Chicland Hotel · Hotel · An Hai

Chicland Hotel, plants falling from every balcony

HOTEL · AN HAI

Twenty one floors.A garden onevery balcony.

Every balcony is a planted garden, chosen floor by floor.

The story

You have seen this building whether or not you know its name. It is the tall one on the beach road with plants falling off every floor, and it is what people stop to photograph on the walk back from My Khe.

The greenery is not decoration added afterwards. The architect is Vo Trong Nghia, whose studio made Vietnam known abroad for green buildings, and the plant is Indian Pluchea, a coastal shrub that survives salt wind. Which plants sit on which balcony was decided floor by floor, because the wind at the twentieth is not the wind at the fourth.

The rooms carry that idea into their names. Cuc Tan, The Su, Thien Dieu, Bang Bien, Truc May, Phong Ba, Nho Bien. Every one is a coastal plant, and they run from a twenty seven square metre room to a two bedroom apartment facing the sea.

On the ground floor a tea house in bamboo and lacquer serves tea the Vietnamese way from half past six in the morning. On the roof there is a pool with the sea in front of it and a lounge with live music beside it. The spa is on the twenty first floor, and guests come back asking for the same therapists by name.

It stands at 210 Vo Nguyen Giap, on the beach side of An Hai, with My Khe a short walk across the road.

What Is Inside

The Balcony Gardens

Indian Pluchea, a salt tolerant coastal shrub, planted on all twenty one floors, with the mix on each balcony chosen for the wind at that height.

Rooms Named After Plants

Twelve types, from the twenty seven square metre Cuc Tan to the hundred and fifteen square metre Nho Bien facing the sea. Most of the larger ones have a kitchen.

Tra House And Bistro

Ground floor, bamboo and lacquerware, open half past six in the morning until half past ten at night. Vietnamese tea, high tea, and food from banh mi to pasta.

The Roof And The Spa

An infinity pool with the sea in front of it and a lounge with live music until half past eleven. The spa sits on the twenty first floor and uses local oils and herbs.