Hanoi, Vietnam -- Luxury Travel is offering a 14 day tour entitled “Best Of Vietnam In Two Weeks” for travelers to experience Vietnam in luxury and style: Hanoi, Halong Bay, Sapa, Hue – Danang, Hoian- Saigon and Mekong Delta. Tour prices starts from 4257 USD per person for a group of two people.The Luxury Travel Company (
www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ) is Vietnam ’s first luxury tour company and full travel service agency. Luxury Travel is experienced in providing special services and unique tourism products to luxury global travelers.
Start in charming Hanoi, Vietnam ’s artistic and intellectual capital. Explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops. Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake, ride a cyclo to dinner, and watch a performance of at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater.
Full day city tour Hanoi. Enjoy people watching at stylish cafes. Shop for impressive modern art in the city’s many galleries. Also visit Hanoi ’s main cultural attractions. Dine in French colonial villas converted into upscale gourmet restaurants.
Board the luxury Victoria Express train bound for remote Sapa, a mountain village near the Chinese border. Visit local markets where hill tribe minorities, and visit several villages where the tribes live. Mountainous northern Vietnam is one of the best places in Asia to visit hill tribe villages and see dramatic mountains covered with terraced rice fields. www.luxurytravelvietnam.com
Return to Hanoi by Victoria Express train, travel to Halong Bay by road, guests board for an overnight cruise on a junk in Halong Bay, where thousands of limestone rock sculptures jut dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an ephemeral, fantastic landscape.
Next, fly to Hue, the former Imperial capital that is a quiet city renowned for the magnificent architecture of its citadel, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples, built under the NguyenPerfume River.
Drive to Danang and stay several days at the beachfront Furama Resort. Nearby, see ancient sculpture in the Cham Museum or My Son, and tour Buddhist cave temples in the Marble Mountains
Fly from Danang to HCMC (formerly Saigon), the country’s commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace, the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. If desired, also visit the powerful War Remnants Museum .
Explore colorful outdoor markets and chic Dong Khoi Street, the city’s most upscale shopping boulevard with boutiques selling clothes and accessories by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and housewares.
Take a day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels and watch an unusual, eclectic religious ceremony at the main temple of Cao Dai , a unique fusion of world religions alternatively, spend the day cruising the narrow canals of the Mekong Delta.
“This tour features the best of Vietnam’s cities, rural countryside, mountain and beautiful beaches, with an emphasis on regional culture, history, arts and cuisine. Accommodation is at Vietnam’s most highly regarded luxury resorts and hotels, and private touring is with expert local guides who provide exceptional insight and connection to the local people and culture. You have once in a life time experience in Vietnam.” Says David Nguyen, Sales and Marketing Manager of Luxury Travel Group Company.
www.luxurytravelvietnam.comPriced at 8514 USD per couple, this includes accommodation costs at deluxe rooms at luxury properties, nearly all meals, regional flights, private transfers, private pick up and drop off service. The tour can be booked at last minute, and can be customized to suit individual interests and schedules. This trips concludes in Saigon, travelers can make an extension to the Angkor Temples, Cambodia.
Travelers are also free to request helicopter tour, restaurant reservations, meetings with artists, cooking instructors and designers, shopping recommendations, spa reservations, tours with special-interest lecturers, and exclusive access to local activities and cultural events.
The company says if travelers book this unique tour package and travel to Vietnam before 31 Sep 2010 with the company secret code LuxEarlybird, payment in full upon confirmation by Master, Visa or American Express Cards guests get 10% discount and a complimentary Vietnam visa pick up on arrival. Other terms & Conditions will be applied.
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Best of Vietnam in Two Weeks
One of our greatest discoveries on this journey began while researching it on the Internet. We came across three words that perfectly described what we wanted: Luxury Travel Vietnam.
Our first stop was Hanoi. We were instantly taken in by the charm of Hanoi. Our days were spent strolling through the old town section, discovering delightful little shops and warm, friendly people. Hanoi was an explosion of colors and beauty. We walked or took cyclo’s all over the city and when we were tired, we made another great discovery: the excellent Vietnamese spa’s offering fabulous massage and spa services.
Too soon our guide was gathering us up for our overnight journey on the Victoria train to the mountains of 
Sapa. We were thrilled to learn our guide would be going along with us to be our guide on our next stop as well. The Victoria train was clean and comfortable and we slept well as we rumbled along the tracks into the mountains bordering China. We awoke to the exquisite beauty of Sapa. The fog-draped mountains were stunning. The terraced rice fields being tended by farmers and water buffalo were living photographs. To enter the world of Sapa is to enter a different world entirely. It was sheer joy to stroll through villages, meeting the friendly people, all so beautiful in their ethnic costumes.
While we would have been happy to stay there for days…we were soon heading for our next stop: Nha Trang. We were about to discover if the beaches of Vietnam really were as beautiful as we’d always heard. If anything…they were better!
This was a stop designed strictly for pampering, rest and relaxation. For that, we couldn’t have found a more perfect spot than Six Senses Ninh Van Bay. Upon arrival in Nha Trang, we took a refreshing
Emperor Cruises boat ride to Six Senses’s beautiful secluded beach and peninsula, only accessible via the sea.
We enjoyed experience every moment on Emperor Cruises, staff treated us like kings and queens. The cruise was inspired by the luxurious life of Emperor Bao Dai, Vietnam's last. He often chose to spend his leisure time in Nha Trang, going fishing on a beautiful dragon boat that was fully equipped and operated by experienced members of the Vietnamese Naval Corps who were knowledgeable about where the best bays in the area could be found.
Our relaxation started immediately as we were taken directly to our villa. No worries about check-in details, as that would be taken care of by our personal butler Long. His job was to take care of us…and only us…for our entire stay (and he did an excellent job at that!).
Luxury Travel Vietnam had arranged for us to be in the Presidential Villa, which was indeed fit for a President! Docking at our private villa complex, painstakingly built over huge boulders on the sea, we found 2 villas complete with bedroom/bath; a covered, open-air pavilion for dining; a private swimming pool and covered open-air massage tables with a fantastic view out to the sea. Our goal was to completely relax and we had no trouble accomplishing that at Six Senses. Every morning, we’d slide into the crystal clear water to snorkel with an array of colored fish before the boat arrived to whisk us to breakfast. While the resort offered a wide variety of daytrips/activities, we were content to enjoy our beach, villa, pool and massage tables. The spa services, as in every earlier stop, were excellent; the surroundings beautiful and quiet; the staff absolutely delightful and eager to grant our every wish. Way too quickly our 4-night stay was over and we were sailing away watching the smiling staff waving goodbye from the dock.
Refreshed and renewed, it was on to HCM city where another great driver and guide were waiting for us at the airport. Our driver expertly navigated through the buzz of motorbikes and delivered us to our large and lovely 2-bedroom suite in yet another fabulous hotel, The Caravelle. HCM City is a vibrant, modern city offering great shopping, too many wonderful restaurants to choose from and an array of activities. Shifting immediately into “Shop ‘til you Drop” mode, we filled our ever-expanding suitcase with many purchases. We did stop shopping long enough to take a daytrip into the Mekong Delta.
At the last minute, we also decided we couldn’t leave Cambodia without the experience of seeing Angkor Wat from a helicopter.
Alas, our fantastic journey had come to an end. Today, when we think of Vietnam and Cambodia, memories come flooding back of all the warm, friendly people we met; the hotels that rivaled the best in the world; some of the most fabulous food we’d ever tasted (not one bad meal in the entire trip!); amazing sites and beautiful scenery. Our journey had all the elements we desired - from adventure to luxury, seclusion to cities. Every stop was perfect. Our only complaint was that we couldn’t stay longer and see more, but that simply means we have to return.
As an ancient Vietnamese proverb says: “Venture all, see what fate brings.”
We say to all our fellow travelers of the world: You couldn’t pick a better place to venture to than Vietnam and Cambodia to fulfill every kind of travel experience.
Pham Ha of Luxury Travel Vietnam told us to describe our dream trip and he would make it happen. He was a man of his word.
(Shared by Pamela Solvang, Pat Gavin, Nanci Chazen in USA)
