Metropole Hotel
The 1953 Citroën parked in front of Hanoi's legendary Metropole says it all, for behind the hotel's wedding-cake exterior you'd never know the French got their rumps kicked at Dien Bien Phu (in 1954). When it opened in 1901, this was one of the classiest hotels in all of Asia. It still oozes colonial extravagance. Take a look around, and have an exotic cocktail at the Bamboo Bar.

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