A journey · Hanoi to Bali
Best of Southeast Asia
Six stops down the length of Southeast Asia, from the old French quarter of Hanoi to the rice terraces above Ubud: the Metropole, the Oriental on the river at Bangkok, the new towers of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and Bali to finish. Flights rather than trains: the hops are short and the hotel is the point of the stop.
- Stops
- 6
- Nights
- 15
- Stayed in
- 4
- With partner perks
- 5
The route
1
Hanoi · 3 nights
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Hanoi's French colonial grand hotel, opened in 1901 as the Grand Hôtel Métropole Palace on Ngo Quyen Street in the French Quarter, steps from the Opera House. It has two wings, the original Heritage Wing, restored in 2022-23, and the neo-classical Opera Wing, with a courtyard garden and pool.
Hanoi down to Saigon, two hours in the air.
2
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Ho Chi Minh City · 2 nights · On our list
Built in 2005 in the French colonial manner rather than inherited from it — shutters, courtyard and all — opposite the Opera House on Lam Son Square.
Booked through Hyatt Privé
Saigon to Bangkok, an hour and forty.
3
Bangkok · 3 nights
The hotel that opened as The Oriental in 1876 on the Chao Phraya at Oriental Avenue, in Bangkok's riverside district: 331 rooms including 60 suites, across the historic Authors' and Garden Wings and the River Wing, which Jeffrey Wilkes redesigned in 2019. Writers and royalty have stayed here for 150 years, and it holds three MICHELIN Keys.
Booked through Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, two hours; the hotel's car from KLIA is about an hour into the city.
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Kuala Lumpur · 2 nights · On our list
The top floors of Merdeka 118, the second-tallest tower in the world, opened in 2025: the rooms begin at the 75th floor and look down on the Petronas Towers and the old city around Merdeka Square.
Booked through Hyatt Privé
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, an hour in the air, and twenty minutes by car from Changi to Marina Bay.
5
Singapore · 2 nights
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
A 32-storey hotel of 608 rooms and suites at 7 Raffles Avenue in Marina Bay, in a slender white tower by Kevin Roche raised on 37-metre legs above seven acres of green space. Every room faces Marina Bay or the city, each bathroom has an octagonal window, and the public spaces hold a 4,200-piece contemporary art collection.
Booked through Marriott STARS
Singapore to Bali, two hours and forty, then about an hour and a half by car up to Ubud.
6
Ubud · 3 nights
Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
A Ritz-Carlton Reserve of 35 suites and 25 private pool villas on the Ayung River at Kedewatan, in the valley outside Ubud, opened in 2015. Suites and villas look over rice paddies, forest or the river, and the hotel holds three MICHELIN Keys.
Booked through Marriott STARS
Back down to Ngurah Rai in about an hour and a half, with flights home through Singapore, Hong Kong or Doha.
What to know
15 nights across 6 hotels: 3 at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi; 2 at Park Hyatt Saigon; 3 at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok; 2 at Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur; 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore and 3 at Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve.
Hanoi down to Saigon, two hours in the air. Saigon to Bangkok, an hour and forty. Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, two hours; the hotel's car from KLIA is about an hour into the city. Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, an hour in the air, and twenty minutes by car from Changi to Marina Bay. Singapore to Bali, two hours and forty, then about an hour and a half by car up to Ubud. From Ubud: back down to Ngurah Rai in about an hour and a half, with flights home through Singapore, Hong Kong or Doha.
Park Hyatt Saigon (Hyatt Privé); Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok (Mandarin Oriental Fan Club); Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur (Hyatt Privé); The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore (Marriott STARS) and Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve (Marriott STARS). Booked through us, each adds a room upgrade on arrival where one is free, breakfast for two each day, a hotel credit to spend on dining or the spa, and early check-in or late checkout when the hotel can give it, at no extra cost to you.
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