Location: In the north of Hoan Kiem Lake, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi.
Characteristics: The Old Quarter was founded from the 11th century as crowded trade area where artisans and traders concentrated to work and set up specific trade streets.
◊ Outstanding Characteristics
The artisans from craft villages around former Thang Long Citadel gathered in areas which specialized in their work. This reason made the trade streets develop more and more. Every streets were noisy, animated in trade and work as miniature craft villages.
The street names were begun with "Hang" and originated from names of types of merchandise produced and traded such as Hang Gai (Silk), Hang Duong (Sugar), Hang Muoi (Salt), etc. Therefore Vietnamese people usually call Ha Noi as Ha Noi 36 streets - guilds, of which street means concentration place of artisans or traders who specialize in same merchandise.
Nowadays, the Old Quarter includes 76 streets and covers an area of 100ha.
◊ Destination of Old Architectural Works
The highlight of the Old Quarter is the tube shape old houses with slopping roofs, mainly built since the 18th, 19th centuries. Besides, visitors will also be attracted by about 100 old architectural works as communal houses, temples, pagodas... typically Bach Ma (White Horse) Temple on Hang Buom Street – one of four defense temples of the ancient Thang Long Citadel.
Especially, to Old Quarter on weekends, visitors will have the opportunity to walk and discover night market.
Ha Noi Capital
Add: 13 Ly Quoc Su St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 0348
Add: 23 Ma May St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 0195
Add: 42 Lo Su St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3824 3804
Add: 120 Pho Hue St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3943 0182
Add: 83 Thuoc Bac St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3825 0020
Add: 3 Thanh Ha St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3825 3290
Add: 32 Ly Thai To St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3824 2794
Add: 54 Hang Trong St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 7120
Add: 181 Pho Hue St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3821 5719
Add: 5 Cua Dong St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 8269 007
Add: 8 Ly Thai To St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3825 1943
Add: 58 Tran Xuan Soan St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 8228 386
Add: 6 Cau Go St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3825 9498
Add: 58 Hang Gai St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 8982
Add: 27 Cua Dong St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 2083/ 3828 2084
Add: 49 Luong Ngoc Quyen St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 6224
Add: 24 Nha Chung St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 7008/ 3826 9823
Add: 18 Hang Hom St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 5385
Add: 24 Hang Vai St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi
Tel: (84-24) 3828 2897
Add: 15 Phung Hung St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 0505
Add: 6 Le Thai To St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 6290
Add: 19 Phan Chu Trinh St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3824 0926
Add: 19 Han Thuyen St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3824 7697
Add: 79A Tran Hung Dao St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3942 4140
Add: 9 Nguyen Khac Can St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3825 7220
Add: 3 - 4, TT4, My Dinh apartment block, Song Da
Tel: (84-24) 3787 6969
Add: 6C Phan Chu Trinh St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 2168
Add: 1C Tong Dan St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3934 3513
Add: 24 Hang Be St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3824 5359/ 3824 2252
Add: 73 Cau Go St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3926 0801
Add: 4 Nam Ngu St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3942 0812
Add: 92 - 94 Hang Trong St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 8542
Add: Sofitel Metropole Hotel - 15 Ngo Quyen St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3826 6919 (ext. 8206)
Add: 25 Nha Tho St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3828 9052
Add: 59A Ly Thai To St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3934 0888
Add: 58B Tran Quoc Toan St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3942 5958
Add: 19 Ngo Van So St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3944 6317
Add: 34 Hang Bai St., Hoan Kiem Dist
Tel: (84-24) 098 134 9898
Add: 43 Trang Tien St., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3936 7688 / 3936 7698
Add: 56 Ly Thai To Str., Hoan Kiem Dist.
Tel: (84-24) 3938 6999