Hanoi
Train Street Hanoi: What to Know Before You Go
A working railway running between houses, with cafes inches from the rails. Access rules change, so check before you plan around it.
Hanoi Water Puppet Show Guide
An eight-hundred-year-old village art form, now performed hourly for visitors. Worth an hour, with realistic expectations.
Day Trips from Hanoi
Four trips worth the day, one that usually is not, and the honest travel time on each.
Getting Around Hanoi
Walk the centre, Grab the rest, and understand why the metro will not help you yet.
Hanoi Old Quarter Guide
Thirty-six streets, each once dedicated to a trade, still largely doing the same jobs. Here is how to read the district rather than get lost in it.
Best Things to Do in Hanoi
The short list that earns its place in two or three days, with the honest note on which ones are worth the queue.
Hanoi Travel Guide for First-Timers
Hanoi is a thousand-year-old street plan still working as one. Here is how to read it on a first visit, and what to expect.