Having stayed on the westlake at intercontinental hotel we soon realised we were a good bit away from all the tourist areas....old quarter. We decided to move in to centre of Hanoi. Not really much to do apart from walking round the lake.

Hanoi West Lake is as good as Hangzhou West Lake. I was quite taken with the setting of Hanoi Lakes; West and Central Lakes. I feel the I can enjoy better strolling around the lakes. Firstly, there are not as crowded as Hangzhou where people...More

On shunning days i ride aroud the lake! It takes one hours! Is one of my wy to relax! Try to explore more about hanoi!

While visiting our son and his girlfriend, we visited this area. We had a meal and rode around to an outdoor bar they frequent. Lots of expats and good cold beer!

Nice walking around west lake with walking city .There are many people but many studens play music . So you feel happy and interesting . Many bar and coffee shop are busy . the food is expensive but good .The traffic is crazy .

As part of our trip organised through Selective Asia was a 17km bike ride around West Lake. Unfortunately this wasn't on pedestrian walkways but on fairly busy roads which was a bit hairy at times but worthwhile. There are interesting Pagodas, gardens and you see...More

I loved West Lake and we went for two out of three days during our trip to Hanoi. We rented bikes for just 60,000 dong each and cycled round the whole things, which is beautiful and the roads are very good. There is loads to...More

We had a motorbike ride going around West Lake. There is nothing too interesting to do in this site but I like the peaceful and romantic scenery of this lake, specially its fresh scenery in the morning. We also found out some stalls selling street...More

West Lake is a large body of water to the northeast of Hanoi city. In Vietnamese it is called Ho Tay. The area to the north of the lake is where most western restaurants, bars and hotels are located including the 5 star Sheraton and...More

Don't expect too much from this. I went looking for the lotus flowers and I was clearly in the wrong spot. It's nice and a great place to stay apparently but I wouldn't go out of my way to go there