Ha Noi's Old Quarter

should go for a walk to experience Hanoian's life: crowded streets, small alleys, taste many kind of foods, cheap "bia hoi" (beer), night market...

The streets are noisy and crowded, but thank god the beer is cheap.

The area’s famous Communal Houses -- mini-temples that are mostly protected from the street by well-disguised entrances -- provide respite from the bustle.

Starting in the Old Quarter, spend the afternon shopping. Countless shops offer Vietnamese ceramics, silks and lacquerware. The area around Nha Tho is becoming the Hanoi equivalent of Paris's Marais.

Watch your bags and leave your jewelry & electronics at home--I almost got robbed here once.

These streets are really something to see, one street for one commodity, haberdashery, shoes, silk, bamboo scaffolding , lanterns and kites etc etc! Be prepared for pavement crowded with parked motorbike and scooters and little cafes!! Motorbikes,, scooters, cycle rickshaws, vehicles, and pedestrians all flowing one around the other, with the sound of car horns and bells everywhere !Watch you purse, and go and soak up the atmosphere!!

Industrious and frenetic, plus a little bit gritty. Certainly the most interesting and character filled part of Hanoi. A real mixed use community with shops, eating houses, businesses and residences spilling out onto the street.

Different street selling different things like mentioned elsewhere. But the street is just so narrow and you need to look at the street condition, the motorcycles around and the shops on the street at the same time! It is worth visiting but not really comfortable to shop although some of the goods are cheap enough.

These streets are really something to see, one street for one commodity, haberdashery, shoes, silk, bamboo scaffolding , lanterns and kites etc etc! Be prepared for pavement crowded with parked motorbike and scooters and little cafes!! Motorbikes,, scooters, cycle rickshaws, vehicles, and pedestrians all flowing one around the other, with the sound of car horns and bells everywhere !Watch you purse, and go and soak up the atmosphere!!

Starting in the Old Quarter, spend the afternon shopping. Countless shops offer Vietnamese ceramics, silks and lacquerware. The area around Nha Tho is becoming the Hanoi equivalent of Paris's Marais