Description
Location. The Sofitel Plaza Hanoi is located in Hanoi, Vietnam, 50 metres from West Lake, and 1.5 kilometres from the Fine Arts Museum. Hotel Features.
Overlooking West Lake and the Red River Delta, the Sofitel Plaza Hotel occupies a landmark high rise 20 storey property with a dramatic marbled lobby area. The hotel extends to an outdoor pool, and houses a spa with fitness room, indoor pool, jetted tub, sauna, and range of massage and beauty services. There are concierge services, a hair salon, and a shopping arcade. Further amenities include 24 hour room service, wireless Internet access (surcharge), and complimentary onsite parking.
The Sofitel Plaza Hanoi houses the Brasserie Westlake, which serves a range of Asian and international dishes from an extensive buffet, and the Ming Palace restaurant, which offers traditional Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine. There is a poolside bar and top floor lounge offering 360 degree panoramic city views. Guests can sip cocktails in the Song Hong Bar to the accompaniment of piano music.
Conference rooms are available onsite. Guestrooms. The 317 air conditioned guestrooms are decorated in a contemporary style with sleek wooden furnishings.
Amenities include satellite television, direct dial phones with voicemail, Internet access, minibars, safes, and bathrooms with hair dryers, bathrobes, and slippers. Expert Tip. Tran Quoc Pagoda, located 300 metres from the hotel, is Hanoi's oldest pagoda. Constructed in the 6th century, it was moved to its present island setting in the 17th century and boasts a unique towering structure filled with precious statues.
The gardens around the pagoda house a bodhi tree, taken from a cutting of the original tree under which Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment.