Winter comes when couples often choose cafes as a dating place. The warm, sweet atmosphere will make dating more romantic. The following vintage style cafes can be a good address for you!
Fusion café.
With a cozy, luxurious atmosphere and soothing music, Fusion brings a sense of peace to customers whenever they come to the shop. The most special thing in Fusion is probably the wall of love with 270 different languages expressing the phrase “I love you”.
Fusion is decorated in a vintage style with a piano, an old bookshelf, an old sewing machine and dozens of small antiques creating a quiet and harmonious space.
However, because there are too many furniture and tables and chairs, sometimes people feel confused with the arrangement and decoration in the shop.
Address: 285 Kim Ma, Hanoi.
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Totoro café.
Totoro is a classic cafe with lots of open spaces. The shop is beautifully decorated with small and lovely objects like a fairy-tale house.
Totoro has 3 floors, 1st floor is an Aucostic stage with benches, street light poles, charcoal discs and colored glass lampshades. Level 2 is a space with a window with vines extremely romantic. The 3rd floor opens up an open space with a swing, a small chair and tables and chairs for guests to relax.
In particular, in Totoro there is the “participation” of cats and puppies extremely cute. However, the shop’s space is quite narrow so sometimes it creates a cramped feeling.
Address: No. 28, lane 80 Chùa Láng, Hà Nội.
Kaffeine coffee.
Kaffeine is probably the name that is not new to many young people in Hanoi. The restaurant with classic nostalgic style located on the road along the West Lake adds to the romance.
Visitors to Kaffeine will be immersed in a Retro space (ancient style) just impressive, just gentle, attractive. Coming to Kaffeine, you can easily find old sewing machines, candles on a French table, antique copper fans or radio stations from ancient times.
Because the space in Kaffeine is quite spacious, it’s often chosen to be a place for a group of friends to gather at the weekend, the couples who prefer the quiet will feel a bit uncomfortable about this.
Address: 112D1 Trần Huy Liệu, Giang Võ – Số 7 ngõ 128 Thụy Khê, Hà Nội.
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Kusa’s closet.
Just like the slogan of the shop, coming to Kusa’s closet, couples will feel like coming to a “place where time stops”. What makes the first-time visitors to the restaurant impressive is probably the stone floor and the round wooden pieces are placed next to certain distances.
View of the restaurant is quite peaceful and dreaming because you can overlook the lake. The items in the restaurant are delicately decorated, reminiscent of an ancient Hanoi, with a faded small clock, a familiar kerosene lamp, a treasure chest, or a copper wash basin.
A weakness of Kusa’s closet is that the iron door when entering the shop is quite heavy, making each time you “grimace” to get the push force of the door.
For the weekends or holidays full and attractive, we tell you TOP interesting amusement parks in Hanoi – play and forget the way back. These locations not only “score” in the hearts of young people but also the choice of many families.
Royal City.
Address: 72A, Nguyễn Trãi street, Thanh Xuân, Hà Nội
Ticket price: Diverse depending on the type of entertainment.
Located right on Nguyen Trai Street, Royal City is considered as a “miniature royal city” integrating a business center with entertainment area for all ages.
Royal City amusement park like an underground paradise can satisfy all needs of shopping, playing, sports, eating, watching movies or art, …
Location: Vinh Tuy, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Ticket price: Diverse depending on the type of entertainment.
As the largest and most beautiful urban area in the east of the Capital, Times City is considered one of the most attractive entertainment destinations in Hanoi. Here you can experience from A-Z the type of fun, dining and shopping. Times City Aquarium is Times City’s most visited attraction. There are also separate play spots for kids, mixed entertainment areas for both children and adults.
When you visit Times on weekends or public holidays, you can relax in front of the Square and water music stage. Enjoy some delicious food and take pictures of “virtual life” will also make you appreciate more moments of life!
Thu Le Park.
Thu Le Park
Address: Buoi Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Ticket price: 10,000 – 100,000 VND.
Thu Le Park, or Hanoi Zoo, seems to be a space separated from the hustle and bustle of the city. This is also considered a Hanoi amusement park quite ideal to relax and mingle with nature. There are rare animals, green landscapes and recreational games such as duck ducks, water balloons, ..
Thu Le Park is the choice of many families and youth groups.
In contrast to the cars or the smoke outside the entrance gate, you will encounter many lovely scenes in life: people walking together, riding ducks on the lake, lovers leaning together on a bench or groups of students visiting the zoo.
After a amusing day playing around, you will need a Hanoi Street Food Tour to charge your energy!
Water Park Ho Tay.
Ho Tay Water Park
Address: 614 Lac Long Quan, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
Ticket price: 90,000-160,000 VND (Preferential tickets apply for students, students)
West Lake Water Park is an extremely worthy place to experience during the hot summer for those who want to immerse themselves in the cool water.
It is designed with 5 main amusement parts and divided into water activities such as wave pool, lazy river, water slide, … and games including: Skytrain, cable car swing, …
Bao Son Paradise.
Bao Son Paradise
Address: Le Trong Tan, An Khanh, Hoai Duc, Hanoi
Ticket price: 220,000-290,000 VND.
As the demand for human entertainment increased, Bao Son Paradise became a “craze” for finding Hanoi amusement park to relax.
Bao Son Paradise is a general park of entertainment, entertainment and resort services with a variety of games enough to “stir” for all ages with the criterion “no play-no return”.
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Going to the market early, getting lost in the old town, or enjoying egg coffee are things on the “must-do” list in Hanoi of Foreigners.
Go to market.
Dong Xuan Market
Not Dong Xuan market, Quang Ba flower market and Long Bien wholesale market are the two places that Western customers tell each other to visit once if they have the opportunity to visit the capital. The market is mainly filled with flowers and fruits, but tourists have to stay up late to get up early to see the bustling atmosphere of a very different Hanoi when night falls.
Located right at the foot of Long Bien Bridge, Long Bien wholesale market is bustling with seafood products all year round, food for cattle, poultry, vegetables … but the most famous is the fruit flea wholesale market. . From 20h the market began to move, the more bustling at night.
Quang Ba Flower Market is open all night but the most crowded is at 3 – 4am, busy buyers and sellers. Large and small bouquets of flowers piled high in the car. High street lights shimmering fancifully, spread around thousands of colorful flowers, that scene made many people fall in love. There are people who are not small traders, also stay up all night wandering in that market. Not drunk, nor fascinated, they are addicted to the rare atmosphere at midnight of Hanoi.
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Walking to Sword Lake early in the morning.
Someone said that Sword Lake is the best place to start the day. Regardless of spring-autumn-winter season, rain or shine, Hanoi-ans still retain the early morning exercise routine. Guests can walk, just watch the natural scenery at sunrise, enjoy the fresh air when the roads are still not full of traffic, or try to immerse in the groups of nursing, aerobic, shuttlecock …
Lost in the Hanoi Old Quarter.
Chris Anderson, CNNGo reporter, got lost when he stepped into Hanoi Old Quarter. He thought the description of Hanoi’s oldest quarter was a waste of interest.
“There is no need to be lengthy about having to go to the right address, leaving your feet to guide is the way people discover the most about the colorful streets of the capital. No destination, no line ready, just turn right, turn left or go straight, ”Chris suggested.
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One street is filled with toys, the other street is full of shoes, clothes, antiques or sometimes headstones, motorcycle parts. If you come here at the break time, the experience is even more interesting. Always be ready to avoid the traffic and traffic on the road.
On the sidewalks are as bustling as the middle of the road, people set up plastic chairs for sale, motorbikes parked, small dogs running around, people laughing and laughing at the stalls.
Every 1,000 years of Hanoi’s history flows through the streets like a stream of blood weaving in each vein, breathing into the breath of life of the past and the present.
Visit Hanoi train street.
Many tourists must be surprised if they accidentally cross the train tracks running in the middle of a small street of Hanoi. People can calmly trade, talk or travel in the neighborhood because they know the train time. When the bell rings, they clean up the restaurant and then leave the track. The train passed, the distance was so close that it felt like someone just needed to touch the train from the door and reach out.
One of the Western destinations not to be missed when visiting any city is the museums, historical sites. One of the most popular cultural and historical sites visited by foreign visitors is the Museum of Ethnology.
The Museum of Ethnology currently stores and displays 15,000 artifacts, 42,000 documentaries, pictures and thousands of other documents about 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. The artifacts are classified and displayed according to different contents in Trong Dong building, where visitors can learn about ethnic life through their daily items. The outdoor sightseeing area has 10 unique folk architecture constructions such as the Bana’s communal house, the half-ground stilt house of the Dao people, the collective tomb of the Giarai …
Besides, visitors also look to the Vietnam Women’s Museum, Hanoi Museum or Hoa Lo Prison, relics of Hanoi Flagpole … to learn about the culture and history of the city.
Hanoi autumn is not only considered the most beautiful season of the year. But also famous for delicious snacks, attractive, symbolizing the exquisite cuisine of Hanoi people.
1. Dracontomelon.
The nine-season beginning from the end of August to the beginning of October. Unlike the goddess, shaggy and blue of the early season, the August in the outer shell of gold, very eye-catching. When you bite a piece you will feel crispy crust, harmonious sour, sweet and very fragrant. For a long time, it has become a typical gift of the people of the North especially in Hanoi.
On these streets, it is not difficult to see the street vendors. with the ripe sirloin dishes, eye catching. The seeds are processed very simply. The Dracontomelon ripe yellow seeds, then the seeds will be mixed with sugar, pepper salt to taste. When eating, the sweet, sour taste of the harmony with the spicy, sweet of the sugar makes the taste delicious, difficult to mix. Just eat a piece, numb the tongue and make you remember forever.
Dracontomelon bean is considered as symbolic food for Hanoi in autumn. Nothing is more wonderful when wandering in Hanoi sightseeing and enjoy the “tongue tuck” of the typical stuff this North.
Speaking of fall Hanoi, can not mention noodle. Delicous food, symbolizing the cuisine of Ha Thanh from how many years. Among them, the most famous are the Nui Voi village. To prepare the seeds of green grains, pineapple, plasticizers, people have to choose the type of glutinous rice, when the rice is colostrum. Next, the rice will be finely homogenized, then roasted, ready to sift … and then bring sun. The pot is wrapped in blue lotus leaf, forced sticky rice stew to get up the grainy of grains.
In the past, people often eat with green squash with egg white or red roses to add flavor. Nowadays, com has appeared in many kinds of Vietnamese dishes such as: sticky rice, tea, cake, grilled com … In Hanoi, you can buy cereal Round all over the corner, small but delicious Especially the nuggets in Hang Duong, Hang Than, Hang Can, Hang Bac …
In the afternoons of Hanoi, there is nothing more interesting and interesting than visiting the street fad and enjoying the delicious, crispy crust of crispy nem fried. This is a popular and popular street food in Hanoi when traveling.
Nem chua is made from meat, pork chops, auditory (roasted and ground rice), thanks to the fermentation is closed from 2-3 days, so when eaten sweet, fat and very upset. This dish can be roasted on a flowerbed or fried in oil. The nem chua cooked to medium, golden, crisp and fragrant gently flowing. When eating, dip with chili sauce, make sour taste, delicious and difficult.
If visiting Hanoi, you can enjoy nem sour fried in Tram Thuong – Hang Bong, Ta Hien, Opera House …
The plus point of the grilled chicken leg here is that you can “just blow and eat” and the richness, aromatic nose when enjoying. Priced at around 15,000 – 30,000 VND, this is definitely a delicious snack worth a try.
Nothing is more like sipping sweet potatoes at Nga 4 Hang Be Market in the cold weather. Spend less than 100,000 VND, you will be able to enjoy a full baked sweet potato meal.
Chè sắn nóng – No. 39, Lý Quốc Sư Street.
Chè sắn nóng
The irresistible richness and characteristic aroma, soft as honey of hot cassava tea will make you immersed in a cool afternoon.
Enjoying the feeling of the sidewalk and eating chicken pie would be great, right? It is both delicious and golden, can make you ecstatic without forgetting. With a price range of just over VND 4,000, you can “snack” without having to think twice.
Address at 172 Hong Hong Street, Hai Ba Trung District.
Rib congee – Cháo Sườn.
Cháo sườn Bách Khoa
Porridge ribs near the Polytechnic University is a delicious snack on the right days when the weather is cold. Everything will be a very interesting experience when you can eat and talk with the students studying here. The shop is located at Lane 17 Ta Quang Buu, Hai Ba Trung District.
It can not be better than trying a Hanoi Food Tour in a autumn afternoon.
Famous throughout the country for dozens, even hundreds of years, the dishes associated with this place name have always made customers hungry.
Green bean cake Hai Duong.
Green bean cake Hai Duong
Born in the early 20th century in Hai Duong town, mung bean cake soon became the most typical product of Hai Duong, a small land in the Red River Delta. Green bean cake is not too picky but simple, rustic but contains a passionate taste of the northern countryside.
To make cakes, it must be used with pure green bean flour, pure fragrance without any industrial aroma. Delicious bread made of wet flour, with fat, moderate sugar to create a sweet bar and greasy, fragrant green bean. Enjoy the best green bean cake with Thai Nguyen tea cup. The fat sweetness of the cake with the bitter taste, preventing the bitterness of the tea enhances the taste of the green bean cake. Sipping a piece of cake and a sip of tea will feel the sweetness and soft aroma of the cake spreading.
Can wine of Muong people in Hoa Binh province is a traditional beverage produced according to esoteric experience and becomes a specialty of the region. Wine should be used during festivals, traditional New Year, or the wedding funeral with many people attending in the villages of Muong people. Recently, following the footsteps of tourists, wine has become a popular drink in big cities.
Dinh Bang Ladybread Cake – Bac Ninh.
Phu The Cake Bac Ninh
Wrapped in simple sheets, then boiled, this cake does not show off the fragrance like donuts and crackers. Only when peeling the cake and placing it on porcelain plates will people really be surprised. Under the transparent yellow crust, the filling appears. In addition to the clean green beans, which have been steamed and cooked, they also add white sugar, copra, lotus seeds and five spice flavors.
The Five Elements Philosophy is also subtly expressed through the five colors of the cake, which are the white of the pulp and copra, the yellow of gardenia and bean paste, the black of sesame seeds, the green of the leaves, the colors. redness of the tie. All as symbols for the harmony of heaven and earth and people.
Com of Hanoi.
Com Vong Hanoi
Talking about Com Vong is a flattened rice, young green made from yellow sticky rice floss, which has just been poured from milk. Com making is also very sophisticated. When the rice crop is golden, only ten days from harvest is the time when Vong village people choose to cut long and thin flowers and process them. Want delicious rice, they must cut rice in time. Old grain rice grain is no longer green, hard and broken. The rice is too young, the grain is sticky in the husk and pasty is lost. Usually, the rice harvested that day brought roasted and retired cereal that day. The job of making rice nuggets is the most strenuous process of roasting rice. Roasted rice to medium fire, nuggets cooked rice, not brittle but peeling husk. Crush the rice with a separate type of mortar, light and even beats, so that the rice is smooth and flexible.
Young sticky rice is wrapped in old lotus leaves cherished with pure lotus or young green tilapia leaves, shaded with grease, and tied with golden straw fibers. To eat, people do not use bowls but have to pick up small bits of nuggets in lotus leaves, chew the nuggets very slowly to feel the faint sweet fragrance of young sticky rice and the fragrant lotus flavor.
Nem in Vietnam is diverse in types, rich in how to prepare and enjoy, but the stuff that makes people fascinated to “forget my instructions” is only possible to be grasped in the folk verse. : “Hand holding wine bottle, holding rolls”. And what holds that is the specialty of the coastal land of Son Nam Ha town is Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province today.
Nem nam is a good deal at Giao Thuy in the processing stage, so those who make good spring rolls are also artisans, praised by the proverb “Hand-rolled, hand-picked”. Nem is made of pork, but it must be a good lean meat of a healthy pig, not fed by weight gain bran. Raw materials that make up the main aroma of spring rolls are hearing. The audience must be made from Hai Hau’s fragrant eight rice by soaking it overnight, draining it and then roasting until it is ivory-yellow and finely ground.
Coming to Hanoi on autumn days, you not only enjoy the cool and peaceful atmosphere, but also enjoy the delicious dishes with the autumn flavor of the capital.
Young rice kebab (Chả cốm).
In the cold autumn weather, sipping hot, delicious sticky rice dish with sweet green bean paste will bring an unforgettable characteristic flavor. Coming to Hanoi in the fall without skipping this dish is like you haven’t been to Hanoi yet.
Hanoi Food Tour will be a great idea to fulfill your taste in Vietnam!
Kebab rice noodles (Bún chả).
Bun cha is a favorite dish of many tourists to enjoy when coming to Hanoi, especially in the autumn days. The feeling of sitting to enjoy a delicious and delicious bun cha dish next to an iced tea cup sitting and chatting with friends and watching Hanoi is the best.
Banh Troi Tau.
In the autumn of Hanoi, there is nothing more suitable than enjoying this hot dish. This dish is sold a lot in Hang Giay, Hang Can, Hang Dieu, De To Hoang, and Bach Mai streets … If you want to feel all of Hanoi, enjoy this cake of street vendors.
Nothing is more delicious when the early autumn morning Hanoi enjoy delicious ribs porridge ecstatic. The porridge of ribs is steaming with the sweetness of the meat, the aroma of porridge, extra shrimp and chili powder with the cake is also round. The most favorite rib soup in Hanoi is located in Alley District, Ly Quoc Su, please come and visit.
Snails.
Delicious snail dishes such as salted snail, fried snail, steamed snail, snail noodle, … are all super products for you to enjoy when coming to Hanoi in the fall. The bowl of steamed snails that are known to smell attractive will make you fascinated. While enjoying and sipping a beer, just watching Hanoi, there is nothing else.
Wrapping up this tasty journey by making them by yourself in a Hanoi Cooking Class.
Sapa harvest season is coming around the corner with the breathtaking views of golden rice fields which stretch along the highway and those spectacular rice terraces. The scenic scenery attracts a lot of both domestic and foreign visitors. Ready to admire one of the most beautiful seasons in the town? Grab your belongings and set off now.
September – Time of Sapa harvest season:
If you are wondering when the best time to visit Sapa is, September, October and November are the answers. It is the harvest season in the town when the layers of terraced fields are covered with a brilliant yellow color. Sapa Town is like wearing a new coat. In such charming scenery, what should we do to enjoy every moment we have in the town? Keep on exploring Top 9 exotic things to try in Sapa harvest season.
1. Conquer Fansipan Mount – Rooftop of Indochina:
Conquering Fansipan Peak is the desire of many tourists to Sapa. Thanks to the modern Fansipan cable car, visitors will be taken to a height of over 3,100 m with only 15 minutes. More interestingly, in September, visitors conquering Fansipan Peak can also watch the beautiful cloudy yard which appears only in this period. Such an exclusive experience in our Sapa journey.
Fansipan Mount – Internet photo
2. See the magnificent terraced fields in Sapa harvest season:
September is the most scenic month of terraced fields in Sapa. The beautiful terraced fields are dressed in bright yellow clothes, signaling it is time for Sapa harvest season. It is the magnificent scene that inspires plenty of photographers to come to the town and create their special photo albums. Many youngsters from cities choose this time to make their own Instagrammable photo shots in their Sapa tour from Hanoi.
Sapa rice terraces – Internet photo
3. Watch the sunrise and sunset at the top of O Quy Ho Pass:
O Quy Ho Pass is one of the four great passes of the northern mountainous region and is the longest and most beautiful pass in Vietnam. Among the famous landmarks located on the way to Lai Chau, O Quy Ho Pass is an attractive destination that visitors want to be the most, followed by Silver Waterfall and Love Waterfall. The feeling of watching sunrise and sunset on the most wonderful pass in Vietnam in the romantic autumn season of September is really alluring experience for tourists.
O Quy Ho Pass – Internet photo
4. Admire Silver Waterfall:
Silver Waterfall (Thac Bac) is one of 3 attractive tourist destinations located on the road to Lai Chau, behind O Quy Ho Pass and Love Waterfall. You can hear the thundering sound even when you haven’t reached the waterfall. Standing at the foot of the waterfall, visitors will see one of the majestic beautiful scenery of the northwestern mountain forest. In such moment, people become small among the majestic nature.
Silver Waterfall – Photo from Michele Moroni
5. Trek to Lao Chai and Ta Van villages in Sapa harvest season:
September weather is very suitable for tourists to go trekking and admire the golden terraced fields in Lao Chai – Ta Van villages – one of the highlights in Sapa harvest season and popular destinations on a Sapa trekking tour. The feeling of walking between rice fields is very interesting, bringing us peace and serenity and help us forget the troubles in life. Moreover, when discovering these famous villages, we can learn more about the enticing ethnic culture and daily life of the Mong and Red Dao people here.
If this is your first-time trekking, our guides on Trekking Sapa tips can give you a lot of useful suggestions.
Lao Chai Village – Photo from Hoang Long
6. Climb Ham Rong Mountain to explore Sapa Town:
Another charming destination in our Sapa journey to discover Sapa harvest season is Ham Rong Mountain. From the top of the mountain, visitors can see the panorama of beautiful Sapa Town, Cat Cat Village, Muong Hoa Valley from a short distance.
On the way to Ham Rong mountain, there are many beautiful flowers blooming in September, creating a colorful flower path leading visitor to the summit of Ham Rong.
Ham Rong Mountain – Photo from wecheckin
7. Sleep at homestay in the village:
Coming to Sapa in September, visitors should not ignore the experience of living in homestay with the ethnic people. The experience brings us closer to the local culture. We will discover their way of life, enjoy the traditional and fine cuisine with a lot of specialties of the northwest region.
Let’s see which yummy Sapa food we can enjoy when visiting the town.
Little View Homestay – Photo from Booking.com
8. Hunt for cloud at Heaven Gate in September – time for Sapa harvest season:
Heaven Gate is such an ideal place for cloud hunting and taking selfies in Sapa Town. Visitors will admire the majestic northwest natural beauty through golden terraced fields, winding roads on O Quy Ho Pass or gleaming Silver Waterfall. Take your time to head to such an amazing attraction in Sapa harvest season.
Heaven Gate – Internet photo
9. Wander around Sapa Town:
Just walking around Sapa Town gives us the ample chance to see lots of scenic spots like Sapa Stone Church, the bustling Cau May Street, the colorful local markets where locals trade vegetables, cattle, fowls, hand-made brocades. You can head to these places to shop for some meaningful Sapa souvenirs.
Sapa Stone Church – Internet photo
It comes to the end of August and we are about to welcome Sapa harvest season – the most beautiful time to visit the poetic town. A great news we’d love to share with you is that, we are offering 15% discount for all services in Vietnam from 15th August – 15th September. Apply the discount code: VULAN219 to gain the benefit. You can contact us for instant support:
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Source: Sapa Harvest Season – Top 9 exotic things to try – From GoAsiaDayTrip’s blog
Known as home to an enormous limestone ecosystem with 1,969 karst islands emerging from the lush emerald water and a great cave system, Halong also houses several floating villages with friendly locals whose life attaches closely with the stunning bay. Such perfect combination of natural beauties and the enticing local life bring make the bay more fascinating and arouse the curiosity among visitors. Pay a visit to discover these inducing Halong Bay floating villages with us!
Sunset view on Halong Bay – Photo from flickr
1. Cua Van Floating Village – Halong Bay floating villages:
The very first name we’d like to call upon among Halong Bay floating villages is Cua Van Floating Village. This floating village is about 20 km from the shore and nests a group of islets. The village is home to more than 300 families whose life depends mainly on fishing on the bay. Cua Van is originated from two ancient fishing villages in Halong Bay including Giang Vong and Truc Vo.
Visiting Cua Van floating village, you can immerse yourselves in to a peaceful and exotic atmosphere, admire the poetic nature and learn about how the fishermen here conduct their living. Let’s take part in boating, net raising and fish catching with them.
Cua Van Floating Village – Photo from luciano mortula – Fotolia
As the biggest and most touristy fishing village in Halong Bay, the accessibility to Cua Van is simple with frequent boat trips going back and forth. You also can choose to stay close to the village by renting a room in a homestay. For those who love water sports like kayaking, you can refer to kayak rental service in the village to explore around or visit nearby stunning caves.
The next Halong Bay floating village we’d like to introduce is Vung Vieng. 24 km apart from the ferry terminal at Halong Bay, Vung Vieng floating village is an off the beaten track attraction which is suitable for those who prefer less crowded place and wish to spend more time contacting with locals. When coming here, you can join padding over the green water, get closer to the spectacular limestone islands and discover the cultural life of fishermen.
Vung Vieng floating village – Photo from Flickr
There are about 50 families living in Vung Vieng floating village whose life links tightly with fishing activities on Halong Bay. There is also one community center which was built as a location for meetings and for locals to sell their handmade products like fish, fruits, vegetables to visitors.
Panoramic view of Vung Vieng – Photo from Internet
3. Cong Dam Floating Village – Halong Bay floating villages:
This fishing village can make everyone fall in love with its majestic and poetic beauty of the mountains and the sea. Cong Dam is home to numerous graves, coral reefs, underground lakes in limestone mountains and underwater caves.
The unique point that visitors meet in Cong Dam is a small and ancient village which retains almost the intact and traditional culture of fishing. You will be satisfied when chatting with local people, listening to their stories about their life on the bay in the middle of water and sky.
Cong Dam floating village – Internet photo
The area is quite far from the mainland and completely separate from the usual tourist routes, so the landscape here also retains many wild features and a very clean environment. When coming here, remember to participate in interesting activities such as kayaking and fishing with fishermen.
4. Ba Hang Floating Village:
This small fishing village will complete the list of Halong Bay fishing villages. Ba Hang literally means three caves located near Thien Cung Cave (Heaven Cave) and Dau Go Cave. The village is home to around 50 families who go fishing and provide kayaking services or rowing boat for visitors as ways of making a living.
Ba Hang Floating Village – Internet photo
Located just 6 km away from Halong City, Ba Hang Floating Village is more modern and developed, it is very convenient for you to visit the village when staying in Halong City. You can participate in kayaking activity, fishing trips and catching squid at midnight. Moreover, you can experience rowing with locals to two imposing grottos in Halong Bay namely Thien Duong Cave and Dau Go Cave.
Exploring the local life with these Halong Bay floating villages helps fulfill your Halong journeys. Contact us via our hotline number: +84 9 4161 8080 or via our email: support@goasiadaytrip.com for instant support. Wish you have a great journey!
Nesting a huge number of spectacular karst islands – 1,969 islands and covering an area of 1,550 square km, Halong Bay is the largest limestone island ecosystem in Asia. Do you know how to discover such an enormous bay to the fullest? Taking a Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City can be a great option. Let’s see what awaits us ahead.
1. About Halong City:
Halong City about 20 km from Halong Bay is the capital and 1st-class provincial city of Quang Ninh Province. Halong literally means descending dragon. Halong City was established in 1993 when the old capital – Hon Gai was merged with Bai Chay – the main tourist area in Quang Ninh Province.
Poetic afternoon view on Halong Bay – Photo from freepik
2. How to get to Halong Bay from Halong City?
As an advantage of traveling to the beautiful bay from Halong City, the distance from these two places is quite close and yes, you don’t need to get up to early and depart for the bay. If your Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City starts at around 9 AM, then you can start leaving for the gathering point at the bay at 8 AM. Refer to one of the means of transportation below:
By motorbike:
Motorbike rental – Photo from stingy nomads
If you wish to totally explore Halong on your own, you can consider renting a motorbike. The rental fee is from VND 120,000 – 150,000 / day. This mean is suitable for those who want to head to various places during the day.
By taxi:
If you travel in groups, then taking a taxi is very convenient especially given the distance from Halong City to Halong Bay is about 20 km. Here are some local taxi brands you can take:
Thanh Cong Quang Ninh Taxi – 0203 3 67 57 57
Mai Linh Taxi – 0203 3 62 86 28
Minh Anh Taxi – 0203 3 85 85 85
Thinh Hung Taxi – 0203 3 61 61 61
Bai Chay Taxi – 0203 3 64 64 64
Mai Linh Taxi – Facebook photo
If you travel to Halong Bay from Hanoi Capital, refer this Hanoi to Halong Bay transfer to get the detailed guides.
3. What can we do on a Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City?
3.1. Cruising around the bay:
As its name suggests, this is the main activity on our Halong Bay day cruise. Sitting on the cruise, you will go through the most stunning places on the bay such as its breathtaking limestone islands, its splendid cave system. Remember to charge your phone or camera fully to take as many stunning photos as you can.
Cruising through Halong Bay – Photo from flickr
3.2. Admiring impressive cave system:
Surprise Cave or Sung Sot Cave: As one of the largest and most beautiful caves of Halong, this is the place where many rocky islands with unique shapes are located. Coming deeper into the cave, you will be extremely excited with a fresh-water lake, splashing shadow on the wall, creating such a fantastic view.
Sung Sot Cave – Photo from city pass guide
Trong Cave and Trinh Nu Cave: Only about 3 km away from Sung Sot Cave, it is very convenient for you to explore these caves. Besides the beautiful scenery, you will learn more about the hidden story of these which promises to excite you.
Dau Go Cave: It is considered the largest karst cave in Halong, Dau Go Cave with its wild beauty enchants any tourists. Stone pillars, rich flora and fauna, twinkling light effect from stalactites will make you feel like going into the fairy place in the world.
Luon Cave: If you want to see the stalactites that have been through millions of years, surely Luon Cave is the ideal choice for your journey to discover Halong Bay.
Thien Canh Son Cave: This place still remains almost the intact and spectacular features inherited from the Mother Nature.
Thien Cung Cave – Photo from Internet
Heaven Cave or Thien Cung Cave: A place associated with the legend of the Dragon King to help locals fight against foreign invaders. The fanciful beauty here inspires a lot of famous photographers. Remember to add this place into your Best one day Halong Bay tour.
3.3. Learning about the enticing local life:
Cruising on Halong Bay gives you the ideal chance to contact with locals especially those living on the bay. Some remaining floating villages on the bay include: Cua Van, Vung Vieng, Cong Dam and Ba Hang.
3.4. Taking part in water-sports activities: kayaking, swimming:
Kayaking is a popular sport activity among foreign tourists. The feeling of sitting on a kayak rowing through the emerald blue water, watching the magnificent mountains and rivers bring you such absolutely peaceful moments.
Kayaking on Halong Bay – Photo from gooverseas.com
3.5. Mountain climbing – Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City:
In addition to kayaking, Halong Bay with diverse and dangerous terrain includes many islands and mountains is also a challenge for climbing lovers. These thorny rocky outcrops, majestic curves of mountains, cliffs, caves in the bay will really challenge you.
4. What to do in Halong City – Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City:
After experiencing a Halong Bay day cruise, let’s come back to Halong City and further explore the exciting place. Halong City has four main tourist areas including Halong Bay, Bai Chay, Tuan Chau Peninsular and Hon Gai. As Halong Bay is introduced above, then now we’ll discover about the other areas.
Bai Chay area:
Halong Sun World Amusement Park – Internet photo
This is the most crowded tourist destination with a range of recreational activities such as Bai Chay artificial beach, Bai Chay Bridge (the first cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam), night markets, Halong Sun World Amusement Park, Marine Plaza shopping center – museum of painting 3D, a combination of diverse restaurants and hotels.
Tuan Chau area:
Tuan Chau is a small artificial peninsular located about 2 km from Halong City. This area is famous for large-scale modern villas, Tuan Chau International entertainment area, Tuan Chau beach and harbor bridge with Halong Bay cruises.
Hon Gai area:
The area is home to many local people. Highlight attractions of Hon Gai include Sun Wheel Amusement Park on Ba Deo Hill, Halong Market, Quang Ninh Museum, Hoa Halong Park and Vincom Plaza Shopping Center. The price for food, activities in Hon Gai area is lower than the two previous areas.
5. Where to stay in Halong City – Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City:
If you intent to stay in Halong City for a few days, you should book an accommodation in advance. Consider our guides to choose accommodation in the city:
Homestay: With the price from VND 500,000 – 1,000,000 / night, homestay is suitable for those who love fresh and trendy experiences.
Hostel price goes from VND 150,000 – 500,000 / night and is a good choice for budget travelers.
Halong Ginger Homestay – Photo from TripAdvisor
3-star hotels have the price starting from VND 500,000 – 1,200,000 and 4-star hotel price starts from VND 900,000 – 1,700,000. These two kinds best fit for family with kids, elderly people and for couples.
5-star hotels: If you travel for relaxation then staying in these luxury hotels is a perfect choice. The price is from VND 1,500,000 – 2,100,000.
One more tip is that you can find an accommodation based on areas. Take a look at the average accommodation price in Bai Chay, Tuan Chau and Hon Gai areas when booking place to stay in your Halong Bay day cruise from Halong City.
Hon Gai area has a lot of low-cost hostels and hotels with the price of VND 180,000 – 800,000 / night.
Bai Chay area offers various accommodations at different prices, from VND 200,000 – 2,500,000 / night.
Tuan Chau area is home to high-class resorts and villas. The price is from VND 4,000,000 – 3,000,000 / night.
Tuan Chau Holiday Villa – Internet photo
We hope that this article has brought you the necessary information when planning for your Halong Bay day cruise. Contact us via our hotline number: +84 9 4161 8080 or via our email: support@goasiadaytrip.com for instant support. Wish you have a great journey!
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