Tag Archives: Review

Sapa Hub Hostel & Trekking Review: Honest Stay Guide

Most hostels sell you a bed — this one walks you into the mountains the...

Top 9 Best Sapa Hostels for a Great Budget Trip

All nine hostels survived our July re-check — but once we fixed the review numbers,...

Sau Chua Village: A Quiet Place Above the Clouds in Sapa

Sau Chua Village is two or three degrees colder than Sapa, and most mornings the...

Ban Ho Village: The Warm Valley Where You Can Swim

Sapa is cold and high; Ban Ho Village is neither. Drive thirty kilometres down and...

Cat Cat Village Costume Rental: H’mong Dress and Where to Shoot

You will see them all over Cat Cat — visitors in borrowed H’mong dress, twirling...

Hang Da Village: Where the Clouds Come In

Some mornings, after a night of rain and a clear dawn, the valley below Hang...

Gem Valley Art Gallery Coffee & Homestay Review: Stay with Artistic Vibes

The coffee arrives on a candle-lit clay stove — and the house it comes from...

MK Rooftop Bar Sapa Review: The Valley-Side Sunset Deck

Walk down Muong Hoa Street until the shops run out and the rice terraces begin....

T&G Lounge Sapa Review: Cau May’s Loud Little Secret

For a bar that’s been on Cau May Street for more than a decade, T&G...

BB Sky Lounge Sapa Review: Cocktails Above the Square

The lift at the back of the hotel lobby does the counting for you: two,...

Why Bar OCB Sapa Review: The Bar That Asks You First

Most bars tell you what they are. This one opens with a question. WHY, says...

Bistro Sapa Bar & Eatery Review: The Bar That Feeds You

A plate lands at the next table before you’ve even opened the menu: a proper...