Colonial era 5 star hotel overlooking saigon river steps to saigon skydeck hotel majestic saigon is on the banks of the siagon river in downtown ho chi minh city panoramic views from saigon skydeck on bitexco tower are a few steps away and its an 8 minutes walk to the colonial opera house and 10 minutes to the statue of ho chi minh at city hall history and bargains the reunification palace 20 minutes walk away is a monument to the end of the vietnam war in 1975 you can test your hagglin