As Hanoi celebrates its 1,000th anniversary, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is introducing a spa. Four months after its soft debut, Le Spa du Metropole has fully opened to hotel guests, to locals and expatriate residents alike, and to other travelers. Like the hotel itself, Le Spa trades on the hotel's stature as one of the venerable grand dames of Asian hospitality. Its seven treatment rooms evoke the spirits of such former guests as Charlie Chaplin, Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham. With floors of dark hardwood, gilt-framed mirrors, paneled doors and double-slipper tubs, Le Spa is a vibrant echo of the hotel's charm.
Housed in a wing of the old hotel that abuts the interior courtyard, Le Spa is comprised of two treatment rooms, two themed spa suites for couples and three themed individual suites: the Vietnam Suite, the Retro Suite and Thailand Suite. A separate treatment room is dedicated to foot reflexology. Beyond the treatment rooms, the spa's wet areas feature a Hammam, a Middle Eastern sauna/cold water treatment that was first popularized during the Victorian era, and a Finnish sauna that heats up to 80 C. The spa's menu opens with a suite of wet bath treatments and segues to a la carte spa journeys.
Opened in 1901, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi reigns as the Grande Dame of Vietnamese hospitality and one of Southeast Asia's most iconic hotels. In 2009, the hotel became the first in the Sofitel portfolio to acquire Accor's Legend brand distinction. The 364-room hotel was completely renovated in June 2009. Its historic Metropole Wing features suites named for Chaplin, Maugham and Greene, each of whom stopped at the Metropole during his time in colonial Indochina. The hotel's restaurants include Spices Garden (Vietnamese), Le Beaulieu (French) and Angelina (Italian). Le Spa du Metropole opened in late 2009. For more information, call 011 84.43 826 6919, email [email protected] or visit www.sofitelhanoi.vnn.vn.
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