Make sure you take time to visit one of the old Chinese houses for which Hoi An is justly famous, such as the well preserved Quan Thang at 77 Tran Phu, which is open to the public. These old merchants’ houses are long and narrow, with two doors, on..

For the past few years, the old town of Hoi An has been undergoing a facelift in an effort to highlight its harmonious yet diverse architecture. Many of its old Chinese, Japanese and Western-style houses have been restored and some of its less eleg..

Hidden from passers-by behind a high wall in a mix of Japanese and Chinese styles, the Tran Family Chapel was built in 1802 by a civilian mandarin by the name of Tran Tu Nhac in order to venerate his ancestors. The visit to the chapel is all the more..