Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa

In the remote north-west highlands of Vietnam, the four star Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa is the first and only luxury hotel in the region, which belongs to Victoria Hotels & Resorts. Built as a traditional mountain chalet with accented wooden décor, completed with stone-hearth fireplace and luxurious new spa 1,650 metres above sea-level in the Hoang Lien Mountains, close to the Chinese border. Amid spectacular scenery beneath Vietnam's highest peak, the 3,143-metre Mount Fansipan, the cool, pristine region is home to more than 30 colourful hill tribes – with tours to their minority villages and markets the highlights of any visit. The region is also emerging as an exciting new trekking destination.

Guests arrive aboard the romantic and elegant Victoria Express Train, a unique travel experience in its own right, operating along a 380km railway journey from Hanoi. Overlooking the mountain village of Sapa, blending sensitively with the unspoiled environment, Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa was voted ‘Best Hotel in the North-West Region’ in both 2004 and 2005 and was awarded for its “Harmony with Nature” in 2008 by The Guide, a publication of the Vietnam Economic Times.