Tonkin Palace

The Tonkin Palace, a former colonial residence of Hanoi

The building that stands here is the Tonkin Palace, the former residence of the Resident Superior in the era of French Indochina. The Hanoi audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this majestic building, become today a state guest house.

The former Palace of the Resident Superior

Designed at the end of the nineteenth century and built between 1918 and 1919 by the colonial administration, the Tonkin Palace was the residence of the Resident Superior of Tonkin, in the heart of the first French administrative Hanoi. A fine example of colonial architecture, located on Ngo Quyen Street, it today serves as a state guest house and testifies to the history of the French period.

What to see

You admire the majestic façade and the colonial architecture of this former palace, a witness of the French administration in Tonkin. Located in the French Quarter, it completes the discovery of the colonial heritage of Hanoi. It is a stop for lovers of history and architecture, in the heart of the capital.

Practical information

The Tonkin Palace lies on Ngo Quyen Street, in the French Quarter of Hanoi, reachable on foot. Become a state guest house, it is an official building: the façade can be admired from the street, while access inside is reserved and subject to its own rules. It is mainly discovered from the outside.

When was the Tonkin Palace built?

Between 1918 and 1919 by the colonial administration, as the residence of the Resident Superior of Tonkin; it today serves as a state guest house.

Where is the Tonkin Palace?

On Ngo Quyen Street, in the French Quarter of Hanoi, in Vietnam.