Some traveler ever said: “If you are in love, a week
in Da Lat – a rhythmic land of flowers and romance- will make your love turn
into a happy ending!”…
Introduction & Location
“Listening to the noon going down in the romantic town, a Da Lat-violet
is filled with fog…” (written by Minh Ky, Da Cam) is lyric of a famous song about Da Lat – one
of the top prioritized destinations in Vietnam for its romantic and flowerful
beauty. Located in the South Central Highlands of Vietnam (Lang Biang
Highlands), Da Lat was originally the playground of the French , and today’s
“valley of love”, surrounded by cool, fresh and silently charming atmosphere.
Weather
Da Lat is extremely famous for mild weather. Thanks to the advantage of
height and enclosing pine jungle, the town is featured with temperate climate,
with an average temperature of 18oC – 21°C, highest as 30oC and lowest as 5°C.
What is more, Da Lat has two distinct seasons, the rainy and the sunny
ones. The former is from May to October, and the former from November to April.
Tourists should be prepared for sudden rains in sunny season, sometimes rocky
ones. Never in Da Lat could we ever
catch a storm, which make it favorable for tourists to take any daytime leisure
walk.
History
This pure land of romance was discovered by the French during their
invasion in southern Vietnam. Before 1893, Lang Biang highlands, an extremely
cool and fresh aired area, was the accommodation of the Viet highlanders. Yet
there came the day the French would like to settle a convalescent zone in a
European weather-like land in 1899. Of course, they could not miss Lang Biang
Highlands then. Ever since the significant choice, Da Lat was later on built
with all required French-style houses, villas, treatment places, and temperate
flowers & plants, etc. This has step by step formulated today’s romantic
and glamorous Da Lat, a clear mountainous air zone for escaping the heat and
humidity of the coast and Saigon, or the today’s Ho Chi Minh city.
Natural beauty
It’s no easy at all for travellers to choose the initial visiting place in Da Lat for its widespread covering beauty. On a whole, Da Lat looks like a cross between Vietnam and the French Alps. As mentioned, most of its hotels and houses were built in French style. The town spreads across a series of pine-covered hills, with a small lake in the center, while surrounded by high peaks, creating a lovely scenery quite different from the rest of Vietnam. Temperatures are pleasantly warm by day, and quite cool at night, down to perhaps 10oC.
Today,
Dalat is undoubtedly a beautiful tourist town. The vast majority of visitors
are both domestic and foreign tourists on short package tours, drawn by the
scenery, vivid blue skies, fresh air, flower-filled parks, and local edible
treatment. Dalat is a favorite destination for company weekend outings, family
get-aways, and most of all, honeymoons. For overseas visitors, it offers a
chance to cool down, view a bit of the French legacy, and enjoy the atmosphere.
Also, Da Lat is surrounded by some of the best mountain biking, hiking and
canyoning opportunities in Vietnam. Da Lat's high altitude of 1,500-2,000m and
fertile landscape make it one among Vietnam's premium agricultural areas,
producing a variety of fruits, vegetables and flowers that do not grow in the
lowlands. In markets as far north as Hanoi, vegetables and flower vendors will
tout their "made in Da Lat" produce.
Top
visiting places
Whoever
has come to Da Lat could never forget Xuan Huong Lake (Hồ Xuân Hương), which is
located in center of town. Xuan Huong lake is now one of the main draws of Da
Lat, and also where we can see honeymooners and locals strolling its banks.
Side by side Xuan Huong Lake is Top-peg Hill (Đồi Cù), where has grown up a
vast golf ground. If you are fond of fresh flowers, Da lat Flower Park is your
accurate choice. The park, around 7,000 sq.m2, is situated on top of the
Top-peg Hill, northern bank of Xuan Huong lake, and full of species of
beautiful colored flowers to be extremely well-fed by planters. Tourists are
all interested in the Da Lat’s flower festival, bringing them to a flowerfully
fresh heaven!
For
couples, Valley of Love (Thung Lũng Tình Yêu) is the premium place to go. Its
special name derived from its romantic view of silence, grace and green. The
other choice is Lake of Sorrow or Lake of Sighs (Hồ Than thở), whose name came
from a tale of two lovers, one of whom committed suicide after the other was
called up to serve in the army. The romantic and beautiful Tuyen Lam Lake (Hồ
Tuyền Lâm) (the lake where rivers, springs and forests meet), Prenn Falls, or
Pongour are also worth visiting for their beauty and fun.
On
the other hand, Da Lat is popular for French-style architecture. Examples are
King Bao Dai’s Palace, Ngo Dinh Diem and Nguyen Cao Ky’s villas, Hang Nga
villas, and so forth. All of those should really be visited since they
demonstrate the deeply special beauty and somehow culture of the old French.
Tourist
activities
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A striking, not-quite-finished fantasy house designed by the daughter of an
independence war hero. Worth a visit if you are interested in architecture, or
like Dr. Seuss-style surroundings.
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A set of flower gardens centered around a re-constructed traditional Vietnamese
teakwood house.
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A hill-top pagoda coupled with a brief cable car ride over the pine forest
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A ride in a land rover up to the top of Langbiang mountain, with nice views of
Dalat and the surrounding mountains and valleys
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