

A family guide to Hanoi, Vietnam
Vibrant and chaotic, Hanoi is one of our favourite cities in Southeast Asia. Although it’s well set up with tourist infrastructure, it doesn’t feel as though you’re in a tourist trap – it still feels utterly authentic. The old quarter oozes charm, from the faded-yellow facades of the remaining colonial-era buildings and the impressive fig trees with their curtains of filamentous roots to the women in their traditional conical hats, grilling pork in the gutter, wheeling bicycl