Silk Path Hotel Hanoi: What a Hanoi Tour Operator Tells Clients

By David Ng, founder of World Mate Travel and a licensed Vietnam tour guide for 25 years. Published 11 November 2026. Hotel facts checked against the hotel’s own website on 11 November 2026.

Silk Path Hotel Hanoi is a five-star hotel at 195–199 Hang Bong Street, on the seam between the Old Quarter and the French Quarter. It has 106 rooms across five categories plus a 150 sqm Presidential Suite, five dining outlets, a fitness centre, a jacuzzi and sauna, a business centre and a reading lounge. There is no swimming pool.

What is Silk Path Hotel Hanoi?

Silk Path Hotel Hanoi is the Hanoi city hotel of Silk Path Hotels & Resorts, the Vietnamese group whose other properties are in Sapa, Hue and Dong Trieu and whose corporate office sits in this same building. The address is 195–199 Hang Bong Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, and the hotel telephone is +84 24 3266 5555. Its sister properties have their own guides: Silk Path Grand Sapa, Silk Path Grand Hue and Silk Path Dong Trieu Golf.

Where is the hotel, and what can you walk to?

Hang Bong is the western end of the Old Quarter, where the thirty-six guild streets meet the wider boulevards of the French Quarter. Hoan Kiem Lake, the Temple of Literature, Hoa Lo Prison and the night market are all walkable, and the street itself is the old cotton and tailoring street — the shophouses on both sides still sell fabric.

This is the address we pick for clients who want to walk out of the lobby into the Old Quarter without sleeping inside the noise of it. Hang Bong is a through street with traffic, so it is not silent, but the beer corners and the late karaoke are in the lanes behind it rather than under the windows. Light sleepers should ask for a room away from the street side at booking.

How far is Silk Path Hotel Hanoi from Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter?

The distances below are measured from the property’s own coordinates to each landmark, then allowed for a real walking route rather than a straight line. Times are an ordinary pace.

Hang Bong puts you between two halves of the city: the Old Quarter one way, the Temple of Literature and Ba Dinh the other. Everything in that table is walkable, which is the argument for this address over a hotel on the ring road.

What rooms does Silk Path Hotel Hanoi have?

There are 106 rooms in five categories, plus the Presidential Suite.

Which room should you book for a view of the Old Quarter?

Executive and Premium Executive are the only standard categories that face the city over the Old Quarter; Deluxe and Triple look inward. The Executive adds a balcony in some rooms, but the hotel sells that as subject to availability, so ask for it at booking rather than at the desk. The Triple at 35 sqm is the one that saves money for three people travelling together: three single beds, or a king plus a single, in one room instead of two.

Where can you eat and drink in the hotel?

Five outlets, which is unusual for a 106-room city hotel.

As of November 2026 these are the hours the hotel publishes. The useful one for us is the Piano Bar opening at 06:30: clients on an early transfer to Ha Long or the airport can get coffee before the buffet opens.

What facilities does the hotel have?

Does Silk Path Hotel Hanoi have a swimming pool?

No. The hotel publishes a fitness centre, a jacuzzi and a sauna, but no pool. This is the most common surprise for families booking an Old Quarter hotel, because the historic centre has almost no room for one. Clients travelling with children who want a pool should either look west of the lake or plan the pool days into the Ha Long or Sapa part of the trip instead.

Who is this hotel right for, and who should look elsewhere?

It fits travellers who want to walk everywhere in central Hanoi, business travellers who need a real business centre, and groups who want five food and drink outlets under one roof. It fits less well for anyone who needs a pool, and for light sleepers who will not ask for a quiet room. For first-time visitors we usually start with our Old Quarter walking tour on the first morning, before the heat.

What is worth doing within walking distance?

The Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake and the French Quarter museums are all on foot from Hang Bong. A short drive further are the Temple of Literature, the Vietnam Military History Museum and Train Street. Our guides to things to do in Hanoi, the Temple of Literature, the Vietnam Military History Museum and Hanoi Train Street cover each one, and the street food tour starts in these same streets.

Frequently asked questions

• How many rooms does Silk Path Hotel Hanoi have?

  106 rooms in five categories, plus a 150 sqm Presidential Suite with two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen.

• What time is the breakfast buffet?

  La Soie de Hanoi serves the buffet breakfast from 06:30 to 10:00 on the first floor.

• Is there a room for three people?

  Yes. The Triple is 35 sqm with three single beds, or one king and one single.

• Does the hotel have a bar that stays open in the evening?

  Silks Bar and Bellissimo run until 22:30, and the Piano Bar on the first floor until 23:00.

• Is the hotel inside the Old Quarter?

  It stands on Hang Bong Street, at the western edge of the Old Quarter where it meets the French Quarter, so the Old Quarter lanes start at the door.

• How far is Silk Path Hotel Hanoi from Hoan Kiem Lake?

  About 1 kilometre, a 14-minute walk. St Joseph’s Cathedral is about 600 metres, Train Street about 500 metres and the Old Quarter at Ta Hien about 1.3 kilometres.

• Can World Mate Travel book this hotel inside a Vietnam itinerary?

  Yes. World Mate Travel is a licensed Vietnam tour operator based in Hanoi, and we book Silk Path Hotel Hanoi inside private itineraries, with the guide, the airport transfer and the onward Ha Long or Sapa legs arranged around it.

  Planning Hanoi? Tell us your dates and we will quote this hotel inside a private itinerary — contact World Mate Travel or message +84 988 660 505 on WhatsApp.