Traveler Description
Hanoi?s lively Old Quarter comprises nearly 40 streets packed with shops selling all kinds of goods, each street named for its primary good or service.


Traveler Reviews

A place with rustic charm
Reviewed by A TripAdvisor Member on Jun 14, 2008


This place is beautiful, and you will find both tourists and locals doing their shopping here. Street after street of shophouses offering a piece of Vietnam that every tourist can bring home - handicrafts, apparels, and even its very own coffee beans! While you are there, take some time out to savour the aromatic viet coffee at the local coffee house. It is a MUST-TRY, especially for the caffeine lovers. If you like art, and 'pop-art' kind of art especially, you gotta check out NHA CHUNG STREET. You will find several pop art gallery here, offering 'propaganda art' pieces at very reasonable prices. (check out the photos posted) There is also a night market that opens every weekend, selling everything from DVDs, caps, watches, food, and even pyjamas. Be careful though - the guide warned us of the many pickpockets in the area. And yes, unfortunately a friend of mine became a victim.

A journey into the soul of Hanoi!
Reviewed by A TripAdvisor Member on Apr 4, 2008


Armed with a map and a sense of adventure, I decided to give myself a walking tour of Hanoi's Old Quarters, the eternal soul of a changing city. The Old Quarters is an elaborate maze of (about) 36 street, each one named for the goods sold on it -- shoes, bamboo, metals, bags, herbs & spices, silks, etc. It is where old East meets West, as evident in the multi-cultural cafes that sit side by side with "pho" (noodle) houses; and in the Russian Babushka dolls displayed beside Uncle Ho paraphernelia; and where tourists from all over the world mix and mingle with the locals peddling fresh fruits, baskets and fresh flowers across their shoulders. Nestled within the Old Quarters is the Bach Ma Temple and the Vietnamese House, an old house-turned museum for visitors to see and appreciate how Vietnamese families lived back in the day. Also found there is the Sinh Cafe Travel & Tours Office and my favorite restaurant, The Green Tangerine, that opens into a charming little courtyard with a dimly-lit, romantic 2nd floor. The fig fritters, a bold and delicious appetizer, is a must-try! Take a walk and/or take a cyclo ride around the Old Quarters and allow yourself to soak up this total sight, sound, smell, feel and taste experience.

So nice Spring Here
Reviewed by A TripAdvisor Member on Sep 28, 2007


I got an unforgetable spring in this city. The Old streets selling all kind of goods, foods and the nature is so beautiful.