Living imperial grace within the Citadel’s walls
A world within the walls

Culture & art

Court music at your door, the city with our concierge, and a living collection of art throughout the houses.

UNESCO heritage

Nhã Nhạc, court music

Huế is a place of flowers, poetry and love. Its court music is UNESCO intangible heritage, played by large orchestras and intimate ensembles. Imperial musicians are at home at Thiên Ý and often practise from the wooden bridge.

For stays of three nights or more, an evening of Music by the Bridge, with an assortment of Bánh Huế, is our gift.

Hiển Lâm Các, within the Imperial Citadel
The city, with our concierge

Huế, beyond the gate

  • The Imperial City, the royal tombs and the great sites, with the best guides in your language
  • Workshops and artisans of the city; painting courses and artistic encounters
  • The Citadel as a living neighbourhood: its lanes, cafés and evening music
  • Further afield: desert beaches, tropical lagoons, long stretches of empty coast
The collection

Art is not exhibited here. It is lived with.

Thiên Ý looks after more than 250 pieces of ancient, fine and decorative art from Huế and Vietnam, and from the China and Europe that shaped Huế — some archaeological, generously lent by the Huế Trust for Ancient Art. Alongside them, more than 150 works commissioned, and often designed, for the houses: made today, rooted in the long traditions of Vietnamese craft.

Twelve registers of beauty · choose one to open it

Beyond the stay

Take Thiên Ý home

The objects, scents and pieces of the estate, available beyond its gates through our parent company, LOR Vietnam.

Ask LOR Vietnam ↗
Imperial pantry
Imperial pantrySauces, spice mixes and teas from our kitchens, in small batches.
Scents and rituals
Scents & ritualsIncense, candles and floral waters, including the Thiên Ý lotus blend.
Copper bathtubs
Copper bathtubsHand-hammered, the same as in the estate’s bathrooms, made to order.
Lanterns
LanternsCopper, brass and bevelled glass, after imperial Huế.
Leather sofas
Leather sofasOn solid hardwood frames, the models of the Flower House salons.
Carved furniture
Carved furnitureBeds, screens, consoles and gates from the workshops that furnished the estate.
Concierge

Plan your days

Tell us what you love; we will shape the days around it. Many objects come with their own story — ask, and we will gladly share them.

Zalo