With cool weather year-round and idyllic misty valleys, lush pinetrees and colourful flowers, Da Lat city is making a name for itselfwith domestic and international visitors. The “city of a thousandflowers” is also home to numerous sites recognised by the Vietnam RecordOrganisation.
The Love Valley is one of thefive largest valleys and top 20 favourite places in Vietnam, withits green pine forests and lakes where tourists can enjoy pedal-boating,horse riding, jeep safaris and canoeing.
Tocelebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the valley’s flowergardens are being upgraded. A pair of dragon and peacock statues made byThai craftsmen is on display for the first time at the tourist site asgood luck wishes for visitors.
Another must-see itemis the downtown “hell market”, now known as the Dat Lat night market.It is among the top five unique markets across the country and the top 5most attractive night markets in Vietnam. The market offers avariety of cuisines, flowers, and locally-grown fruits and vegetables aswell as handicrafts and silk embroidered items.
With only 39,000 VND (1.82 USD), visitors can partake in a buffet ofjams and dried farm produce at a series of L’ang Farm stores along thetwo sides of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street.
Outsidethe city, the Prenn waterfall is one of the top 5 most beautiful andmagnificent falls in Vietnam. Visitors can ride elephants and seeantique sets of musical instruments, jewellery, and labour tools datingback to the reign of the Hung Kings.
Spring is thebest season in Da Lat. Tourists can take side trips to outlying areas tosee traditional flower villages such as the Thai Phien and Ha Dongchrysanthemum village and the Van Thanh rose village, three of the top10 flower villages in Vietnam.
Tuyen LamLake is one of the top five most charming and poetic natural lakes inVietnam. The crystal-clear lake has a total area of 350 ha,surrounded by impressive mountains. Its deepest area is 23 metres.
On the top of the 2,000-meter Lang Biang Mountain, visitorsget a picturesque overview of the city. It is named after two lovers –K’lang and the beautiful Ho Biang. He saved her life from a pack ofwolves but tribal factions prevented them from marrying.
Twovariations of the story are commonly told, with one account telling oftheir marriage and living together on the mountain until Biang was closeto death with an illness. When K’lang returned to the tribe to ask forhelp, they shot him with a poisonous arrow. Biang, who had beenfollowing her husband, jumped in front of the arrow and died on thespot. K’lang could not suffer such a loss and his endless tears led toDankia (the Golden Stream).
The second version is more Shakespearean, with the couple committing suicide together because they couldn’t marry.
In both versions, Biang’s father was so remorseful after hisdaughter’s death that he unified the tribes into one, called K’ho, andallowed the male and females of K’Ho to marry one another. The graves ofthe couple grew into two giant mountains, called Lang Biang in theirhonour.-VNA
The Love Valley is one of thefive largest valleys and top 20 favourite places in Vietnam, withits green pine forests and lakes where tourists can enjoy pedal-boating,horse riding, jeep safaris and canoeing.
Tocelebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the valley’s flowergardens are being upgraded. A pair of dragon and peacock statues made byThai craftsmen is on display for the first time at the tourist site asgood luck wishes for visitors.
Another must-see itemis the downtown “hell market”, now known as the Dat Lat night market.It is among the top five unique markets across the country and the top 5most attractive night markets in Vietnam. The market offers avariety of cuisines, flowers, and locally-grown fruits and vegetables aswell as handicrafts and silk embroidered items.
With only 39,000 VND (1.82 USD), visitors can partake in a buffet ofjams and dried farm produce at a series of L’ang Farm stores along thetwo sides of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street.
Outsidethe city, the Prenn waterfall is one of the top 5 most beautiful andmagnificent falls in Vietnam. Visitors can ride elephants and seeantique sets of musical instruments, jewellery, and labour tools datingback to the reign of the Hung Kings.
Spring is thebest season in Da Lat. Tourists can take side trips to outlying areas tosee traditional flower villages such as the Thai Phien and Ha Dongchrysanthemum village and the Van Thanh rose village, three of the top10 flower villages in Vietnam.
Tuyen LamLake is one of the top five most charming and poetic natural lakes inVietnam. The crystal-clear lake has a total area of 350 ha,surrounded by impressive mountains. Its deepest area is 23 metres.
On the top of the 2,000-meter Lang Biang Mountain, visitorsget a picturesque overview of the city. It is named after two lovers –K’lang and the beautiful Ho Biang. He saved her life from a pack ofwolves but tribal factions prevented them from marrying.
Twovariations of the story are commonly told, with one account telling oftheir marriage and living together on the mountain until Biang was closeto death with an illness. When K’lang returned to the tribe to ask forhelp, they shot him with a poisonous arrow. Biang, who had beenfollowing her husband, jumped in front of the arrow and died on thespot. K’lang could not suffer such a loss and his endless tears led toDankia (the Golden Stream).
The second version is more Shakespearean, with the couple committing suicide together because they couldn’t marry.
In both versions, Biang’s father was so remorseful after hisdaughter’s death that he unified the tribes into one, called K’ho, andallowed the male and females of K’Ho to marry one another. The graves ofthe couple grew into two giant mountains, called Lang Biang in theirhonour.-VNA
