We are planning our trip to Vietnam and we have a couple of weeks to spend in theDa Nang and Hoi An area. Since yall spent time in both places for a while, would you suggest a week in each or more time in one than the other? Also, if you were staying less than a week in Hoan, would you still suggest staying so far away from the main touristy kind of stuff? We are definitely coming for street food, of course the dragon bridge & water show. We plan to get lobsters where yall did (thx so much) & just see the old town/historical stuff. In DaNang we have Marble Mtn, BaNaHills (golden bridge w/hands). We have TONS of IHG points & were thinking of staying at voco Ma Belle in DaNang but are worried it may be too far from “stuff” there. Last question (& man do I appreciate the help), if we book a place w/o breakfast or kitchen, do you find eating out 2-3 times a day gets expensive overall or should we try to stay somewhere w/kitchen or at least breakfast? Thx so much!!!
Thanks so much for watching! You didn’t mention the month you’re visiting so as to whether I’d stay in both, my answer is: if not too rainy a time of year, then yes I would stay in both. Our beach area in Hoi A was very different from Da Nang and much cooler than Old Town Hoi An so I’d just use grab when you want to go in….its close. Personally if we go back we‘ll stay in the same place in Hoi An in A Bang Beach and take a couple grabs (Uber here) to Da Nang to see the rest of what we missed. A Bang is a better beach if you want to go in the water (only certain tiny crowded areas allow swimming in Da Nang). That said, if you’re in the thick of rainy season you might be better off staying in Da Nang and taking grabs to Hoi An because Hoi An floods more…both in Old Town and where we stayed. And in Da Nang if it’s too rainy to go out you can get food delivered by grab. It should be noted that you can get excursions from one to the other-ie a tour or driver to Ba Na Hills from either (our video on it posts on Oct 14) or to do the cooking/boat etc tours in Hoi An from Da Nang. In fact anywhere you stay in Da Nang is far from other things….Marble Mountain, Ba Na, the big sky wheel and the dragon bridge all require a drive from anywhere other than right at one of them. And check on availability because just now not much is going on by the dragon bridge/da Nang downtown area (no water shows, puppets etc) because they seem to break for the season in early Sept. It is a big tourist area with a street market etc so plenty of places to eat though not sure if that may elevate the prices. Voco Ma Belle is not far from the A La Carte building where we stayed… in a cluster of more American chains. We didn’t walk all the way up there but it would be similarly far as we were. But it’s a cheap grab ride. While free breakfasts really help, the food is not too expensive if you eat at local places. Western/hotels vary…some still affordable some not. It depends on what you eat. Vietnamese food is inexpensive, delicious and not spicy. My fav is Banh Xeo (rice pancakes). We just ordered them on grab delivery last night including delivery and a tip totaling $5 for dinner. Vietnamese tend to eat lunch/dinner type foods for breakfast so we found pb&j at a mini grocery store (didn’t need a kitchen) and bought croissants from the cafe in our building about $2.50 for both of us for breakfast. We had a kitchen but never used it…cheaper to eat out and hard to find groceries we like to cook with. Of course it’s all subjective. Have a wonderful time!!
@@TasteLifeWithUswe are leaving 1/8… we plan to spend 3 weeks in Thailand and from 1/31-3/4 in Thailand. We are going to DaNang, Hoi An, Hue then Hanoi. We are going to do a day trip to Nihn Bihn to do the river tour (supposed to be like HaLong Bay on land). I wanted to do an overnight cruise in HaLong Bay but since we will be there towards end of Feb I thought it may not be very warm & could be bad weather. There’s just do many things we want to see! We will definitely be back again. We plan to travel full time within a year or 2. Can you tell me about how much the grabs to Old Town is from your place in Hoi An (& your hotel in DaNang). I have found some cute (& good reviews in both that are in town, but not “right in it”. They range from $20-30/nt.
Sounds like a great trip! I wish we’d had time to make it to Hue. We can’t wait to return and see more of Vietnam. Especially the north. It’s amazing. Grab into Old Town was $3 each way. A private driver to Ba Na Hills from Hoi An all day was $44, drivrr (set up by hotel so prob a little more than grab) from Hoi An to the Marriott across the street from Marble Mountain was $12 one way, same from Da Nang airport KA Villa. All excursions included pickup and dropoff. In Da Nang we just used grab yo the airport $3 which involved crossing the dragon bridge about halfway there.
Hey Pam, somehow now I can’t find your food tour comment but thanks! Sorry I forgot the contact # (added it now)….so glad you told me!! Here it is: +84 90 5770372 Linh Ba Tran Company.
Nice overview of the hotel! Maybe add KA Villa to the title for anyone searching for that specific place.
Good idea! It fit exactly. Thanks!
We are planning our trip to Vietnam and we have a couple of weeks to spend in theDa Nang and Hoi An area. Since yall spent time in both places for a while, would you suggest a week in each or more time in one than the other?
Also, if you were staying less than a week in Hoan, would you still suggest staying so far away from the main touristy kind of stuff? We are definitely coming for street food, of course the dragon bridge & water show. We plan to get lobsters where yall did (thx so much) & just see the old town/historical stuff.
In DaNang we have Marble Mtn, BaNaHills (golden bridge w/hands).
We have TONS of IHG points & were thinking of staying at voco Ma Belle in DaNang but are worried it may be too far from “stuff” there.
Last question (& man do I appreciate the help), if we book a place w/o breakfast or kitchen, do you find eating out 2-3 times a day gets expensive overall or should we try to stay somewhere w/kitchen or at least breakfast?
Thx so much!!!
Thanks so much for watching! You didn’t mention the month you’re visiting so as to whether I’d stay in both, my answer is: if not too rainy a time of year, then yes I would stay in both. Our beach area in Hoi A was very different from Da Nang and much cooler than Old Town Hoi An so I’d just use grab when you want to go in….its close. Personally if we go back we‘ll stay in the same place in Hoi An in A Bang Beach and take a couple grabs (Uber here) to Da Nang to see the rest of what we missed. A Bang is a better beach if you want to go in the water (only certain tiny crowded areas allow swimming in Da Nang).
That said, if you’re in the thick of rainy season you might be better off staying in Da Nang and taking grabs to Hoi An because Hoi An floods more…both in Old Town and where we stayed. And in Da Nang if it’s too rainy to go out you can get food delivered by grab.
It should be noted that you can get excursions from one to the other-ie a tour or driver to Ba Na Hills from either (our video on it posts on Oct 14) or to do the cooking/boat etc tours in Hoi An from Da Nang. In fact anywhere you stay in Da Nang is far from other things….Marble Mountain, Ba Na, the big sky wheel and the dragon bridge all require a drive from anywhere other than right at one of them. And check on availability because just now not much is going on by the dragon bridge/da Nang downtown area (no water shows, puppets etc) because they seem to break for the season in early Sept. It is a big tourist area with a street market etc so plenty of places to eat though not sure if that may elevate the prices.
Voco Ma Belle is not far from the A La Carte building where we stayed… in a cluster of more American chains. We didn’t walk all the way up there but it would be similarly far as we were. But it’s a cheap grab ride.
While free breakfasts really help, the food is not too expensive if you eat at local places. Western/hotels vary…some still affordable some not. It depends on what you eat. Vietnamese food is inexpensive, delicious and not spicy. My fav is Banh Xeo (rice pancakes). We just ordered them on grab delivery last night including delivery and a tip totaling $5 for dinner. Vietnamese tend to eat lunch/dinner type foods for breakfast so we found pb&j at a mini grocery store (didn’t need a kitchen) and bought croissants from the cafe in our building about $2.50 for both of us for breakfast. We had a kitchen but never used it…cheaper to eat out and hard to find groceries we like to cook with. Of course it’s all subjective.
Have a wonderful time!!
@@TasteLifeWithUswe are leaving 1/8… we plan to spend 3 weeks in Thailand and from 1/31-3/4 in Thailand.
We are going to DaNang, Hoi An, Hue then Hanoi. We are going to do a day trip to Nihn Bihn to do the river tour (supposed to be like HaLong Bay on land). I wanted to do an overnight cruise in HaLong Bay but since we will be there towards end of Feb I thought it may not be very warm & could be bad weather.
There’s just do many things we want to see!
We will definitely be back again.
We plan to travel full time within a year or 2.
Can you tell me about how much the grabs to Old Town is from your place in Hoi An (& your hotel in DaNang). I have found some cute (& good reviews in both that are in town, but not “right in it”. They range from $20-30/nt.
Sounds like a great trip! I wish we’d had time to make it to Hue. We can’t wait to return and see more of Vietnam. Especially the north. It’s amazing. Grab into Old Town was $3 each way. A private driver to Ba Na Hills from Hoi An all day was $44, drivrr (set up by hotel so prob a little more than grab) from Hoi An to the Marriott across the street from Marble Mountain was $12 one way, same from Da Nang airport KA Villa. All excursions included pickup and dropoff. In Da Nang we just used grab yo the airport $3 which involved crossing the dragon bridge about halfway there.
Hey Pam, somehow now I can’t find your food tour comment but thanks! Sorry I forgot the contact # (added it now)….so glad you told me!! Here it is: +84 90 5770372 Linh Ba Tran Company.