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.