Living imperial grace within the Citadel’s walls
II — The hotel · opening 1 November 2026

Thiên Ý Lake

Fifteen rooms and suites on Hậu Vệ lake, inside the Citadel. Every one faces the water, with no road between the hotel and the lotus.

Book with peace of mind: flexible, credit-based cancellation

Thiên Ý Lake

An early-twentieth-century composition, a little dreamlike. An entrance house opens onto Nguyễn Trãi, the Citadel’s main street; behind it, a principal axis unfolds across the lake toward the mountains. In season, the lotus is not something you go out to see: it is there when you open the shutters.

15rooms & suites
3levels, under the King’s gates
100%facing the lake
5 minwalk to the Imperial City
From the entrance house toward the lake
From the entrance house toward the lake.
The roof ornament above the lake
From the roof: Huế’s own ornament, a flaming sun between two dragons, above the lake.
Rooms & suites

Three levels, one view

Inside the walls nothing may rise higher than the King’s gates, so the hotel keeps to three levels: a garden floor, a balcony floor, and the suites under the roof.

  • A shower in every room, and a bathroom open to the room in part, behind antique lacquer screens or hand-carved lattice
  • The toilet is always a separate room
  • Stone bathtubs in the garden rooms, copper bathtubs in the suites
  • Breakfast and daily housekeeping included
  • Rooms for two; the Mandarin Suite for four
  • No extra beds: one young child may share each existing bed
Deluxe Double
Plan of room 102
Room 102
Ground floor plan
Ground floor · rooms 101–105
Ground floor · 3 rooms

Deluxe Double

The garden, and the lake beyond it

  • 25 m²
  • King bed 180 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Garden
  • Shower + stone bathtub

On the garden floor, a double room that opens straight onto the garden and the lake beyond it, with a stone bathtub.

Premium Twin
Plan of room 101
Room 101
Ground floor plan
Ground floor · rooms 101–105
Ground floor · 2 rooms

Premium Twin

At the ends of the wings, a little larger

  • 30–33 m²
  • 2 single beds 120 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Garden
  • Shower + stone bathtub

The garden floor’s twin rooms: two beds, the garden, a stone bathtub, the lake.

Superior Double
Plan of room 202
Room 202
First floor plan
First floor · rooms 201–206
First floor · 4 rooms

Superior Double

A balcony over the lotus

  • 25 m²
  • King bed 180 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Balcony
  • Shower

On the first floor, a double room with its own balcony over the lotus.

Superior Twin
Plan of room 201
Room 201
First floor plan
First floor · rooms 201–206
First floor · 2 rooms

Superior Twin

In the wings, with more space

  • 33 m²
  • 2 single beds 120 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Balcony
  • Shower

The first floor’s twin rooms: two beds, a balcony, and more room to spread out.

Lake Suite
Plan of room 302
Suite 302
Top floor plan
Top floor · suites 301–304
Top floor · 2 suites

Lake Suite

The widest view, across the lake to the mountains

  • 44 m²
  • King bed 180 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Under the roof
  • Shower + copper bathtub

Two suites under the roof, in the centre of the building, with a copper bathtub and the widest view across the lake.

Mandarin Suite
Plan of suite 301
Suite 301
Top floor plan
Top floor · suites 301–304
Top floor · 1 suite

Mandarin Suite

The largest, and the only one for four

  • 55 m²
  • Double bed 150 cm + king bed 180 cm
  • 4 guests
  • Under the roof
  • Shower + copper bathtub

The largest suite. Its decoration leans more Sino-Vietnamese than the rest of the hotel.

Oval Suite
Plan of suite 304
Suite 304
Top floor plan
Top floor · suites 301–304
Top floor · 1 suite

Oval Suite

Named after its bathroom

  • 50 m²
  • King bed 200 cm
  • 2 guests
  • Under the roof
  • Shower + copper bathtub

A central oval bay, enclosed by round screens of antique or hand-carved wood, with the copper bathtub at its heart.

Hậu Vệ lake from the rooms
From the rooms: Hậu Vệ lake.
Service & cuisine

Looked after, as at the villas

The Thiên Ý team

The same team

The Lake is run by the same Thiên Ý team, in the same spirit: warm, discreet, anticipating rather than waiting to be asked.

The service →
Chef Lê Vũ

Chef Lê Vũ’s kitchen

Breakfast included for every guest. Exceptional local produce, wild-caught seafood from the neighbouring islands, the flavours of imperial Huế and rural Central Vietnam.

The cuisine →
Cuisine at Thiên Ý

At any hour

Dishes and drinks can be ordered to your room at any time through the in-room concierge.

Questions →

Address

29 Nguyễn Trãi, Phường Phú Xuân, Huế — inside the Citadel walls, five minutes’ walk from Thiên Ý Villas and the Imperial City.

How to find us →

Arrival & departure

Check-in from 14:00 · check-out by 11:00. Quiet hours from 22:00 to 07:00.

Phú Bài airport is about 25 minutes by car; we arrange transfers.

Opening

Bookings are open for stays from 1 November 2026. Rooms from 1,500,000 VND a night.

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Opening 1 November 2026

Book your stay

Choose any dates from 1 November. Staying with family or friends? The villas are five minutes away.

Book with peace of mind: flexible, credit-based cancellation

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