Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh

Popular with budget travellers - Empress Hotel is a small yet charming property. The hotel boasts some fine personalized touches such as terra cotta floor tiles and tastefully planned interiors. The rooms are not large and offer a choice of twin or queen sized beds. The more spacious rooms are the suites, with a small living room and separate bedroom. Empress Hotel is conveniently located in district 1, Ho Chi Minh City, close to the city centre and China Town and is within easy walking distance of the central business district.

The Empress also offers guest the use of a small fitness center, and there is a coffee shop, and sports bar. Not surprisingly the Empress has recently begun to receive recognition from guidebooks and the local press, including an award as 1999 Best Boutique Hotel HCMC by Vietnam Economic Times.

About City Centre:

Ho Chin Minhs' bustling city centre is where you'll find the city museums and buildings from the French colonial era, giving an air of elegance and history. The US Embassy, War Renmants Museum, the Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Fine Art Museum are in this area. It's also the location of The Continental Hotel - scene of general subtefuge between journalists, informers and spies during the Vietnam War. Ben Thanh Central Market (Cho Ben Thanh) makes a great place to find inexpensive clothes and souvenirs.

Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon) is Vietnam's largest city and a thriving metropolis. Originally named Saigon after the river on which it stands, Ho Chi Minh in the early eighteenth century was one of the busiest riverside ports in Southeast Asia. The Saigon - Cholon port still remains a bustling port with a population of about 6 million. Outside the city lie the famous Cu Chi tunnels – 500 km of tunnels used by the Viet Cong in the French Indochina and American wars.