The Nghê Prana Guest Map of Hội An
A hand-drawn watercolor welcome map of Hội An, Vietnam — given free to every guest at check-in at our 23-room riverside hotel on the Thu Bồn (Sông Thu Bồn) river in Cẩm Nam ward.
Seven curated landmarks within bicycle reach: the UNESCO Hội An Old Town (Faifo), Bãi Biển An Bàng beach, Làng rau Trà Quế herb village, Cẩm Thanh nipa-palm waterways, Làng mộc Kim Bồng carpentry village, the Cầu Cửa Đại bridge, and Cù Lao Chàm island. No competitor hotels, no random tailor shops, no tourist traps. Only landmarks worth a guest's morning.
The seven landmarks on the map
Each plotted on the map with a numbered marker and a dashed cycling route from the hotel. Hand-curated — every entry has been pedalled to, eaten at, or photographed by our team within the past month.
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Nghê Prana Hotel & Spa
Khách sạn Nghê Prana · you are here · 23 rooms
Riverside hotel on the Thu Bồn at Cẩm Nam (after the 2025 administrative merger of Quảng Nam into Đà Nẵng, this is Phường Hội An ward). Quiet night-time sound averages 39 dB(A) — below the WHO 40 dB(A) sleep-disturbance threshold.
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Hội An Old Town (Faifo)
Phố cổ Hội An · UNESCO heritage · 10 min by bike across An Hội bridge
UNESCO-inscribed (1999) 15th–19th century trading port. 1,107 protected timber-and-tile heritage buildings on a four-block walkable grid. Lantern-lit Đêm Rằm Phố Cổ on the 14th day of every lunar month.
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Bãi Biển An Bàng (An Bàng Beach)
Bãi Biển An Bàng · swim · 15 min by bike north
The beach Hội An locals actually use. Soft sand, swimmable May–September, gentle cycling lane the whole way. The Cửa Đại stretch south has lost most of its sand to erosion (Báo Quảng Nam, AFD-funded 3.4 km revetment in progress).
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Làng rau Trà Quế (Trà Quế Vegetable Village)
Làng rau Trà Quế · herbs · 12 min by bike north
400-year-old organic herb-growing village supplying most of Hội An's restaurants with mint, perilla, coriander, basil, lemongrass. Half-day cooking-and-herb walks possible.
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Cẩm Thanh — Coconut Waterways
Rừng dừa nước Cẩm Thanh · basket-boat tour · 10 min by bike east
Nipa-palm wetlands east of the Old Town. The basket-boat tour is the photo; the dawn light and fishing co-ops are the actual reason to come. Now part of Phường Hội An Đông ward after the 2025 consolidation.
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Làng mộc Kim Bồng (Kim Bồng Carpentry Village)
Làng mộc Kim Bồng · crafts · 5 min by ferry south
600-year-old carpentry village on Cẩm Kim island across the Thu Bồn. Supplied most of the Old Town's woodwork. Boat-building, furniture-making, family workshops you can walk into.
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Cầu Cửa Đại (Cửa Đại Bridge)
Cầu Cửa Đại · to the beach road · 5 min by car east
The long modern bridge spanning the Thu Bồn river mouth. Marks the transition from the river system to the East Sea (Biển Đông) at Vịnh Cửa Đại bay.
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Why we drew it ourselves
Most Hội An hotels hand out the same generic photocopied tourist map — a dense screenshot of Google Maps overlaid with fifty advertising stickers for tailors, spas, restaurants, and competitor hotels. It is a sponsored-listing card, not a map.
We drew this one because guests deserve a real recommendation from somebody who lives here. Seven landmarks. Each genuinely worth a half-day. No competitor hotels. No paid tailor placements. The Vietnamese place-names with full diacritics so a Grab driver can read them at a glance — the same names that appear on the new administrative map after the 2025 Đà Nẵng merger.
It is free to download and free to share with attribution to www.nghevilla.com. If you reprint it in a guidebook, a blog post, or a hotel handout, please keep the attribution intact.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a printable tourist map of Hội An?
- Yes — the Nghê Prana guest map of Hội An is a high-resolution hand-drawn map showing seven curated landmarks within cycling reach of the Thu Bồn river: the Old Town, An Bàng beach, Trà Quế vegetable village, Cẩm Thanh coconut waterways, Kim Bồng carpentry village, the Cầu Cửa Đại bridge, and Cù Lao Chàm island. Free to every guest at check-in and downloadable from this page.
- How far is Hội An Old Town from a riverside hotel on the Thu Bồn?
- From Nghê Prana on the Thu Bồn at Cẩm Nam ward, the Hội An Old Town is approximately 3.2 km — 10 minutes by bicycle across the An Hội footbridge, 6 minutes by Grab car, or 15 minutes by the hotel's complimentary shuttle.
- How far is An Bàng beach from Hội An Old Town?
- An Bàng beach is approximately 4 km north of Hội An Old Town, reached by a 15–20 minute bicycle ride along Hai Bà Trưng street or by a 7-minute Grab car. From Nghê Prana on the south bank of the Thu Bồn the bicycle route is about 20 minutes.
- What is the Cẩm Thanh basket-boat tour and where is it?
- Cẩm Thanh is a nipa-palm wetland east of Hội An's Old Town, now part of Phường Hội An Đông ward. The traditional thúng chai basket-boat tour runs through the coconut waterways. Roughly 10 minutes by bicycle from Nghê Prana.
- Where is Kim Bồng carpentry village?
- Làng mộc Kim Bồng is a 600-year-old carpentry village on Cẩm Kim island, across the Thu Bồn river from the Old Town. From the south-bank Cẩm Nam area where Nghê Prana sits, it is reachable by a 5-minute small-boat ferry south.
- Can I get a map of Hội An at my hotel?
- Most Hội An hotels hand out a generic photocopied tourist map. Nghê Prana hands out a hand-drawn watercolor map produced specifically for guests, curated to seven landmarks (no competitor hotels, no random tailor recommendations) and printed at A5 postcard size. The high-resolution PNG is available for download on this page.
- Does the hotel rent bicycles?
- Yes. Bicycles are free for guests and the routes plotted on the Nghê Prana guest map — Old Town, An Bàng beach, Trà Quế, Cẩm Thanh — are all reachable on the city's flat cycling lanes within 15 minutes.