'Versailles in the Clouds': Inside a lavish French-inspired hotel in a foggy Vietnamese mountain town that's gone viral on TikTok... and rooms are just £89 A NIGHT
Ailbhe MacMahon checks into Hotel de la Coupole in Sapa, a town 1,600m (5,200ft) above sea level The hotel includes a passage to a cable car that goes up to the top of the highest mountain in Vietnam. READ MORE: Top 100 Most BORING Tourist Attractions in the World Revealed
'Versailles in the clouds'.
This is the nickname given by local Vietnamese media at the Hôtel de la Coupole, where I have just arrived.
This is due to the hotel's flamboyant French-influenced design and its location in the heights of Sapa, a town located at 1,600 m above sea level. (5,200 feet) above sea level, in the shadow of Vietnam's highest mountain - and this is often draped in dense mist.
Although it is less than ten years old, the mustard The building it occupies is a great pastiche of Belle Époque architecture.
The hotel's swimming pool - 'Le Grand Bassin' - is flanked by emerald columns and statues of swimmers, with tasseled chandeliers hanging above.
'Versailles in the clouds'.
This is the nickname given by local Vietnamese media at the Hôtel de la Coupole, where I have just arrived.
This is due to the hotel's flamboyant French-influenced design and its location in the heights of Sapa, a town located at 1,600 m above sea level. (5,200 feet) above sea level, in the shadow of Vietnam's highest mountain - and this is often draped in dense mist.
Although it is less than ten years old, the mustard The building it occupies is a great pastiche of Belle Époque architecture.
The hotel's swimming pool - 'Le Grand Bassin' - is flanked by emerald columns and statues of swimmers, with tasseled chandeliers hanging above.
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