Vietnam is famous for possessing many beautiful beaches

Vietnam is famous for possessing many beautiful beaches. Each beach has its own attraction. That’s why beaches in Vietnam are highly appreciated by foreign tourists.

Nha Trang
It’s not too difficult to imagine how attractive and beautiful Nha Trang beach is.

Besides the charming beaches, Nha Trang also welcomes tourists with many famous places like sparkling Ponagar Tower, stunning Ninh Van bay, or poetic Hon Mun, luxurious Vinpearland, the world’s most beautiful – Van Phong bay, and more.

Moreover, there are many kinds of entertainment activities for you to choose. You can take part in marine activities such as snorkeling, surfing, windsurfing, kayaking, etc. Especially, you should not ignore to eat delicious seafood here, and try some famous specialties like jellyfish noodles, bread soup.

Ho Coc
Ho Coc beach is located Vung Tau province, about 175 kilometers from mausoleum ho chi minh traveling to Ho Coc, you can dive into the cool water, or relax on white sandy beaches and enjoy seafood. Furthermore, there is Tram Beach and Binh Chau hot spring nearby for tourists to enjoy the comfortable and tranquil vacation.

Cua Dai
Cua Dai in Hoi An is one of the most crowded beaches of foreign tourists in Vietnam. The water is very clear with tropically blue waves that are gentle enough for swimming and floating around. Most likely, Cua Dai beach is another good reason to visit Hoi An, where you can admire the beauty of cultural and historical sites, then experience Vietnam’s most stunning coastal shore. Crystal blue beach with white sandy dunes like Cua Dai is hard to find anywhere else in Vietnam.
In addition, there are also plenty of great seafood restaurants situated around the coast, so it’s worth staying for dinners and enjoying fresh dishes served up from the vendors.
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My Khe
Located about 6 kilometers in the east of Da Nang and about 24 kilometers in the north of Hoi An, My Khe always attracts numerous tourists to relax and enjoy famous dishes.

Coming to My Khe beach, which was ranked the world’s most fascinating beach by Forbes (US) magazine in 2006, you will have chances to visit, relax, and go shopping in the most favorite city in Vietnam today. Also, My Khe is also the famous place with a lot of beautiful tourist attractions like Son Tra Peninsula, Ngu Hanh Son Mountain, Ba Na Hills, Hai Van Pass, etc., along with traditional villages.

Trip to theminority villages and jungles – Buon Me Thuot

Buon Me Thuot, known as the capital of coffee in Vietnam, is an ideal place to discover the beauty and culture of the Central Highlands in Vietnam.

When to visit?
Buon Me Thuot has a tropical monsoon climate with two distinct seasons: the dry season (from November to April) and the rainy season (from May to October). The climate is relatively mild with the average temperature of 23 to 24 degree Celsius.

Buon Me Thuot is at its best in December – time of golden wild sunflowers and local festivals and in March – time of white coffee flowers and elephant racing festival.

How to get there?
By air
You can take flights to this destination from Hanoi, Danang or Ho Chi Minh city. Currently, there are three airlines operating this route including Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air, and Jetstar Pacific Airlines.

By bus
There is also a bus service to Buon Me Thuot from Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh city.

Hanoi: departing from Giap Bat Bus Station (fares: about 700,000 VND)

Danang: departingfrom Danang Central Bus Station (fares: from 250,000 – 350,000 VND)

Ho Chi Minh: departing from Mien Dong Bus Station (fares: 220,000 – 300,000 VND)

Where to stay?
There are many hotels and motels in Buon Ma Thuot which is convenient for your choice. You can easily find them in Ngo Quyen, Nguyen Duc Canh, Nguyen Cong Tru or Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, etc.

Where to visit?
Coffee flower forest

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Buon Me Thuot is the capital of coffee in Vietnam. Visiting this place in March, you can catch sights of hills being covered with white color of coffee flowers.

Here you can taste various kinds of coffee with different flavors and styles. There you can find many typical symbols of ethnic people such as gongs, stilt houses, etc.

Yok Don National Park
Located in Krong Na Commune, Buon Don District, Yok Don National Park is an attractive ecological tourist area.  You can join many exciting activities such as elephant riding, biking, hiking, seeing wild animals, boating, etc.

dak lak

Lak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. It is surrounded by green primitive forests.

Long stilt houses
Located right beside Lak Lake, Jun Village is home to the M’nong Rlam.  People here live in long houses built on stilts. Travelers can ride elephant or row in dug-out boat. You are also welcome to stay overnight.

Jun Village

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Bun do is made of thick rice vermicelli, field crab flesh, shrimp, and pork. The broth is made from cooking crabs, cow bones, and big bones. Its red color comes from crab roes and achiote seeds added to the broth. This dish is topped with quail eggs, fried pork rinds, and slices of fried shallot.

Banh uot thit nuong (Wet cake rolled with barbecue)

A thin layer of rice paper will be accompanied with vegetables, melons, grilled meat, green bananas then rolled up. It is served with a slightly sweet sauce. It tastes really good.

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Com lam (Rice in bamboo stems) and Ga sa lua (Grilled chicken)
com lam
“Com lam” and “Ga sa lua”
Bamboo tubes will be filled with the mixture of rice and salt, wrapped up with banana leaves then grilled for about 45 minutes.

This dish is often served with grilled chicken.

Chicken after being embalmed with lemongrass, sesame oil, ginger, salt, and honey will be grilled on charcoal.

Lonely Planet names Saigon, Hanoi among Best value destinations

Very recently, the world’s largest travel guide publisher of Lonely Planet has named the 2 largest cities of Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) on the list of 11 best value destinations for 2016.

Once a year, Loneyplanet.com draws up a list of best value tourist destinations for travelers all over the world. Surprisingly, both biggest and busiest cities of Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are rated at a very high position on the rank.

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Quoted The Price of Travel’s Index (ranking 31 Asian cities by prices) from priceoftravel.com that gave Hanoi and Saigon the second and third places in the list respectively, Lonely Planet confirms that the cities Vietnam are tops for budget options with just US$20 or even less than that for food, sights, and lodging. Of course, they are exactly the most magical of price brackets for every budget travelers.

Earlier, in the annual TripIndex report looking into 60 key tourist cities all around the world, TripAdvisor also judged Hanoi as the most affordable international tourist destination this year. The reputable travel review site recommended budget travelers considering a trip to Hanoi where a three-night stay just costs around US$732 for a couple or US$366 for a person.

Here is the full list of Best value destinations for 2016 from Loneyplanet.com:

Estonia
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East Africa
New Mexico
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Galicia, Spain
Québec City – Canada
Caribbean Coast – Costa Rica
Timor-Lester
Western Australia

season in Sapa

When mentioning to Sapa, Vietnam, the amazing beauty of majestic terraced fields is the first thing coming to my mind. Filmed and edited by Max Seigal – a fan of traveling, the video shows us magical beauty of Sapa in the early morning.
The magical beauty of Sapa in the early morning. Mists and clouds cover all over the mountains
Sunrise in Sapa is beautiful and charming a lot. Clouds gently floating in the sky seem to get rid of all worries of travelers. The sun is shining like a huge crystal sparkling on the mountains. All create a romantic and poetic picture of Sapa.

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Continuously, you will have nothing to say but to shout at “Wow, how awesome it is”. Vast terraced fields in Muong Hoa valley fascinated viewers. It’s said that Sapa brings the pure beauty of nature. And you seem to blend yourselves with extensive nature when enjoying this video.

People disappear to make room for Sapa to be bright.
Attractive terraced fields of golden fields in grain season in Sapa.
Have you intended to visit Vietnam this time? Sapa most likely is an ideal destination to enjoy the cooling weather of early winter in Vietnam. Especially, in November and December, it’s the time of grain season. Extensive terraced fields of golden rice always draw much attention of tourists.

Vietnam’s largest ironwood stilt house in Dien Bien Province

Opened in June 2014, Vietnam’s largest ironwood stilt house in Dien Bien Province draws special attentions of numerous visitors, especially foreign tourists

For a long time ago, a stilt house has been a symbol of  traditional Vietnamese culture. It is particularly popular among many of Vietnam’s ethnic groups. Recently, in Dien Bien province, stand a large ironwood stilt house, which attracts numerous people to come to visit.

Look at some photos of the stilt house to understand more about the beauty of Vietnamese architecture.

The largest stilt house is an eye-catching architectural work, which harmoniously blends with nature.

From the construction architecture to the decorative art, all are rooted in the reality of life stylized to reach the high aesthetic level.

The house is an architecture deeply imbued with Thai national identity in Dien Bien.

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The stilt house is built and designed by No. 6 Construction and Trading Limited Company to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the victory of historic Dien Bien Phu.

The building is constructed by skilled artisans within two years. It was completed in June 2014 and recognized the largest stilt house made of ironwood by Vietnam book of records.

With a total area of 500 m2, two-storey stilt house is set in a separate campus of 2000 m2 wide and is made from 500 blocks of pure ironwood.

The stilt house is both elegant and solidly with a system of 64 pillars, including 16 main pillars with a diameter of 60 – 80 cm and 11.9 high, and 48 surrounded ones from 35 to 40 cm in diameter, and 8 m high.

The foot of the pillars is cast from pure copper with the mass of 3.5 tonnes.

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Following the architecture style of Thai people, Vietnam’s largest ironwood stilt house includes 7 living rooms, 3 roof spaces. 25 reliefs decorated with many sophisticated patterns on the windowsills.

It’s the handrails surrounding the front and back sides of the stilt house, plus 15 up and down stairs of the two main doors.

If you are in Dien Bien, Vietnam, visit the ironwood stilt house to know more about the special architecture of Vietnam stilt house.

How to get sapa ?

Sapa is always among top choices for those intending to visit Vietnam. And to make your trip to this hot spot much more convenient and comfortable, here are some handy hints about Sapa map that might help you get to know your way around the area as well as have necessary preparations.

How to get there?
From Hanoi, there are 3 ways to reach Sapa: by train, bus, and even motorbike. However, I recommend you choosing either train or bus.

Train journey from  visit Hanoi to Sapa
By trainThe train ride from the capital to Lao Cai often lasts for 9 hours, leaving Hanoi station (Le Duan street – Hanoi) at around 20:00 and arriving at Lao Cai terminal (Minh Khai Street- Lao Cai City) at around 5:00 tomorrow morning.

By busThere are a lot of sleeper buses that run straightly from Hanoi to Lao Cai with the ticket prices ranging between USD13 and USD18. From My Dinh station (Pham Hung Street – Hanoi), there are so many bus journeys to Lao Cai for you to choose that finally stop at one of some following bus terminals:

Lao Cai bus station: Minh Khai Street, Lao Cai City (nearby Lao Cai train station)
Sapa bus station: Sapa, Lao Cai
Bac Ngam bus station: Bac Ha District, Lao Cai
Bac Ha bus station: Bac Ha Town, Bac Ha District, Lao Cai
Quang Truong Gia bus station: No.333 Pho Moi Street, Lao Cai City
As reaching Lao Cai City, you need to get a local minibus from the train station to Sapa that stops at the Church (the central area of the town). Normally, the ride lasts about 75 minutes.

Things to see in Sapa, Vietnam
Church of our Lady of the Rosary or Notre Dame Cathedral: An old Roman Catholic Church built by the French in the early 20 century, located right next to the central square.
Sapa Culture Museum: Best place to learn about Sapa’s history as well as particular costumes, traditions, and customs of the ethnic minority groups living in there. It opens all days of the week, from 7:30 to 11:30 in the morning and 13:30 to 17:00 in the afternoon.
Ham Rong Resort (nearby the central square): The hillside attraction offering great views of the whole townlet, ethnic minority dance performances, top-quality restaurants, etc.

Cat Cat village: An old village of ethnic people located about 3 km away from the center of Sapa Townlet. It was formed at the beginning of 19th century, gathering all important characteristics of the locals’ daily lives that we can find nowhere else in Vietnam now. There are 2 ways to get there, either walking or taking a motorbike ride.
Fansipan: The highest mount in Indochina with the peak of up to 10,312 ft. This site is located in Hoang Lien National Park (an Asian Heritage Park) and considered among the most attractive spots in Sapa, especially for those love climbing and conquering hard challenges.
Sapa Lake (5 minutes of walking from the Church): Best place to enjoy the fresh air as well as admire the lake’s peaceful beauty. Renting a pedal boat to hang around the lake is a very good idea.

These are some handy hints about Sapa map I’d like to introduce in the today’s article. Next time, we will continue this topic with its Part 2 to explore more and more useful information about plans and maps of Sapa, Vietnam.