>A unique legendary old palace in HoChiMinh City - Vietnam, The Hotel Continental was designed by a French architect and built in 1880. The Hotel Continental, with its rich character and charm of original French colonial architecture remaining unchanged through time, will give you the luxurious, romantic  and elegant atmosphere right in the heart of such a hustle and bustle city as Saigon, as it is called by citizenry no matter the city's name change to HoChiMinh City in 1975.