PADDY HOME in Huyện Kinh Môn

This is a great experience.  We booked as an extension to Swan Cruise ha long bay trip directly via thier website.A private driver picked us up from old town Hanoi hotel and delivered us to Paddy Home in the village of Đoàn Xá, just outside of Đông Triều. its about a 2hour drive. We were met by our host, Tan Vu, the homeowner. He has excellent English, a beautiful house, and a generous hospitable nature. We settled into our room. It was great: comfortable large bed, well appointed private bathroom, lovely communal living room and patio for guests, brand new swimming pool.Then we had lunch. Ohh, the lunch.  Tans sister-in-law is the cook. And cook she can. Every meal is traditional vietnamese style, plentiful portions, and expensive high quality ingredients. All prepared in a typical family kitchen with love. I think these meals were the best that we had anywhere in Vietnam.Our main activity was bike riding with Tan as our guide. After lunch we went out for about 2.5hrs and the next morning before checkout we went again for 2hours. This of course is flexible based on your preferences. If we had had more time, then lounging by the pool would be good too. The rides brought us to picturesque rice paddies with traditional workers raking in a conical hat, temples and pagodas with ancestral altars, a traditional ceramic factory, village market with every imaginable edible creature for sale. These were great bike rides.There is not an enormous amount of things to do here,  but that is exactly the point. This is rural relaxation in a beautiful country estate with excellent food and a super friendly engaging host. My only regret is that we only had 1 night. We made new Facebook friends with Tan and look forward to reminiscing as we see his posts with upcoming lucky travelers.

Biệt phủ Tấn Vũ

The homestay located in between Hanoi and Halong bay that very reasonable for combining. The village where homestay is beautiful landscape around, great tour activities , we did love it so much especially the foods very yummy. The architect are very typical of Vietnam i also satisfy hospitable services from the Vu family very much