With unimpeded views of Xuan Huong Lake, this grande dame of Dalat hotels has vintage Citroën cars in its sweeping driveway, and lashings of wood panelling and period class. The opulence of French-colonial life has been splendidly preserved – claw-foot tubs, fireplaces, chandeliers and oil paintings – though in low season the cavernous, silent hallways feel like something out of The Shining. Look for online deals.
The hotel was originally built as the Lang Bien Palace Hotel in 1922 and was restored in the 1990s by Larry Hillblom, then joint-owner of DHL.