33 Best Hotels in The Central Coast, Vietnam

Set on an idyllic beach on Vietnam’s culturally rich Central Coast, Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai harmoniously combines sultry resort vibes and inspiring ancient traditions to form a luxury property now regarded as one of Vietnam’s finest. Its grandiose villas are sprinkled along a marvelous stretch of golden beach, while atmospheric dining choices, inviting infinity pools, and manicured gardens complete the experience, all gently cascading toward the calm East Sea. Every corner of this exquisite property feels exclusive and laid-back, but it can also be engaging and enriching with a variety of activities and offerings on sea and land.

Surrounded by rice fields and duck ponds and a short ride from town and beach, this eco-chic countryside pad is a perfect romantic bolthole without the heavy price tag of an Old Town address. Rooms are spacious with huge beds, bathrooms, and balconies, in a zingy style personalized with clever lighting and reclaimed antiques. Best enjoyed at sunset, the rooftop pool offers awe-inspiring views. Shadier terraces are available for destination dining, and the food here is generally of an exemplary standard.

Ocean views await at this luxurious resort that is nestled on rain forest slopes and is notable for its funicular train that descends through room levels to a private bay on the Son Tra Peninsula. It took famed architect Bill Bensley six years to design this masterpiece, where Vietnamese architecture meets modern design. The colors and patterns are intense, with black-and-white fabrics splashed with a fiery red that begins in the marble lobby and continues throughout. Suites have indoor–outdoor living rooms, giant bathtubs, and wet bars. There are three restaurants, a library, an extraordinary spa, a cooking school, the impressive beachside Long Bar, Planet Trekkers kids' club, and a host of cultural activities including traditional Vietnamese lantern-making.

With four swimming pools—saltwater, freshwater, infinity, and kids—and staff who make a point to learn your name and preferences, this beautiful resort offers the very best in customer service and design. Hourly shuttles will take you to An Bang beach, where sunbeds are reserved for La Siesta guests, or to the Old Town. The suites feature giant balconies with outdoor tubs, and both the Red Bean and Temple Restaurant serve excellent cuisine.

Rooms and bungalows here exude supreme comfort, blending elegance with subtle touches of local artistry. Equipped with bathrooms tailored for meticulous grooming, rooms also feature balconies offering captivating sea vistas. At Epice, the resort's main restaurant, guests are treated to a culinary spectacle as skilled chefs craft inventive fusion dishes in open kitchens. The culinary journey continues at Azure, the beachfront dining venue, where fresh local seafood takes center stage in imaginative presentations. From early-morning beach Tai Chi and invigorating aerobics to stand-up paddleboard lessons, activities cater to various interests. After a day of beachside adventures, unwind with a meticulously crafted cocktail as the sun dips below the horizon.

For luxury and long-term comfort, there is no better choice than the Victory Road Villas. These two-story villas include a full living room and kitchen, as well as breathtaking views, outdoor stone bathtubs, and romantic balcony swings. Attention to detail and excellent service is always on display, and the owners and managers are the most experienced in the area.

The spa-focused Almanity Hoi An Wellness Resort offers contemporary, luxurious digs with a focus on wellness, just a 10-minute stroll from Old Town. All rooms and suites come inclusive of a daily spa experience, the best (and quietest) come with a pool view. Many guests stay on-site for drinking and dining in Four Plates restaurant, which serves a menu of well-priced Japanese, Italian, and Vietnamese cuisine.

Situated in low-rise buildings, rooms here have an apartment-like feel, with small living areas and three stairs leading to king-size beds. Outdoor daybeds face the garden, river, or pool. Suites have Jacuzzis, hardwood floors, and four-poster beds draped in silk. The European-style café and the swanky cocktail bar have more charm than the somewhat unimaginative rooms. Bikes, yoga, board games, and a shuttle to the beach are available free of charge to guests. Other options include sunset cruises and spa treatments.

On a 3-km (2-mile) sandy beach, hugged by the Truong Son mountain range, this resort offers golf, quad bikes, water sports, a kids' club, and a beach club, and despite daily excursions to Hue and Hoi An, it's easy to see why most guests don't venture off the property. Stylish rooms come equipped with gadgetry, a living room, and luxurious bathrooms, and almost half of them come with their own private plunge pool. On-site dining spans a menu of Vietnamese and international cuisines by the pool, and a three-hour buffet breakfast served in Market Place.

For beach villa stays, the colonial-style Boutique Hoi An Resort located on the sandy coastal stretch between Cua Dai and An Bang Beach is one of the most decadent in town. The large, airy rooms have an art deco theme and coconut-fringed beach views, which you can enjoy from sumptuous oversize beds. There's a huge pool surrounded by shady tropical gardens, fully serviced by a decent pool restaurant, a stone's throw from the net-draped massage pavilions of the resort spa.

Luxurious rooms, central location, fantastic staff, and spectacular river views make this the most appropriately named hotel in Danang. Located within walking distance to all of the city's main attractions, restaurants, and nightlife, and catering to a mainly business clientele, you can expect great weekend discounts on huge stylish rooms with vintage French Indochine flair and everything you could need for a luxurious stay. Public areas include a whole floor devoted to fitness and relaxation, with a small pool, gym, and spa. The 19th-floor rooftop bar has views stretching out over Han River and nearby My Khe beach.

Chay Lap is a remote and peaceful location for those seeking nature at the doorstep of the national park. They also have a pool and sauna with acupressure options, which comes in handy after days of trekking.

This small hotel offers giant rooms designed with business travelers in mind. Each room is equipped with a sofa, table, and chairs so guests can host meetings if they so choose. The layout is unique and the entire hotel can be rented for corporate or social events. The lobby and pool area is posh, and the location—three minutes to the airport—can’t be beat.

French Vietnamese–style villas surround a tropical swimming lagoon right on the Bac My An beach. Rooms overlook either the lagoon or the ocean. Shuttered windows, dark wood furniture, ceiling fans, and Vietnamese pieces hark back to the French colonial era. The resort has five dining venues. The resort also has the largest menu of water sports activities in the area. Complimentary shuttle services are available to Hoi An, Danang, and the nearby Montgomerie Links golf course.

This idyllic option, which is run by a Belgian/Vietnamese couple, is situated in the middle of beautiful green rice fields with stunning views of the nearby mountains and about 500 meters away from the local village market. The accommodations are as attractive as the surrounding scenery, while an infinity pool overlooking the fields is a winning touch.

Tucked away in a tropical garden, this thin-walled hotel pays tribute to Vietnamese culture with its rice paper factory and a 200-year-old house, where fifth-generation family members still live today. The white buildings with clay-tiled roofs resemble a small village. Each building houses spacious rooms with four-poster beds draped in netting. Nice touches are the fresh flowers and fruit, and the rice pastries wrapped in banana leaves that the staff brings at turndown. Rooms include free Wi-Fi and some come with a laptop to use during your stay. Centering the property is a circular pool; Cua Dai Beach is a 10-minute drive away. Complimentary bikes and shuttle service are offered, and motorbikes can be rented next door for 150,000d per day.

The best feature of Hoi An's oldest beach resort is its riverside setting, and river views somewhat make up for the lack of beach (rapid coastal erosion took the last of the beach). The renovations have successfully injected style and character, with sleek lines, colorful soft furnishings, and local artwork. Bathrooms are modern and luxurious, with Western-size tubs, monsoon showers, and marble accents.

This tour-group darling and one of Hoi An's oldest resort hotels is renowned for its friendly staff and fantastic location, a five-minute walk from Old Town. Rooms have Asian elements, dark wooden floors, black-and-white prints of Old Town as wall art, and enormous but very firm beds. Bathrooms are spacious and well-lit. Facilities are top-notch and include a large pool, which is unusual for such a centrally located hotel. The spa and restaurant are good, but there are cheaper options available nearby.

All 40 of the riverfront rooms of Hue Riverside Boutique Resort and Spa sit in a verdant 10-acre pomelo garden and line the Huong River. Most of the land is filled with seemingly thousands of pomelo trees, many banana trees, and three organic vegetable gardens, which make this eco-resort one of the most poetic and tranquil getaways in town. Both the restaurant and spa source the vegetables and herbs from the gardens. Solar panels and a windmill help supply electricity to the resort.

Right in the middle of the coastal strip between Hoi An and Danang, the fabulous Hyatt Regency is the perfect beach compromise for those that can't decide between the two cities (both are within a 25-minute drive). This modern resort is a maze of similar-looking structures stretched along miles of white sandy coast and well manicured gardens. Rooms have lots of wood, a comfortable lounging area, and minimal styling, and the bathrooms are of the glass and optional blind variety, so not very private. As with any Hyatt property, the list of facilities and activities is vast. Standouts are the enormous pool and kids' program, although the kids' club comes at an extra cost if you leave your little ones there for extended periods.

One of the most luxurious hotels in Hue, this 17-story property blends modern Vietnamese with colonial elegance to avoid the chain-hotel effect. Rooms have mountain or pool views, four-poster beds, thick white duvets, marble floors, and French balconies. Lavish accents include ceramic lamps, chaise lounges, leather trunks, and embossed amenities. The ground floor is almost entirely dedicated to the palm-lined swimming pool. There's a fine-dining restaurant, gym, steam room, sauna, and spa.

A La Carte embodies its name perfectly—guests pay a base rate for their room and customize their experience from an all-encompassing menu, only paying for the things they use. Each modern apartment-style room comes with an open plan living area, bedroom, and kitchenette, and is stylishly furnished and decorated in cool ocean hues. Add-on experiences cover everything from pillow service through to "explore"—a personalized city plan, map, lunchbox, and either bikes or transfer to nearby Hoi An. The rooftop infinity pool and Top Bar pay homage to sunset with breathtaking views.

This budget homestay on the outskirts of town offers fantastic accommodations, incredible service, and exceptional tailoring on-site, without the hassle of endless fittings in town. Moon is one of Hoi An's secret success stories: from humble beginnings running a tailor shop on the outskirts of the Old Town, she made her name, closed down her shop, and built a beautiful property with a pool and modern rooms that will make your jaw drop. 

Attracting a varied crowd that encompasses vacationers and business travelers alike, the 36-story Novotel towers over the river on central Bach Dang street. The main guest appeal lies within the brand and the hotel's huge range of on-site facilities that include sophisticated dining venues. The views from the upper floor rooms can't be beat. There's an outdoor pool and bar, plus a free-on-request shuttle bus to the beach, which makes for a quiet city escape should you need it.

Sitting at the midway point between Hoi An and Danang, between a beach and a golf course designed by Greg Norman, the pool villas, beach, and facilities at Ocean offer the perfect compromise for nongolfers. The modern, self-contained villas are located in a secure gated development, with restaurants, shops, spa, and gym. They come in all shapes and sizes (from one to five beds) and are outfitted with everything you could possibly need.

This small and stylish family-run colonial villa, a short distance from the national park, is probably the best deal in town. Beautifully furnished rooms decorated with sandstone Cham statues open on to a wraparound balcony that provides the most spectacular sunset and mountain views. Downstairs, an open dining area has a roaring open fire to keep you cozy in winter. There's also a beautiful pool.

Sheltered in the mountain valleys of Lai Chau, overlooking the beautiful lake Dong Suon, the Lake House makes for an idyllic base within easy reach of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. Lakeside bungalows feature four poster beds swathed in romantic—and practical—mosquito nets, and all have a balcony or terrace where you can soak in the view. There's also a saltwater pool and an artfully carved timber meeting house, which is rumored to have hosted General Vo Nguyen Giap during the 1954 Dien Bien Phu operation, but now serves as the large restaurant and lounge.

Run by brother and sister An and Ai, this homestay offers beautiful wooden stilt houses and balconies overlooking the river and mountains. An is a very knowledgeable guide in the area and can help you plan your stay. They've also built a pepper farm, and are focused on sustainable tourism.

Dong Ha's biggest hotel has modern, spacious rooms with comfortable beds, decent bathrooms (although water pressure can be a bit hit or miss), and pleasant river views. It's a big step up from the other guesthouses in town, with a classy restaurant, a pool, a tennis court, and a gym.

A couple of blocks west of Bach Dang, the Sanouva is a stylish city retreat offering contemporary Asian design, good service, and business-class facilities at competitive prices. While the cheaper deluxe rooms feel a little stark, what they lack in finesse they make up for in luxury fittings and glitzy black marble bathrooms—perfect if you plan to spend your time sightseeing. If size and outlook matter, the lounge views from the signature suite's floor-to-ceiling windows are worth upgrading for. And if you ask nicely, they may throw in a couple of spa coupons that more than cover the extra cost.