HAN · Layover Guide
Hanoi
Stop in Hanoi.
Best layover: 4–16h
LayoverScore™
Base city score. Your route score varies by savings and timing.
Exit realism
Comfortable window
Enough room in Hanoi for a real stop. Keep the buffer at the end anyway.
Landside playbook
If time slips
- Drop the last stop. Go straight to the train, taxi rank, or ride pickup you already chose.
- Add 15 minutes to map ETAs for the return leg at rush hour.
- One ticket for the whole trip protects you when the inbound is late. Separate tickets do not.
Worth knowing
- Do not stack three stops. One solid block in the city beats a rushed loop.
- Do not treat one map time as gospel for immigration lines. Pad on your first pass through this hub.
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Places to stay
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Score 52 · Discover 46 · Ease 15
Why Hanoi scores 52
Getting there
Bus 86 Express $0.8 · Grab/Taxi $17
min to center
bus- 01Bus 86 express (45 min, $0.80)
- 02Taxi/Grab (35-50 min, $15-20)
- 03Private car (35 min, $25-30)
- 01Wander the chaotic Old Quarter's 36 ancient guild streets
- 02Sip egg coffee at Cafe Giang, the 1946 original
- 03Watch the water puppet show at Thang Long Theatre
- 04Circle Hoan Kiem Lake and visit Ngoc Son Temple
- 05Slurp legendary pho at Pho Gia Truyen on Bat Dan Street
Experiences in Hanoi
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Where to stay →Drop your luggage. Don't drag it around the city.
Noi Bai Airport Left Luggage
Terminal 2, Arrivals
$5/day
2 min walk
Old Quarter Hotels
Hoan Kiem District
$15/day
0 min walk
Radical Storage Hanoi
Multiple Old Quarter locations
$6/bag
5 min walk
From the terminal to the good part.
Bus 86 Express
to Old Quarter/Hoan Kiem
Air-conditioned, runs every 25 min, 6am-11pm
45 min
$0.80
Grab/Taxi
to Old Quarter
Use Grab app for fixed pricing, avoid airport taxi touts
40 min
$17.00
Airport Shuttle Van
to city center
Shared minibus to major hotels
50 min
$8.00
Hanoi Free Tour Tips
Walking tours of Old Quarter
Tip-based free walking tours depart from Hoan Kiem Lake multiple times daily
$0
per day
Getting there
Get an Uber from the airportAt the airport
- 01Song Hong Business Lounge with Vietnamese cuisine
- 02Traditional craft shops in Terminal 2
- 03Pho and banh mi at domestic terminal food court
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