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At the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel, reservations for a Grand Premium Room (Club Floor) have been confirmed for the following 2 nights. The hotel is a French colonial-style building that has stood proudly since 1901. The hotel has a rich history and a century-long tradition of welcoming ambassadors, writers, heads of state, and entrepreneurs. Features include 363 rooms and suites, a beautiful interior garden, excellent French cuisine at Le Beaulieu and Hanoi specialties at the Spices Garden. Hanoi has a great deal of charm, with ochre-colored colonial style buildings, tree-lined boulevards, elegant squares and verdant public parks. Hanoi means "within a river bend". Established as a defensive citadel in the 8th century, Hanoi has had at least 7 name changes. In the past Hanoi was first chosen by King Ly Thai To as the capital of the country and was named Thang Long (Ascending Dragon) in 1010. Through several successive dynasties, it remained as the country's capital city, the heart and soul of the whole nation, and has borne a variety of names, including Dong Kinh (Eastern Capital) from which the Europeans derived the name they eventually applied to all of northern Vietnam, Tonkin. The city was finally named Hanoi (the city in a bend of the river) by Emperor Tu Duc (Nguyen Dynasty) in 1831. From 1902 to 1953, Hanoi served as the capital of French Indochina. Overnight: Sofitel Metropole Hotel – Grand Premium Room (Club Floor)