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Hoan Kiem Lake ( Ho Guom) or Sword lake in the center of Hanoi in the fog in the morning. Hoan Kiem Lake is a famous tourist place in Hanoi. Travel and landscape concept.

Fireworks light up Hoàn Kiếm Lake at midnight in Hanoi, Vietnam

Spectacular atmosphere and fireworks at the Hoàn Kiếm Lake for the “Tet” Vietnamese Lunar Year. In the foreground, the red bridge connects the city to the Ngoc Son Temple in a small island in the middle of the lake. | Shyam Subramanyan

Capella Hanoi sits just off Hoàn Kiếm Lake as a tightly composed luxury hotel shaped by Bill Bensley’s operatic vision of 1920s Hanoi. The property leans decisively into narrative, with each space framed around a fictional artist, yet the experience never tips into excess. Instead, it presents a controlled, inward looking form of luxury that feels insulated from the city despite its central location. The rooms avoid standardisation, with each one styled differently in its decorative language, dr