6 of the best · Hanoi, Vietnam
Nội Bài airport, the two metro lines, the city buses, Hanoi Railway Station and the airlines for the rest of Vietnam.
Our 6 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three Hanoi moments we keep going back to: the Temple of Literature at eight in the morning, a bowl of phở on Bát Đàn, and a drink in the Metropole’s Bamboo Bar at dusk.
The back story
Crossing the road, the two metro lines, Grab and the electric taxis, the walking streets of the weekend and the trains to Sa Pa: how to move through a city of motorbikes.
Lines 2A and 3
Two lines: 2A from Cát Linh to Yên Nghĩa, and 3 from Nhổn to Ga Hà Nội, 5:30am–10pm.
Crossing the road, the two metro lines and the trains to Lào Cai.
The back story
Crossing the road, the two metro lines, Grab and the electric taxis, the walking streets of the weekend and the trains to Sa Pa: how to move through a city of motorbikes.
Arriving in Hanoi.
Metro and buses.
Lines 2A and 3
Two lines: 2A from Cát Linh to Yên Nghĩa, and 3 from Nhổn to Ga Hà Nội, 5:30am–10pm.
Out of the city.
Trains south and to Lào Cai
The main station, terminus of the line south and of the trains towards Lào Cai for Sa Pa.
Domestic flights
The airlines for flights from Nội Bài to Ho Chi Minh City, Đà Nẵng and the rest of the country.
