The UNESCO old town on foot
7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot · VND 20,000 per site · 7 stops
- Chùa Cầu, the Japanese Bridge
- Phùng Hưng House
- Tấn Ký House
- Museum of Trade Ceramics
- Quan Công Temple
- Phúc Kiến Assembly Hall
- Triều Châu Assembly Hall
147 places · UNESCO 1999, UN Tourism, Lonely Planet, the Vietnamese press · no Eater coverage
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This interactive map of Hoi An (Vietnam) brings together 147 hand-picked places: 55 attractions, 49 restaurants, 25 cafés and 18 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot · VND 20,000 per site · 7 stops
7 stops · 3 h · on foot · cao lầu, bánh mì and cơm gà · 7 stops
6 stops · 5 h · boat and bike · Thanh Hà and Cẩm Kim · 6 stops
6 stops · 4 h · by bike · 8 km flat round trip · 6 stops
6 stops · 5 h · by bike · herb farm, paddies and basket boats · 6 stops
Chùa Cầu / Cầu Nhật Bản · Old Town (Minh An)
The 1593 roofed pagoda-bridge over a canal: Hoi An's emblem and the face of the 20,000-đồng banknote.
Tip: Reopened 3 Aug 2024 after a 19-month, VND 20-billion restoration. Walking across is free; entering the shrine costs VND 20,000.
🚇 10-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapHội quán Phúc Kiến (Fujian) · Old Town (Minh An)
The grandest Chinese assembly hall in town: courtyards, ceramic dragons and the sea goddess Thiên Hậu.
Tip: VND 20,000 per site since 10 Aug 2026 (Da Nang Resolution 98/2026). Open 8:00-17:30; at 8am you have it to yourself.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapHội quán Quảng Đông (cantonés) · Old Town (Minh An)
The 1885 Cantonese hall facing the Japanese Bridge, with a coiled ceramic dragon in its courtyard.
Tip: The least crowded of the five halls, and the shaded courtyard is the best shelter when an October downpour lands.
🚇 1-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapHội quán Triều Châu (Chaozhou) · Sơn Phong
Exquisite woodcarving and an altar to the god who calms the waves: the Chaozhou traders' assembly hall.
Tip: Look at the side panels: they tell shipwreck stories. It sits at the quiet eastern end of the old town.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapHội quán Hải Nam · Sơn Phong
Built in 1875 for 108 Hainanese sailors killed by mistake: the most moving of the assembly halls.
Tip: Usually open without a fee because it is still an active temple of the Hainanese community. Take your shoes off.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapHội quán Ngũ Bang (Trung Hoa) · Old Town (Minh An)
The hall shared by Hoi An's five Chinese congregations: the only neutral one, founded around 1741.
Tip: It ran as a Chinese school until the 1970s. The hot-pink façade on Trần Phú is impossible to miss.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapChùa Ông / Quan Công Miếu · Old Town (Minh An)
A 1653 temple to general Quan Công facing the market: incense, plaster horses and ceremonial drums.
Tip: Market traders come to ask for luck before opening up. By 6:30am the incense is already going.
🚇 1-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapNhà cổ Tấn Ký · Old Town (Minh An)
A 1741 merchant house, seven generations deep, with flood heights painted on the inner wall.
Tip: Ask to see the flood marks: the October 2025 crest beat 1964 and sits above the door lintel.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapNhà cổ Phùng Hưng · Old Town (Minh An)
An 1780 two-storey house blending Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese carpentry, with a flood hatch.
Tip: The ceiling hatch was for hoisting goods when the Thu Bồn rose; they still use it every October.
🚇 1-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapNhà cổ Đức An · Old Town (Minh An)
A former bookshop and herbal pharmacy that doubled as a revolutionary cell: 180 years, one family.
Tip: The family hosts you themselves at no extra charge and will show you the original French books if you ask.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapNhà cổ Quân Thắng · Old Town (Minh An)
The smallest and best-preserved tube house: three-century-old Hoa Hạ carvings, never retouched.
Tip: It is the quickest site on the list, perfect for spending one VND 20,000 ticket when you are short on time.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapNhà thờ tộc Trần · Old Town (Minh An)
An 1802 ancestral chapel in a walled garden: altars, wooden name boxes and a mandarin's family story.
Tip: One of the few sites with a real garden inside the old town: a good break from the Trần Phú crush.
🚇 6-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBảo tàng Gốm sứ Mậu dịch · Old Town (Minh An)
Ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks: proof that Hoi An was the hinge port between Japan, China and Europe.
Tip: It fills an 1850 timber house restored by Polish architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowski. Look up at the roof.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBảo tàng Hội An · Old Town (Minh An)
The city's umbrella museum: from Sa Huỳnh culture to the port of Faifo, in a cool modern building.
Tip: Open 7:30-11:30 and 13:30-17:30, closed at midday. Air-conditioned: the best plan for a wet afternoon.
🚇 8-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBảo tàng Văn hóa Sa Huỳnh · Old Town (Minh An)
Burial jars and 2,000-year-old jewellery: the people who lived here a millennium before the trading port.
Tip: It is right by the Japanese Bridge and almost nobody goes in: ten minutes here explain why Hoi An exists.
🚇 1-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBảo tàng Y học cổ truyền · Old Town (Minh An)
Timber apothecary cabinets, scales and 200 herbs: how the port healed itself before pharmacies arrived.
Tip: You smell cinnamon and liquorice from the door. Often open 7:00-11:00 only: one of the early-bird sites.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBảo tàng Di sản Vô giá (Réhahn) · Sơn Phong
Réhahn photographed all 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups and donated original costumes. Free, and devastating.
Tip: Open 8:00-20:00 and free: the best museum in Hoi An is not on the VND 20,000 ticket list.
🚇 6-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapPhòng tranh Réhahn · Old Town (Minh An)
The French photographer's original gallery on Nguyễn Huệ: Madame Xong and the Vietnam that is vanishing.
Tip: Free to walk in, buy only if you want. If you must choose, the museum has the ethnic costumes.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapTụy Tiên Đường Minh Hương · Old Town (Minh An)
Communal house of the Minh Hương, the Chinese who stayed and became Vietnamese in the 17th century.
Tip: Founded in 1820 and barely visited; the back hall keeps the names of the quarter's founding families.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapCổng Chùa Bà Mụ · Old Town (Minh An)
The triple gate of a vanished temple, with pond and lawn: Hoi An's most photographed backdrop.
Tip: Free and always open. At dawn it is empty; by 17:00 there is a queue of brides in áo dài.
🚇 3-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapChùa Pháp Bảo · Old Town (Minh An)
A working Buddhist pagoda two blocks from the crowds: evening chanting and a bonsai courtyard.
Tip: The monks chant around 17:30-18:00. Free entry; cover shoulders and knees.
🚇 4-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapĐình Cẩm Phô · Cẩm Phô
Communal house of Hoi An's oldest quarter, west of the Japanese Bridge: no tourists, plenty of incense.
Tip: Cross the Japanese Bridge and keep going 300 m: on that side the old town stops being a stage set.
🚇 4-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapVăn Miếu Hội An · Cẩm Phô
A Confucius temple with a lotus pond and two huge banyans: total silence 10 minutes from the old town.
Tip: Free, open by day and almost always empty. Five minutes by bike along Trần Hưng Đạo.
🚇 8-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapNhà thờ Công giáo Hội An · Old Town (Minh An)
A yellow 1935 church with blue stained glass, ten minutes' walk from the old town and selfie-free.
Tip: It holds a memorial to Alexandre de Rhodes, who helped invent Vietnamese's Latin alphabet.
🚇 13-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapGiếng Bá Lễ · Old Town (Minh An)
The 10th-century Cham well whose water, they say, is the only thing that makes real Hoi An cao lầu.
Tip: Down an unmarked alley off 45/51 Trần Hưng Đạo. Cooks still haul water from it by hand.
🚇 5-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapChợ Hội An (mercado central) · Old Town (Minh An)
The real market: Thu Bồn fish, Trà Quế herbs and a food court serving cao lầu for VND 35,000.
Tip: From 6:00 to 8:00 it is a neighbourhood market; after 9:00 it is a tourist one. Go early.
🚇 10-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapChợ vải Hội An (mercado de telas) · Old Town (Minh An)
Two floors of silk, linen and wool bolts where the old town's tailors buy the cloth they sew for you.
Tip: If your tailor lets you pick the cloth here rather than in his shop, he probably sews it himself.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapChợ đêm Nguyễn Hoàng · An Hoi Islet
The lantern street itself: 150 stalls of silk lanterns, skewers and chè, open 18:00 to 22:00.
Tip: A collapsible silk lantern runs VND 60,000-120,000 and fits in hand luggage. Haggle about 30%.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCầu An Hội · An Hoi Islet
The footbridge over the Hoài river: the viewpoint from which everyone photographs the lanterns.
Tip: Packed 19:00-21:00. By 22:30, when the electric lights come back, it empties out and still looks great.
🚇 2-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBến Bạch Đằng · phố lồng đèn · Old Town (Minh An)
The Thu Bồn waterfront: lantern-lit wooden boats, floating-lantern sellers and the postcard sunset.
Tip: A 20-minute boat ride costs VND 150,000-200,000 per boat, not per person. Agree the price before boarding.
🚇 4-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCông viên Vườn Tượng An Hội · An Hoi Islet
A riverside sculpture park on An Hoi: lawn, shade and the best view of the old town from across the water.
Tip: This is where locals do their exercises at 5:30am. Free and always open.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapNhà biểu diễn Nghệ thuật cổ truyền · Old Town (Minh An)
A tiny Bạch Đằng theatre with bài chòi, unicorn dance and court music: 45 minutes, no microphones.
Tip: Bài chòi has been UNESCO Intangible Heritage since 2017. Short early-evening shows; arrive 15 min early.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapĐảo Ký Ức Hội An · Cẩm Nam Islet
A 500-performer night show on a 25,000 m² open-air stage set on an island in the Hoài river.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Mini-shows 17:00-19:00, main show 20:00-21:00: enter at 17:00 and you get both.
🚇 6 min by bike from the Central Market · 1.2 km
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Show on mapTượng Kazimierz Kwiatkowski · Old Town (Minh An)
Bust of the Polish architect who convinced the world to save Hoi An and Mỹ Sơn. Without him, none of this.
Tip: Locals call him Kazik and leave flowers. He died in 1997, two years before the UNESCO listing.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCầu Cẩm Nam · Cẩm Nam Islet
The bridge to Cẩm Nam islet, where you eat bánh đập and chè bắp by the river on a plastic stool.
Tip: Ride across: on the far side prices halve and after 19:00 there are almost no tourists.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapLàng gốm Thanh Hà · Thanh Hà
A potters' village since the 16th century: foot-driven wheels, wood kilns and clay animal whistles.
Tip: Village entry is charged separately from the old-town ticket. They let you sit at the wheel: get your hands dirty.
🚇 20 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 3.9 km
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Show on mapCông viên Đất nung Thanh Hà · Thanh Hà
A terracotta park with clay replicas of the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal and the Sydney Opera House.
Tip: Open 8:30-17:30 and the safest plan with kids around here: most of it is under cover if it rains.
🚇 19 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 3.7 km
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Show on mapLàng mộc Kim Bồng · Cẩm Kim
The carpenters who built the old town and Huế's citadel: today they still carve boats and furniture by hand.
Tip: Take the local ferry from Bạch Đằng quay (about 10 min) or ride over the Cẩm Kim bridge by bike.
🚇 8 min by bike from An Hoi Bridge · 1.6 km
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Show on mapĐảo Cẩm Kim · Cẩm Kim
The farming island across from the old town: paddies, buffalo and dirt lanes fifteen minutes from the centre.
Tip: The dyke-top bike loop is flat and takes two hours. In October the lanes can be deep in mud.
🚇 10 min by bike from An Hoi Bridge · 1.9 km
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Show on mapLò bánh tráng Cẩm Kim · Cẩm Kim
A family workshop making rice paper and cao lầu noodles by hand, steamed over a wood fire.
Tip: They let you try stretching the batter. Real cao lầu needs ash lye and water from the Bá Lễ well.
🚇 10 min by bike from An Hoi Bridge · 2.0 km
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Show on mapLàng rau Trà Quế · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
An 18-hectare organic herb farm fertilised with river algae: a UN Tourism Best Tourism Village 2024.
Tip: The award is from UN Tourism, announced November 2024, not UNESCO. Cheap entry plus a cooking class.
🚇 20 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 4.1 km
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Show on mapRừng dừa Bảy Mẫu · Cẩm Thanh
A nipa palm forest in the delta: round basket boats spinning like tops and circular-net fishing.
Tip: Pick an operator with life vests and no loudspeaker: the party version wrecks the wetland. Wear clothes that can get wet.
🚇 6.1 km from the Central Market · bike, taxi or Grab (31 min by bike)
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Show on mapBến thúng chai Cẩm Thanh · Cẩm Thanh
The basket-boat landing closest to the old town, on the Thu Bồn's south arm: shorter queue, same ride.
Tip: Going rate: VND 150,000-250,000 per two-person boat, tip extra. Settle it before you get in.
🚇 20 min by bike from the Central Market · 4.1 km
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Show on mapĐảo Thuận Tình · Cẩm Thanh
A mangrove island among the channels: kayaks, birds and a silence you won't find five km away.
Tip: Boat access only, from Cẩm Thanh. In October, with the river up, many operators cancel: confirm the day before.
🚇 5.1 km from the Central Market · bike, taxi or Grab (26 min by bike)
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Show on mapBãi biển An Bàng · Cẩm An · An Bàng
Hoi An's living beach: loungers, timber bars and small surf, half an hour by bike from the old town.
Tip: From October to December the sea is rough and red flags are common: check the flag before swimming.
🚇 6.0 km from the Japanese Bridge · bike, taxi or Grab (30 min by bike)
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Show on mapBãi biển Cửa Đại · Cửa Đại
Hoi An's historic beach, brought back after four years of submerged breakwater work and sand nourishment.
Tip: Erosion nearly erased it between 2014 and 2020; the sand is back, but the shoreline still shifts each season.
🚇 14 min by bike from the An Bang roundabout · 2.9 km
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Show on mapBãi biển Tân Thành · Cẩm An · An Bàng
The bohemian stretch between An Bàng and Cửa Đại: plank bars, an artisan market and crowd-free sunsets.
Tip: At weekends an artisan market runs beside the bungalows. Access from Nguyễn Phan Vinh street.
🚇 7 min by bike from the An Bang roundabout · 1.4 km
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Show on mapBãi biển Hà My · Hà My · Điện Dương
Kilometres of near-empty white sand north of An Bàng, right on the Hoi An-Đà Nẵng boundary.
Tip: No umbrellas or lifeguards along most of it: bring water and don't swim out far in October seas.
🚇 16 min by bike from the An Bang roundabout · 3.2 km
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Show on mapKhu tưởng niệm Hà My · Hà My · Điện Dương
Memorial to the 135 civilians killed at Hà My in 1968: a sober monument almost no visitor sees.
Tip: It sits by the coastal road. Visit respectfully: hat off, and no photos of people praying.
🚇 5.2 km from the An Bang roundabout · bike, taxi or Grab (26 min by bike)
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Show on mapHải đăng Cửa Đại · Cửa Đại
The lighthouse at the Thu Bồn's mouth, where river becomes sea and the Cù Lao Chàm boats leave.
Tip: Speedboats to the Cù Lao Chàm islands leave from the quay next door; the islands are off this map, 15 km offshore.
🚇 8.4 km from the Central Market · bike, taxi or Grab (42 min by bike)
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Show on mapLàng Triêm Tây · Điện Phương
A reed-mat village on a Thu Bồn meander, saved from erosion with bamboo instead of concrete.
Tip: Reach it by the Cẩm Kim ferry or by bike along the south bank. Mat-weaving demos most days.
🚇 15 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 3.0 km
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Show on mapLàng đúc đồng Phước Kiều · Điện Phương
A 400-year-old bronze foundry: gongs, pagoda bells and cymbals tuned by ear, hammer by hammer.
Tip: At the far western edge of this map, on the Đà Nẵng road. Ask and they'll let you strike a freshly tuned gong.
🚇 5.5 km from Thanh Ha village · bike, taxi or Grab (28 min by bike)
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Show on mapChùa Phước Lâm · Tân An
A 17th-century pagoda among the paddies, with a stupa garden and monks who grow their own vegetables.
Tip: 2.3 km north of the old town along Hai Bà Trưng: twelve minutes by bike and you'll meet no one.
🚇 12 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 2.3 km
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Show on mapThánh thất Cao Đài · Cẩm Phô
A Cao Đài temple with the Divine Eye, colour-drenched dragons and a mix of Buddha, Jesus and Victor Hugo.
Tip: They pray four times a day (6:00, 12:00, 18:00 and midnight). Watch from the balcony without intruding.
🚇 14-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapLớp làm lồng đèn Hằng Dũng · Old Town (Minh An)
A workshop where you build your own bamboo-and-silk lantern in an hour and fold it into your backpack.
Tip: One hour, works with kids and is the best wet-weather plan. Book in the morning for an afternoon slot.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBánh Mì Phượng · Sơn Phong
The bánh mì Anthony Bourdain made famous: pâté, roast pork, Trà Quế herbs and a secret sauce.
Tip: It was shut for three months after the September 2023 mass poisoning (91 cases, VND 110m fine); it reopened late that year and operates normally.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapMadam Khánh · Old Town (Minh An)
The other bánh mì queen: shorter queue, more omelette and the same woman behind the cart for decades.
Tip: At 115 Trần Cao Vân, outside the pedestrian zone: you can ride up at any hour.
🚇 8-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBánh Mì Bà Nga · Old Town (Minh An)
A Lê Lợi bánh mì cart where the local tailors eat: crackling bread and neighbourhood prices.
Tip: VND 25,000-35,000. Closes when the bread runs out, usually mid-afternoon.
🚇 4-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCơm gà Bà Buội · Old Town (Minh An)
The benchmark cơm gà since 1950: yellow rice cooked in broth, shredded chicken and răm herb.
Tip: Ask for the giblet version if you want what locals order. It usually sells out before 20:00.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapCơm Linh · Old Town (Minh An)
A family-run cơm gà on Phan Châu Trinh: far shorter queue than Bà Buội, chicken just as juicy.
Tip: Phan Châu Trinh goes car-free only 17:30-21:30: at lunchtime you can ride to the door.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapQuán Giếng Bá Lễ · Old Town (Minh An)
One set menu down a narrow alley: bánh xèo, nem lụi and rolls the owner wraps in front of you.
Tip: There is no menu: one fixed price per person and everything comes. It sits by the Bá Lễ cao lầu well.
🚇 5-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBánh xèo, thịt nướng, nem lụi Bà 9 · Old Town (Minh An)
Charcoal bánh xèo down a Phan Châu Trinh alley: thin batter, sprouts and a mountain of herbs.
Tip: Open 9:30-21:30. It is in kiệt 92: you squeeze down a narrow passage into a courtyard.
🚇 5-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapMorning Glory · Old Town (Minh An)
Ms Vy's flagship: cao lầu, white rose and home-style Quảng Nam cooking in an 1850 tube house.
Tip: Open 8:00-23:00 and takes no ground-floor bookings: by 18:30 the wait is half an hour.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapMorning Glory Signature · An Hoi Islet
The white-tablecloth version of Ms Vy's empire on An Hoi: same dishes, full service, river view.
Tip: Open 11:00-22:30. For a sunset table facing the old town, book a day ahead.
🚇 1-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapVy's Market · An Hoi Islet
A covered market turned restaurant: 20 Vietnamese cooking stations under one roof, plus classes.
Tip: Best plan on a wet night: all under cover, picture menu and two-hour cooking classes.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapBông Hồng Trắng (White Rose) · Old Town (Minh An)
The family that supplies half the city with white rose: hand-pleated bánh bao bánh vạc since 1950.
Tip: You can watch them pleated in the back courtyard. At 533 Hai Bà Trưng, ten minutes' walk from the old town.
🚇 12-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapMiss Ly Cafeteria 22 · Old Town (Minh An)
A Nguyễn Huệ classic since 1993: white rose, fried wonton and cao lầu with the broth just right.
Tip: Small room, no bookings and a queue at 19:00. Have lunch at 11:30 and you walk straight in.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapPhố Xưa · Old Town (Minh An)
An unpretentious Phan Châu Trinh diner where cao lầu comes right: crisp bits, herbs, barely any broth.
Tip: Real cao lầu uses noodles treated with ash lye and Bá Lễ well water: that is how they make it here.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapQuán cao lầu Thanh · Old Town (Minh An)
A four-table shop on Thái Phiên that makes nothing but cao lầu: zero concessions to tourists.
Tip: VND 30,000-40,000 a bowl. Opens at noon and closes when the pot is empty.
🚇 10-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapQuán Hải · mì Quảng · Sơn Phong
Mì Quảng the provincial way: wide yellow noodles, little broth, peanuts and a rice cracker on top.
Tip: Mì Quảng is Quảng Nam's dish, not Hoi An's: here it comes with chicken and quail eggs.
🚇 6-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapQuán cô Sáu · Cẩm Phô
Breakfast mì Quảng on Trần Hưng Đạo: plastic stools, prawn broth and an office queue at 7:00.
Tip: In central Vietnam mì Quảng is breakfast, not dinner. Get there before 9:00 or it is gone.
🚇 7-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBánh căn bà Tuất · Old Town (Minh An)
Mini rice pancakes cooked in clay moulds with quail egg and peanut sauce: the local afternoon snack.
Tip: About VND 30,000 a dozen. Eaten standing, in alley 12/8 off Trần Phú beside the market.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBánh xèo Khuê · Cẩm Châu
Bánh xèo and nem lụi in a Cẩm Châu courtyard, far from the old town and at neighbourhood prices.
Tip: Worth the 2.8 km ride: a Bạch Đằng beer costs what dinner for two costs here.
🚇 14 min by bike from the Central Market · 2.8 km
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Show on mapQuán bà Tâm · Tân An
Charcoal pork skewers and bún thịt nướng on a pavement north of town: no English, all good.
Tip: You assemble nem lụi yourself: rice paper, herbs, cucumber, skewer, peanut sauce. Watch the next table.
🚇 7 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 1.4 km
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Show on mapHồng Phúc · Bạch Đằng · Old Town (Minh An)
A Thu Bồn terrace serving banana-leaf grilled fish with a full view of the lantern boats below.
Tip: Ask for a first-floor table: from street level the Bạch Đằng crowd blocks the river.
🚇 5-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapHải Café · Old Town (Minh An)
A bougainvillea courtyard at 111 Trần Phú: charcoal grill, Vietnamese cooking, one of the prettiest patios.
Tip: The courtyard is partly roofed: it works in the rain, which in October is the rule, not the exception.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapGreen Mango · Old Town (Minh An)
A restored colonial house on Nguyễn Thái Học with modern Vietnamese cooking and a real wine list.
Tip: One of the few old-town spots with tablecloths and air-con: the dinner plan after a muddy day.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapCargo Club · Old Town (Minh An)
A two-storey balcony over Nguyễn Thái Học: French pastry, Vietnamese food and the best seated river view.
Tip: Ask for the second-floor balcony when booking: it is the view everyone wants and there are six tables.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapNhà hàng Chợ Phố · An Hoi Islet
Taste Vietnam's Vietnamese food court on An Hoi: open stalls, smoke, woks and mid-range prices.
Tip: Good for trying six different dishes in one sitting without committing to one. Ideal in a group.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapMango Mango · An Hoi Islet
Chef Duc Tran's Vietnamese-Caribbean fusion at the tip of An Hoi islet, facing the old town.
Tip: The terrace faces the Hoài river: it fills at 18:00 for sunset. Book if you catch a clear October evening.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapMango Rooms · Sơn Phong
The original Mango house: pop colours, mango-dressed fish and cocktails in a Phan Bội Châu tube house.
Tip: Phan Bội Châu is Hoi An's French-quarter street: arcaded façades and almost no foot traffic.
🚇 5-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapHoa Hiên · Cẩm Châu
A riverside timber house in Cẩm Châu: traditional Quảng Nam cooking served slowly, with linen.
Tip: 1.6 km from the old town along Trần Quang Khải: eight minutes by bike and nobody blocking the river.
🚇 8 min by bike from the Central Market · 1.6 km
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Show on mapOrivy · Sơn Phong
Root Quảng Nam cooking in a house with its own kitchen garden: river fish, village pork, grandma recipes.
Tip: Order the Quảng Nam bánh xèo, smaller and crisper than the southern one. Book: few tables.
🚇 14-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapNhà hàng The Field · Cẩm Châu
A stilt restaurant in the middle of Cẩm Châu's rice fields: buffalo, egrets and home cooking.
Tip: The access is a dirt track: in a wet October, take a taxi or Grab rather than a bike.
🚇 21 min by bike from the Central Market · 4.1 km
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Show on mapHành Là · Trà Quế · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
Trà Quế village's own dining room: everything green on the plate was cut fifty paces away.
Tip: Pair it with the village cooking class: you harvest, rinse in the river and cook in one morning.
🚇 10-min walk from the Tra Que entrance
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Show on mapBaby Mustard · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
Tables between Trà Quế's raised beds: bánh xèo, tam hữu and a cold beer watching the herbs grow.
Tip: Order tam hữu, the three-friends roll (shrimp, pork belly, chive) made only in Trà Quế.
🚇 6-min walk from the Tra Que entrance
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Show on mapTrà Quế Water Wheel · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
A waterwheel restaurant by the village gate: charcoal grill, herbs of the day and cooking classes.
Tip: The easiest start for the Trà Quế bike loop: they rent bikes and store backpacks.
🚇 2-min walk from the Tra Que entrance
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Show on mapLemon Basil · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
Garden cooking in Cẩm Hà, halfway between the old town and An Bàng: a compulsory ride stop.
Tip: It is on the An Bàng bike route: under 2 km of flat riding left to the beach.
🚇 10-min walk from the Tra Que entrance
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Show on mapSoul Kitchen An Bàng · Cẩm An · An Bàng
The bar-restaurant that invented An Bàng beach: loungers, weekend live music and grilled fish.
Tip: Order something and the loungers are free. In October, check the flag before you swim.
🚇 2-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapThe H'mong Sisters · Cẩm An · An Bàng
Seafront grill and barbecue at An Bàng, with a real wine list and a fireplace for wet nights.
Tip: One of the few beach places with a solid roof: it works even in October's northeasterly.
🚇 2-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapThe Cashew Tree · Cẩm An · An Bàng
A veggie-friendly courtyard two blocks from the sand: bowls, lentil burgers and a young crowd.
Tip: The An Bàng spot that works best in rain: covered courtyard, wifi and people staying for hours.
🚇 8-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapBikini Bottom Express · Cẩm An · An Bàng
All-day burgers and big breakfasts a block from the sand: An Bàng's official hangover plan.
Tip: Open 8:30-22:00. There is a second branch on Trần Quang Khải by the river if you can't reach the beach.
🚇 3-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapLa Plage An Bàng · Cẩm An · An Bàng
A French beach shack right on An Bàng sand: seafood, chilled rosé and umbrellas until sundown.
Tip: Front-row loungers are free with an order. October to December they add side awnings against the wind.
🚇 3-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapNhà hàng Quê · Cửa Đại · Cửa Đại
An unpretentious Cửa Đại seafood house: steamed clams, charcoal squid and village-priced beer.
Tip: Order the Thu Bồn clams, brackish-water and eaten with bread: half the old-town price.
🚇 19 min by bike from the An Bang roundabout · 3.9 km
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Show on mapHoshigami · Cẩm Châu
Honest sushi and ramen out on the Cửa Đại road: the plan after four straight days of cao lầu.
Tip: Hoi An had a Japanese quarter until the 17th century: eating sushi here makes more sense than it seems.
🚇 16 min by bike from the Central Market · 3.2 km
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Show on mapRed Bridge · Cẩm Thanh
A riverside cooking school: you arrive by boat from the old town, shop the market and cook.
Tip: The 25-minute Thu Bồn boat transfer is part of the course. Book a day ahead.
🚇 20 min by bike from the Central Market · 4.0 km
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Show on mapKarma Waters · Sơn Phong
Strictly vegan since 2011, one of Vietnam's first: meatless cao lầu, jackfruit curry and coconut milk.
Tip: On the 1st and 15th of the lunar month half the city eats vegetarian: book on those days.
🚇 13-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapChickpea Eatery · Cẩm Phô
Middle Eastern cooking down a Phan Châu Trinh alley: hummus, falafel and fresh-baked bread.
Tip: Small tables and busy evenings: for more than four people, let them know in the morning.
🚇 4-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapMasa Taqueria · Old Town (Minh An)
Real tacos on Phan Châu Trinh: nixtamal corn tortillas, al pastor and salsas that actually burn.
Tip: Opens at night, when Phan Châu Trinh closes to traffic 17:30-21:30 and fills with tables.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapDingo Deli · Sơn Phong
An Australian deli with its own bakery, imported cheese and the best kids' play corner in town.
Tip: If you're travelling with kids and it rains, this is the plan: covered play area, wifi, all-day breakfast.
🚇 13-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapMissteak · Cẩm Châu
Riverside grilled steaks on Trần Quang Khải: the carnivore plan after a whole week of noodles.
Tip: 1 km from the market along the bank: a flat, well-lit bike ride even at night.
🚇 14-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapVietnom · Cẩm Châu
A small riverside eatery mixing Vietnamese recipes with Japanese technique: short menu, all of it good.
Tip: Eight tables and no bookings: arrive before 18:30 or wait on the pavement.
🚇 14-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBlue Dragon · Old Town (Minh An)
A terrace at 46 Bạch Đằng with the full river view and fried wonton: a sunset-hour classic.
Tip: Hoành thánh chiên (fried wonton with tomato) is the most Hoi An dish nobody orders. Order it.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapQuán ăn cô Phưởng · Old Town (Minh An)
A corner diner on Nguyễn Huệ where the market traders eat lunch: genuine cơm bình dân, no menu.
Tip: Point at what you want in the display and it comes over rice. VND 40,000-60,000 a plate.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapFaifo Coffee · Old Town (Minh An)
The rooftop terrace at 130 Trần Phú: the most posted photo in Hoi An, yellow tiles as backdrop.
Tip: Rooftop access comes with an order and at 16:30 the queue is half an hour. Go at 8:00 and it is yours.
🚇 4-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapHoi An Roastery · Old Town (Minh An)
The local roastery that brought specialty coffee to the old town: Đà Lạt and Cầu Đất beans, filter and phin.
Tip: Order cà phê trứng (egg-yolk coffee) or Huế's cà phê muối: specialty here is not only espresso.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapHoi An Roastery · An Bàng · Cẩm An · An Bàng
The roastery's beach branch: the same beans, wicker chairs and the sea as background noise.
Tip: Opens early: the natural stop before heading down to the sand, three blocks from the roundabout.
🚇 5-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapPhin Coffee · Espresso & Drip · Old Town (Minh An)
A hidden garden in alley 132/7 off Trần Phú: the calmest specialty coffee in the old town.
Tip: You go down an unmarked passage between two shops: persist, the garden is at the end.
🚇 4-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapReaching Out Tea House · Old Town (Minh An)
A tea house staffed by deaf people: you order with wooden tiles and drink in complete silence.
Tip: A social enterprise still operating at 131 Trần Phú. Try the Vietnamese tea tasting set.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCocobox · Lê Lợi · Old Town (Minh An)
A juice bar and farm shop of Vietnamese produce: smoothies, organic coffee and local jams.
Tip: They buy from small Quảng Nam and Đà Lạt growers: a good place to take home real pepper or cacao.
🚇 4-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapMót Hội An · Old Town (Minh An)
The lotus herbal tea cup that everyone in the Trần Phú photos is holding: Hoi An's cheapest icon.
Tip: About VND 15,000, drunk standing. No straw needed: it comes with a lotus flower on top.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapThe Espresso Station · Old Town (Minh An)
A specialty café down a Trần Hưng Đạo alley: the best-pulled espresso in town, plus coconut coffee.
Tip: Open 7:30-17:00 and closes early. The coconut coffee has been the house signature since 2016.
🚇 7-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapRosie's Cafe · Tân An
A neighbourhood café north of the old town: long breakfasts, home-made cakes and nobody rushing you.
Tip: 1.7 km from the old town: nine minutes by bike. Worth it for the prices and always-free tables.
🚇 9 min by bike from the Japanese Bridge · 1.7 km
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Show on mapMia Coffee · Sơn Phong
A tiny shop roasting its own Cầu Đất beans: a queue of people who know, a block from the market.
Tip: They sell beans in 250 g bags: the best edible souvenir from Hoi An, and it weighs nothing.
🚇 6-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapThe Hill Station · Sơn Phong
A deli-café in a Nguyễn Duy Hiệu town house, with northern mountain produce and Sa Pa cheese.
Tip: The northern cheese and charcuterie board is the dish nobody expects to find in Hoi An.
🚇 5-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapCộng Cà Phê · An Hoi Islet
The Vietnamese chain with socialist-era styling: cà phê cốt dừa, coconut-cream coffee in a tin cup.
Tip: Cà phê cốt dừa is almost ice cream: eat it with a spoon. Vietnam's most ordered summer drink.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapCà phê muối Hội An · Cẩm Nam Islet
Huế's famous salt coffee in a small Cẩm Nam shop: salted cream foam over a strong phin brew.
Tip: Cà phê muối was invented in Huế in 2010 and went viral in 2023: here it costs VND 25,000.
🚇 7-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapThom's Sourdough · Hội An · Old Town (Minh An)
A daily sourdough bakery: real bread, croissants and coffee to carry down to the riverfront.
Tip: They bake in the morning and sell out: for a loaf, come before 10:00. Branches at An Bàng and Tân Thành.
🚇 9-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapSound of Silence Specialty Coffee · Cẩm An · An Bàng
Beachfront specialty coffee at Tân Thành: their own roast, brunch and the sound of the waves.
Tip: It has Tân Thành's best sunrise terrace: they open at 7:00 and nobody else is there.
🚇 6 min by bike from the An Bang roundabout · 1.2 km
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Show on mapThe Curve Cafe · Cẩm Phô
A design café at 98 Trần Hưng Đạo with raw concrete and good filter coffee: the digital-nomad refuge.
Tip: Sockets at most tables and stable wifi: if it rains all afternoon, this is where you wait it out.
🚇 7-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapTam Tam Café · Old Town (Minh An)
A French café-bar open since 1994 in an old tea factory: one of the old town's first, still going.
Tip: It has a timber balcony over Nguyễn Thái Học: the best seat for watching the lantern hour go by.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapThe Quiet American · Old Town (Minh An)
A café-bar in an old timber house on Nguyễn Thái Học: half-light, ceiling fans and a good phin.
Tip: Named after the Graham Greene novel. The house is original: look at the beams before you sit.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapDudu Cafe & Bistro · Old Town (Minh An)
A corner café facing the market, with pavement tables and a direct view of Quan Công temple.
Tip: The best observation post in the old town at dawn: the market starts at 5:30.
🚇 1-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapLevain Bakery · Sơn Phong
A French bakery on the Cửa Đại road: baguettes, pain au chocolat and tarts gone by mid-morning.
Tip: It is on the old town-beach bike route: a compulsory stop to load up before you ride.
🚇 6 min by bike from the Central Market · 1.2 km
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Show on mapMeraki Bakery · Old Town (Minh An)
A tiny bakeshop in alley 49/9 off Trần Hưng Đạo: cinnamon rolls, cheesecake and filter coffee.
Tip: It sits 100 m from the Bá Lễ well: pair a midday cao lầu with dessert here.
🚇 6-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapLittle Sputnik Café · An Hoi Islet
A tiny café on An Hoi islet with its own roast and a Soviet-tropical look. Only a few tables.
Tip: Two blocks from the night market: a good coffee before diving into the lantern crush.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapNghé Coffee · Cẩm Hà · Trà Quế
A countryside café among the paddies on the Trà Quế road: timber deck, buffalo and local-price phin.
Tip: Right on the Trà Quế-An Bàng bike loop: a shade stop halfway round.
🚇 13-min walk from the Tra Que entrance
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Show on mapYesh! An Bàng · Cẩm An · An Bàng
Coffee and artisan ice cream at An Bàng: Vietnamese fruit sorbets and a terrace to dry off on.
Tip: Try the passionfruit sorbet or the green mango with salt and chilli: very Vietnamese, barely sweet.
🚇 12-min walk from the An Bang roundabout
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Show on mapBoulevard Gelato · Old Town (Minh An)
An Italian gelateria on Trần Phú with local flavours: coconut, pandan, Vietnamese coffee, Quảng Nam mango.
Tip: Open late and the plan with kids after dinner, when the old town fills with lanterns.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapYaly Couture · Nguyễn Duy Hiệu · Sơn Phong
Hoi An's biggest tailor: in-house workshop, three floors of cloth and bespoke suits in 24-48 hours.
Tip: A proper suit needs two fittings and 48 hours, not one and 12. Ask to see the workshop; if they refuse, they outsource.
🚇 6-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapYaly · Trần Phú 47 · Old Town (Minh An)
Yaly's old-town branch on Trần Phú: measuring, cloth choice and pickup without leaving the centre.
Tip: Ask for 220-260 g tropical wool if you'll wear the suit in heat: pure silk creases in ten minutes.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapBe Be II Tailor · Old Town (Minh An)
A Phan Châu Trinh family tailor known for good finishing and patterns cut for real bodies.
Tip: Email photos and measurements before you arrive: with the pattern ready you save a whole day of fittings.
🚇 3-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapBebe · Hoàng Diệu · Sơn Phong
Bebe's ready-to-wear shop: linen dresses and shirts you can take away without waiting for fittings.
Tip: If you have under 24 hours in Hoi An, buy ready-to-wear: a one-day suit comes out badly sewn.
🚇 4-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapKimmy Tailor · Cẩm Phô
A 70 Trần Hưng Đạo tailor specialising in men's suits and coats: own patterns, catalogue cloth.
Tip: Trần Hưng Đạo is the real tailors' street, outside the pedestrian old town: the workshops are there.
🚇 6-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapA Đông Silk · Cẩm Phô
One of the city's oldest silk houses: áo dài, wedding dresses and silk woven up in Bảo Lộc.
Tip: Ask them to burn a thread: real silk smells of burnt hair and leaves ash; polyester melts into a bead.
🚇 6-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapMetiseko · Old Town (Minh An)
A French-Vietnamese label of natural silk and organic cotton, with prints drawn in Hoi An.
Tip: One of the few GOTS-certified labels in the old town: expensive for Vietnam, cheap for what it is.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapSunday in Hoi An · Old Town (Minh An)
A design shop with ceramics, textiles and stationery by contemporary Vietnamese makers only.
Tip: The opposite of a fridge magnet: everything is signed and fixed-price. They wrap well for the plane.
🚇 1-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapReaching Out Arts & Crafts · Old Town (Minh An)
A workshop-shop staffed by artisans with disabilities: ceramics, jewellery and textiles made on site.
Tip: You can walk into the back workshop and watch them work. Same social enterprise as the tea house at 131 Trần Phú.
🚇 2-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapDa Bảo · Da thật · Old Town (Minh An)
Bespoke shoes and leather goods at 32 Trần Phú: real hide, own lasts and a 24-48 hour wait.
Tip: Real leather smells of leather and absorbs a water drop; synthetic repels it. Test before you order.
🚇 1-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapFriendly Shoe Shop · Old Town (Minh An)
A long-standing bespoke shoe shop by the market: boots, sandals and loafers copied from a photo.
Tip: Bring a photo of the model and wear your favourite shoes: they copy the last, not the size.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapLiLo Leather · Old Town (Minh An)
A small leather workshop at 52 Nguyễn Thái Học: hand-stitched veg-tan bags, belts and wallets.
Tip: They make a belt to measure in an hour while you drink something across the street: the useful souvenir.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapPhòng tranh Réhahn · cửa hàng · Old Town (Minh An)
The photographer's gallery shop: signed prints, books and postcards of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.
Tip: The books weigh less than a framed print and cost a fraction: the easiest gift to carry.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapLồng đèn Long Vỹ · Old Town (Minh An)
A silk-on-bamboo lantern workshop and shop: the collapsible ones fit a backpack and survive the trip.
Tip: Ask for the collapsible bamboo-rib model: the rigid wire ones don't survive the carry-on belt.
🚇 3-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapXưởng lồng đèn Phố Hội · Sơn Phong
A lantern workshop where you watch the bamboo frame go up and the silk get stretched, at 310 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu.
Tip: Many of the lanterns later sold at double price in the night market are made right here.
🚇 11-min walk from the Central Market
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Show on mapThắng Lợi · Xưởng tơ lụa · Cẩm Phô
A silk house with looms, live silkworms and embroidery: they show the whole cocoon-to-cloth process.
Tip: The 30-minute weaving tour is the best wet-weather plan near the Japanese Bridge.
🚇 4-min walk from the Japanese Bridge
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Show on mapSô.Va · Thêu tay · Old Town (Minh An)
Double-sided hand embroidery, the Vietnamese technique where the image reads the same on both faces.
Tip: The embroiderers work on site: a medium piece takes over a hundred hours, which is why it costs what it does.
🚇 3-min walk from An Hoi Bridge
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Show on mapLotus Leaf · Old Town (Minh An)
Silver and lacquer jewellery by the market: Vietnamese designer pieces, no imported costume stuff.
Tip: Vietnamese lacquer (sơn mài) takes up to twenty layers polished with water: weigh it, the good stuff is dense.
🚇 2-min walk from the Central Market
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