Havana Con Dao Hotel

Three minutes' walk from Con Dao's Trần Phú waterfront, Havana Con Dao Hotel occupies a two-story block facing the harbor road, a practical base for divers and travelers heading to the island's national park boat launch rather than a resort stay.

Balconied rooms keep fans alongside air conditioning, useful given the island's patchy power supply, and bathtubs are standard rather than shower-only. A private beach patch sits across the road, and the front desk arranges bicycle and car rental for the unpaved routes south toward Bai Nhat.

The coffee house downstairs opens before dawn for the early ferry crowd.