The Best Hotels in Hanoi

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

A boutique hotel on leafy Trần Phú Street, just west of the Old Quarter, where the rooftop infinity pool gives you the Hanoi skyline without the scooter soundtrack. The 60 rooms run to bold colors and modern bathrooms, with a spa, a gym, and an in-house tailor for anyone whose luggage didn't survive the trip. Temple of Literature and the lake are a short walk; the street food is even closer.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

A boutique hotel in Hoan Kiem where the mattresses are roughly the height of a small child and the color scheme reads like someone handed Toulouse-Lautrec a paint bucket, which is fitting, since the bar downstairs is named for him. The colonial bones get a French polish throughout, and the absinthe ritual at La Fée Verte is performed with the solemnity it deserves. Bold, deliberate, and not remotely interested in blending in.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

The design concept here borrows from both Swedish minimalism and French restraint, and somehow the two don't fight. This small hotel sits inside Hanoi's Old Quarter, one of the louder, more relentless neighborhoods on earth, and the interiors respond by going almost conspicuously quiet: natural textures, soft light, nothing competing for attention. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels. Think of it as somewhere to return to after the city has made its point.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

A Guinness-recognized woodblock painting anchors the lobby of this heritage-leaning hotel a short walk from Hoan Kiem Lake. Dong Ho and Hang Trong folk art traditions show up in the murals and custom furnishings, giving the rooms something to look at beyond the minibar. The rooftop bar and restaurant put you above Hanoi's noise at a comfortable remove, which turns out to be exactly the right distance.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

Some of the bungalows here sit directly on West Lake, reached by gently curving bridges, with the 800-year-old Golden Lotus Pagoda keeping watch from the shore. This InterContinental hotel trades French Colonial grandeur for contemporary rooms with wooden-slatted sliding doors and lantern-hung beds, most with lake-facing balconies. A cocktail pavilion lives on the bridge itself, which is either romantic or excessive depending on your mood, and the city center is ten minutes away.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels