Sapa's Soul

Everything you need in a Homestay: friendly and approachable staff, nice and simple food and a view to die for. We travelled with our son of 4 and he had his heart stolen by Cinh and Ly. After only 1.5 days it was like he was part of the household: helping in the kitchen, gardening and doing groceries with them. Thank you Cinh and Ly for the good stay. Greetings Teun Pien and Billy.

Nothing really.. stuff that no one can help: musquitos and bad weather.

It really is SaPa’s soul, lovely traditional house, authentic and romantic! We loved the views and the seating arrangements outside, bed was comfy and the owner is responsive and friendly. Bathroom area felt clean and we saw someone sweep up each morning. We trekked to the homestay with a guide and we really recommend you do this, just make sure to leave enough time as we had to do the second half on the road and it was not as nice. You also have Tiny Coffee Sapa nearby which is a great spot. The pets are so lovely as well! Thankyou for hosting us!

There were a few bugs around but you’re in nature! It didn’t bother us. Breakfast was a little basic like most homestays but still good Make sure to bring your lock for the door

The hostess, Oanh was absolutely lovely! She was warm, welcoming, kind and helped us organise our activities in Sapa. The food was excellent! We appreciated all the little touches like games to play, books to read etc. It was very homely. We loved all the different people we got to meet too. The dogs were also super cute!

I didn't appreciate how the host (can't remember his name) handled the situation when we asked that the guest that was smoking a cigar outside our room, be asked to please move elsewhere. It was very hot and our bedroom windows were open. The guest lay outside our window in a hammock with his cigar just burning and the smoke filled our room. It smelled terrible and we are not smokers. I asked the hostess to please ask the guest to move elsewhere and the host went out to talk to the guest. He didn't realise we were in our room and could hear him, but he was mocking us for asking that the guest not smoke there. I understand that this particular guest is a regular at Sapa's Soul but our request was not unreasonable. I do wish the host dealt with the situation with more kindness and professionalism. A little consideration by all goes a long way.

The food was delicious!