Catba Garden Camellia

Catba Garden Camellia is a 3-star hotel on Cat Ba Island, Ha Long Bay, 25.1 km from Ha Long city centre, with family rooms, air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms and a garden with a saltwater swimming pool.

The rooms range from 25 m² Superior Double Rooms to the 35 m² Family Room with Mountain View, and most have air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a desk and a private bathroom with a bath. The Junior Suite stands apart with a private hot tub and a terrace over the garden. Guests can relax by the pool, on the sun terrace or in the garden, and the buffet breakfast offers Asian and Western dishes. Free WiFi covers the whole hotel, and the tour desk and room service help with plans on the island.

Tung Thu Beach is 100 m away and the Cat Co beaches are within 1.8 km, so the hotel suits families who want the sea close by and anyone who plans to explore by bicycle, on foot or on a hike, since bicycle rental, bike tours and walking tours are offered. Families will find the family rooms and kid-friendly buffet useful, and couples who want a hot tub can choose the Junior Suite. Parking is not available, so drivers should plan ahead.

Catba Garden Camellia has six room types, from the 25 m² Superior Double Room and Junior Suite to the 35 m² Family Room with Mountain View. The Superior Double Room, the Deluxe Double Room, the Family Room with Mountain View and the Junior Suite each have a private bathroom with a bath and a shower, air conditioning and a flat-screen TV. The doubles share a large king-size bed for two, and the Family Room with Mountain View adds an extra-large super-king bed.

The Junior Suite is the room with the most features: a bedroom with an extra-large super-king bed, a private hot tub and a terrace overlooking the garden. Two rooms are set up for three guests. The Family Room with Garden View has a double bed and an extra-large super-king double bed, and a second Deluxe Double Room combines a single bed with an extra-large super-king double bed, so the range covers couples, trios and families who want a room with a view.

Catba Garden Camellia offers free WiFi in all areas, a 24-hour front desk, daily housekeeping and laundry service, and luggage storage. The outdoor areas include a sun terrace, a terrace, a garden with outdoor furniture and an outdoor swimming pool, where the water is saltwater.

Breakfast is a buffet with Asian and Western options, and a kid-friendly buffet is served as well, with room service available for meals in the room. The tour desk, bicycle rental, bike tours, walking tours and cycling help you plan outings, and snorkelling, horse riding and hiking are among the activities on offer. The hotel also offers an airport shuttle and car hire. Parking is not available at the hotel.

Family rooms and non-smoking rooms are offered, so families and guests who prefer smoke-free rooms both have choices.

Catba Garden Camellia is on Tùng Thu street in Cat Ba, the town on the south-east coast of Cat Ba Island. Tung Thu Beach is 100 m away, and the public beaches of Cat Co 1 and Cat Co 3 are each about 1.8 km along the coast. Lan Ha Bay lies offshore, and the Local Produce Market is 600 m from the hotel, a convenient stop for fresh produce and snacks. Evenings in the immediate area are lively: Billiards Place is 150 m away and Karaoke Cat Ba Rose KTV is 400 m.

Getting around the town on foot is straightforward. The Hoang Long bus station is 950 m away, about a 12-minute walk, and the Cat Ba bus station is 1.1 km away. For boat connections, the Cai Beo Terminal For Tourists and the Ben Beo ferry terminal are both 1.8 km from the hotel. Cat Bi International Airport is 33 km away. Parking is not available at the hotel, so anyone driving will need to find parking elsewhere.

Cat Ba National Park is 50 m away, and Cat Ba Climbing is 1 km away, so hiking and climbing are the natural activities nearby. The Cat Ba Bay Viewpoint and Monument, 1.2 km away, and the Bar view point, 1.3 km away, give views over the town and bay, and the Linh Quang Pagoda, 1.3 km away, is a Buddhist temple worth visiting. Halong Bay is 1.1 km from the hotel, and boat trips are the main way to explore its limestone islands.