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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 54 attractions in Hanoi
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... more » 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. « less
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Attraction type: Neighborhood, Flea/street market, Historic walking area
Activities: Shopping, City walk sightseeing
Address: Hanoi
Vietnam

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( 1-3 of 3 )
“A place with rustic charm”
4 of 5 stars
Belly_1701
Jun 14, 2008
4/4 found this review helpful

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... more

“A journey into the soul of Hanoi!”
4 of 5 stars
seabrat76
Makati City, Manila
Apr 4, 2008
6/6 found this review helpful

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... more

“So nice Spring Here”
5 of 5 stars
cdgh
hanoi
Sep 28, 2007
0/5 found this review helpful

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

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