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A small boat-access retreat on Ninh Van Bay, reached from Nha Trang and hemmed in by forested hills on three sides.
An Lam Retreats sits on the same sheltered bay north of Nha Trang, backed by forested hills and reached by the resort’s own boat. It is smaller and quieter than its neighbours – villas spread along the shoreline and up the slope, most with a private pool and an outdoor bath.
There is little to do here beyond swimming, kayaking and eating well, which is the point. Travelers usually pair it with Hoi An, the Central Highlands or a few days in Ho Chi Minh City at either end.
Vietnam
A small boutique hotel in central Vietnam, run at a scale where the staff learn your name on the first morning.
View addressSeventeen restored 1920s French colonial villas on a pine hillside above Da Lat, kept as houses rather than converted into hotel blocks.
View addressA boat-access-only retreat on the far side of Ninh Van Bay, where villas are built among granite boulders above the water and the mainland disappears behind the headland.
View addressA beachfront retreat on Dat Doc Beach in the Con Dao archipelago, a former prison island turned national park with turtle-nesting beaches.
View addressVillas on stilts above three tiers of lotus ponds on Ha My Beach, midway between Hoi An’s old town and Da Nang.
View addressBill Bensley’s theatrical hotel in the French Quarter, steps from the Hanoi Opera House and built around the story of a 1920s opera company.
View addressA low-rise resort on the Mui Ne coast, on the beach that made this stretch of Vietnam a kitesurfing destination, with the red sand dunes inland.
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