Hoi An
ASIA · GOLDEN HOUR · LANTERN TOWN
A trading port frozen in amber — and lit, every evening, by a thousand silk lanterns.
The plan
Lantern hour
When the shophouse lights come on, walk the riverbank — then see it again from a sampan.
Old town before 8am
The mustard-yellow streets belong to vendors and bicycles at dawn.
Get something tailored
24-hour suits are the town industry. Choose fabric in the morning, fit by night.
Cao lầu & white rose
Noodles made with local well water and dumplings found nowhere else.
An Bang beach afternoon
Fifteen minutes by bike through rice paddies to a proper beach day.
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