Especen hotel is
one of the first mini hotels built
since the 1990s located in the center of the
Old Quarter in Hanoi. It is just a stone’s throw from
St. Joseph's Church (Cathedral) on a quiet alley
off of Au Trieu Street. This convenient location allows you to be
just a 5 minute walk from Hoan Kiem Lake, Vietnam Airlines booking
office & Quang Trung bus stop (for service to Noi Bai International
airport). You can get to all the famous travel points, restaurants,
craft shops, pubs and art galleries,... as soon as you step on to
the main road.
The
Petit Futé
guidebook describes our hotel as: A small hotel nestled in the maze
of streets that surround the Cathedral. Wake to the sound of bells
and a panoramic view of Hanoi rooftops ocher.
Highly recommended by many
travel guide books & websites as:
• Many Lonely Planet guide books
as:
Southeast Asia
on a Shoestring 15th Edition published March 2010
Vietnam Travel Guide 10th Edition
published July 2009
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Greater Mekong Travel Guide 2nd
Edition published September 2009
Southeast Asia
on a Shoestring 14th Edition published March 2008
• Many Petit Futé guide books as:
Country guide 2012 - 2013: Vietnam
Hanoi, Baie d'Along 2011 - 2012
Viet
Nam 2010 - 2011
Hanoi
city guide 2010
Viet Nam 2009 - 2010
Viet Nam 2007 - 2008
Viet Nam 2004 - 2005
Viet
Nam country guide 2003
• Many Michelin guide books as:
Le Guide Vert Vietnam published 2010
Viet
Nam Descubre published 2008
• The Rough
guide:
Southeast Asia on a budget 2nd Edition published October 2010
Vietnam, 2nd edition, 1998
• Vietnam
2010 published by Gallimard Loisirs
•
Hotels in Vietnam 2010 and
Tourism in Hanoi 2010 published by Books LLC
•
Vietnam
Insight Guides, 2009
• Moon Handbooks Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos By Michael Buckley published
2006 by Avalon Travel Publishing
• Vietnam Handbook The travel guide
by John Colet, Joshua Eliot published
1999,
2002
&
2004 by Footprint Travel Guides
• Vietnam
Travel Yearbook published 2001 by Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism
• Guide to Vietnam by John R. Jones published 1998 by Bradt
Publications
• Vietnam con due capitoli su Laos e Cambogia by Giancarlo
Monterisi, Luca Rinaldini published 1998 by
CLUP guide
• Vietnam:
For travellers by travellers (Tales From the Other Side)
published 1995
• Vietnam Laos and Cambodia Handbook by
Joshua Eliot, McGraw-Hill Trade, McGraw-Hill published
1994 by Trade & Travel
• Vietnam Economic Times by World Economy Institute published 1994
• Petit Futé
• TripAvisor
• New Hanoian
• Wiki Travel
• Travel Channel
• Backpackers on High Heels
• Travel tips 24
• Vietnam
tour
• The
Backpack Travelers
Accommodation:
•
Private room start from
$12 to $30/night.
• Single,
double,
twin and
family room available.
•
Large family & double bedroom for
long-term staying just
from $18 to $22/night.
•
New superior double bed & family room
available from beginning of 2011.
• All rooms have private bathroom with hot water, windows, satellite TV,
air conditioner, refrigerator, IDD telephone.
• Some rooms included balcony.
•
Online reservation without deposit
if your flight landing before 18:00
.
Services:
• Excellent tours around Vietnam
• Flight & train ticket booking
• Daily bus service
•
Airport pick-up service $15
with a private car
• Car service to airport $13
only
• Full range of car, jeep, motorbike and bicycle rental
• Visa & visa extension
• Water puppet ticket
• Internet
access at lobby & wifi in room free of charge
• Local telephone call
free of charge
• Fax & print service
• IDD telephone in room
• Tea free of charge at the lobby
• Laundry at 25.000 VND/kg
• Foreign money exchange with
market rates (much better than bank)
• Cards accepted: VISA, Master Card, American Express,
•
Cards accepted: JCB, Dinner
Club International (+ 3% bank fee)
•
Cards accepted:
The Original
Especen hotel chain (since 1990s) now has only FOUR addresses at:
• 28 Tho Xuong Street (original name was Especen No. 11 Hotel)
• 38 Tho Xuong Street (new opened with superior rooms)
• 10 Tho Xuong Street (with long-term staying rooms)
• 41 Ngo Huyen Street (with standard rooms)
Please come to our head office at No. 28 Tho Xuong Street first,
other addresses are just five steps walk from there.
Other address with name Especen is FAKE. Beware of
FAKE hotel at 13 & 26 Ngo Huyen street.
