What?

Hội An is a city known for its well-preserved Ancient Town, a South-East Asian trading port from the 15th to the 19th century. Its architecture exhibit the influences of both local and foreign with styles of mixed eras combined. For instance, wooden Chinese shop houses and temples, colorful French colonial buildings, ornate Vietnamese tube houses and Japanese Covered Bridge with its pagoda. Today, the town is a tourist attraction that includes many bars, hotels, resorts and tailor shops both in Hội An and the surrounding area. Note that we picked out a tailor shop and had some blazers and shoes made for us. They were fairly cheap, but we were disappointed in the quality of it – unfortunately, we did not have enough time to have them fix all of the problems we had with the garments, so make sure that if you do make a stop at the tailor, make it your first stop – they will likely claim to have it all ready the next day for you, but you will probably need at least another day to ensure that they can fix any issues that you may have with items.

Where?

Hội An is a city on Vietnam’s central coast, in the Quang Nam Province.

How?

Hoi An has no airport or train station, the only way to get there is by road. You can hire a taxi from the neighbouring city of Da Nang, which does have an airport with daily flights from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other large Vietnamese cities.