels akin to an art museum and indeed the lobby lounge often doubles as a local gallery.
We love the scent used throughout the hotel and the feminine quality to the design which is quite deliberate and gives the hotel a softness to the colonial era styling.
The hotel is rather inconspicuous, set in a high rise building which could easily be misconstrued for another office building but once through the door, all misconceptions are dispelled.
3 Nights
Bed and Breakfast
1x Deluxe Room
Hotel
Amiana Nha Trang nestles on a serene stretch of white sand beach protected on each end by rocky outcrops, just 15 minutes from the centre of the beachfront town of Nha Trang.
Amiana is a luxury beach resort in Nha Trang with just 113 rooms and villas, offering the twin benefits of privacy, with easy access to the facilities of Nha Trang.
Amiana Nha Trang has become one of the most popular luxury resorts in Vietnam, with extremely high service levels, beautiful rooms and villas and a stunning location. The style is casual and easy-going but with very friendly and attentive staff.
The resort has two large swimming pools (one horizon pool and a second larger free-form swimming pool) and a great restaurant with outdoor terrace overlooking the horizon pool.
Accommodation consists of Deluxe Rooms located in two-storey buildings just steps from the sea, or villas, some of which are right on the waterfront. Family Villas are also available.
Villas embody tropical luxury and have beautiful indoor-outdoor bathrooms with granite baths and rainforest showers.
Looking out over the bright lights of Nha Trang across the bay in the evening, with the stillness all around is a great way to round off the day. The view of the stars isn’t too bad either.
We stayed at Amiana in the first month of opening a few years ago and it's great to see how the resort has developed such a strong following since.
The food is superb. Amiana claims to have the best breakfast in Vietnam and we found it hard to disagree. Lunch and Dinner menus are interesting and varied.
The beach in front of the hotel consists of imported powdery white sand on a raised area above a gently sloping stone sea ‘wall’ – so the beach in front of the resort doesn’t go directly into the sea.
There is a mile long stretch of beach just around the corner from the main resort, which it is possible to walk to.
There’s nothing really within walking distance, though the proximity to Nha Trang is a real bonus. The hotel runs a regular shuttle or a taxi into town will cost about £5 each way.
8 Nights
Bed and Breakfast
1x Deluxe Villa Garden View
Resort
