Hanoi · Vietnam
Hanoi by neighborhood.
2 neighborhoods profiled, each written by an editor who's slept in a hotel there, eaten at the locals' spot, and sent postcards home.
Old Quarter (36 Streets)
Hanoi's 1,000-year-old merchant quarter — narrow lanes named for their trade-specialties, street-food counters, and the Hoan Kiem Lake at its southern edge
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French Quarter (Ba Dinh District)
Hanoi's French-colonial legislative heart — Haussmann-inspired boulevards, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, and the quiet version of Vietnam's capital
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