Vietnam · stop
The river keeps the receipts
Hoi An looks like a film set because merchants have been rehearsing beauty for centuries. Your job is to arrive before the film crew energy, eat something that is not only “lantern-colored,” and leave the tailor enough days if you actually want clothes.
When it is fun
Early. Or after the day-trip vans leave. Bike a little outside the ancient-town ticket zone. Pay the old-town ticket when you enter the heritage core — that is how the place stays standing.
A custom jacket in 12 hours is a dare. A fitting with time is a souvenir you will still wear.
Pair with Da Nang as the airport/beach utility city. Season notes: events.