Top 7 most enchanting bays in Vietnam

If having to look for a venue to get away from the bustle of the cities, the hustling pace of the urban life and enjoy the feelings of absolute harmonizing in nature, nowhere is probably much more appropriate than wonderful bays in Vietnam. It has long become one of the famous brands of Vietnam tourism alluring the great number of both domestic and international tourists. Immersed in peaceful immense scenery among nature, tourists will certainly get the unforgettable impressions. Once setting foot on the following engaging bays in Vietnam, tourists will surely be amazed by the beauty like the fairy tales. 
Halong Bay - Quang Ninh 

Halong Bay

Halong Bay is situated in Northeast Vietnam, which is a part of the west coast of Gulf of Tonkin including the waters of Halong city, Cam Pha town. It is always one of the most popular destinations in Vietnam tour packages. Exploring Halong with thousands of rock islands, tourists seem to be lost in the fairy world petrified here. Halong Bay is home to multi-sized rock islands. Some islets look like someone heading to the mainland - Dau Nguoi Islet (Human Head-shaped Islet); some look like the dragon hovering above the water - Dragon Islet; or two chickens are lovingly playing with each other on the waves - Trong Mai Islet (Fighting Cock Islet)... These majestic rock islands amazingly transform over time and each of viewing angle. It is the unique characteristics that bring Halong Bay to become one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Vietnam alluring the great number of both domestic and international tourists. Interweaving the rocky islands is spectacular caves such as Thien Cung Cave, Dau Go Grotto, Sung Sot Cave, Trinh Nu Cave... They are worth the castles of the Creator in earth. In particular, on 11 November 2011, Halong Bay was officially shortlisted seven new world natural wonders organized by New7Wonders Organization. It is diversified rock islands, bewitching natural landscapes along with majestic caves that bring Halong Bay closer to international tourists. 
Lang Co Bay - Hue

Lang Co Bay

Lang Co town, Phu Loc district (Thua Thien - Hue) is the land rich in potential thanks to charming nature and romantic scenery. Hai Van Pass is the convergence of the stunning mountains and waters with mountain ranges stretching into the edge of the sea. Below is calm Lang Co Beach almost pristine with blue fresh water. Many tourists setting foot on Hue in Vietnam tours and immersing in the scenery at Lang Co say that "Lang Co is much more beautiful than ink-wash painting". This is the 3rd bay in Vietnam, after Halong Bay and Nha Trang Bay named in the list of 30 most beautiful bays in the world. In particular, Lang Co town has become more robust since Hai Van Tunnel started its construction. Currently, Lang Co Bay has officially become the 30th member of Worldbays Club. 
Nha Trang Bay - Khanh Hoa
 

Nha Trang Bay

Nha Trang Bay is the member of the Club of the most beautiful bays in the world (Worldbays Club). Along with Halong Bay, Nha Trang Bay is the Vietnam's second bay honored as one of the beautiful bays in the world. As the 2nd largest bay of Khanh Hoa Province (after Van Phong Bay), Nha Trang Bay is the appealing tourist complex, one of attractive Vietnam destinations strongly alluring numerous both domestic and international tourists. The bay is situated in the center of Khanh Hoa province shielded thanks to19 multi-sized islands. Nha Trang Bay retains approximately 500km2 wide without big waves. Nha Trang Bay is also home to nearly ten Salangane Islands creating the unique tourist complex attracting tourists. Nha Trang Bay is not only famous for its gentle waves, blue - clean - fresh beaches but also home to many famous scenic spots such as Hon Chong Promontory, Tru Beach. Furthermore, Hon Tre Island, Bich Dam, Hon Mun Island, Hon Tam Island are the tourist addresses alluring the great number of tourists both at home and abroad. Especially, Hon Mun Island Nha Trang Bay retains the highest biological diversity with 350 species of reef corals accounting for 40% of the world. In July 2003, along with Halong Bay, Nha Trang Bay was officially accredited and ranked as one of the 29 most beautiful bays in the world. 
Ninh Van Bay - Nha Trang 

Ninh Van Bay in Khanh Hoa

Ninh Van Bay - a beautiful small island located in the complex of Nha Trang Bay is situated in Hon Heo Peninsula, Ninh Hoa District, Khanh Hoa Province. It is called island commune because there is no road here. It will take about 18 minutes by speed boats from Nha Trang City. Pristine white sandy beaches, turquoise sea water and the fascinating coral reefs are the unique highlights attracting tourists to Ninh Van. It is home to small wooden houses adjacent to the edge of the coast, on the rocks or angling on the hills... Just a few steps, tourists are able to set foot on the sea to feel the sweet taste of the sea or simply play with blue and cool water. All leaves special impressions with tourists firstly coming here, one of the most amazing beaches in Vietnam. 
Vinh Hy Bay - Ninh Thuan 

Vinh Hy Bay in Ninh Thuan

Far about 42 km from Phan Rang City center - Cham towers to the northeast, Vinh Hy Bay is situated in Vinh Hai Commune, Ninh Hai District (Ninh Thuan Province). Vinh Hy Bay is surrounded by mountains with amazing caves, fresh natural climate, especially the blue waters that tourists can clearly contemplate shoals of anchovies swimming around the boats. In particular, taking tourists to conquer Vinh Hy Bay are the cruise ships designed extremely unique. The bilge is made from a kind of transparent glass. Tourists sitting on the ship can comfortably admire the colorful coral reefs beneath the ocean. In addition, Vinh Hy Marine Preserved Area houses 307 rare and specious species of coral reefs including 50 species newly discovered in Vietnam. Tourists can participate in scuba diving tour to witness the colorful coral reefs. 
Xuan Dai Bay - Phu Yen 

Xuan Dai Bay in Phu Yen

Far about 45km from Tuy Hoa City - Phu Yen Province under Highway 1A to the North, Xuan Dai Bay appears as an ink-wash painting. The bay is formed by the mountain range running into the sea with the length of approximately 15km. The unique characteristics of Xuan Dai Bay is the untouched smooth clean sands. More impressive is Binh Sa Beach, also known as Dai (Long) Beach. Looking from the sea, Dai Beach looks like the shiny white silk 5 km long running along the coconut groves, pine forests and hills. Ranked in the nomination list of the most beautiful bays in the world, Xuan Dai Bay is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Phu Yen. 
Vung Ro Bay - Phu Yen 

Vung Ro Bay in Phu Yen

Located adjacent the edge of Deo Ca mountain range, Vung Ro, a small bay but extremely beautiful is situated in Hoa Xuan Nam commune, Dong Hoa District, Phu Yen Province. The bay is the natural boundary on sea between Phu Yen province and Khanh Hoa province. Vung Ro Bay retains 1,640 ha wide of waters with 12 small beaches owning charming scenery and fascinating landscapes. In particular, Vung Ro is home to the colorful coral reefs, which is suitable for fishing, swimming or scuba diving. Along with other wonderful Vietnam bays, Vung Ro Bay displays its significant contribution to promote the image of Vietnam travel closer to international tourists.

Da Nang – an ideal destination for 2014 winter

AloTrip is a new leading travel website in Vietnam (alotrip.com) and a reliable companion in all Vietnam tours of vacationers. Acknowledging a new tendency of tourists – traveling overseas in winter, AloTrip recommends tourists to pay a visit to Da Nang, a wonderful beach city in Central Vietnam. The city is also seen as the worthiest city to live in the country. The following useful information may support tourists in planning Vietnam trips.

Vietnam travel in winter becomes a popular tendency of globetrotters. Specifically, in recent years, travelers from all over the world visit Vietnam more, especially on winter holiday. They often draft their travel plan to Vietnam early. During the season, airlines, resorts and hotels in Vietnam offer a wide range of special discounts for tourists, especially in Da Nang City, one of the most favorite Vietnam destinations all year round. The city fascinates tourists not just by its wonderful beaches but also a profound and various culture, and hospitable local people. Beaches in Da Nang are chosen by most of tourists since its convenient transportation, favorable climatic conditions, wonderful seascapes and landscapes, and professional tourism services.

Da Nang is one of the most best-loved destinations inVietnam all year round. The hot period in Da Nang does not witness too high temperature, ranging around from 28-30 degree Celsius. Winter months from December to February are thought to be a good period to travel Da Nang, the temperature is about 18-23°C. Such places as Ba Na Hills and Han River are ideal sites in the city suitable for popping in during winter time. With the latitude of nearly 1500m, Ba Na Hills has the average temperature of about 20°C, which makes tourists feel comfortable. Here can be seen as a new heaven of Vietnam tourism. Da Nang – the city by Han River attracts tourists not just by its fresh and green atmosphere, turquoise water, majestic landscapes, but also diverse cuisine and high-quality service. In addition, in winter months, the temperature in Da Nang is relatively comfortable with a little cold, which is warm enough for tourists from the North, and brings new experiences to those from the South when coming to Da Nang.

Danang beach at night

Situated on the Central strip of Vietnam, Da Nang possesses many outstanding attractions. The city is very near other famous Vietnam destinations as Hue, My Son Sanctuary, Hoi AN, etc. Tourists will be overwhelmed by top Da Nang attractions such as Linh Ung Pagoda, Ngu Hanh Son Mountain (Marble Mountains), Non Nuoc Beach, Ba Na Hills, Son Tra Peninsula, Hai Van Pass, and Cham Sculpture Museum, etc. During winter days, these tourist sites are covered by a new and colorful coat, which appeals tourists to explore. In Vietnam tour packages to these attractions during winter months, tourists will not worry about their bodies always sweaty like in summer. They will feel relaxed and comfortable with cool breezes from the sea and fresh air on trekking mountains.

Cable car in Ba Na

In autumn and winter days, strolling around craft villages as Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village brings a different feeling to tourists. Exploring the village existing for about 200 years ago brings tourists a new and exciting experience. When visiting here, tourists have a chance to choose valuable and unique souvenirs carved sophisticatedly from small stones, or decorative items made from huge stone blocks. All of these items are created by skillful artisans. In Vietnam, there are many traditional stone carving villages, but only Non Nuoc Village beneath the foot of Marble Mountains can connect the traditional handicraft to tourists, and expand its reputation to the whole world. In addition, Ba Na Hills is a should-not-miss place in Da Nang. The area is famous for majestic landscapes and owning one of the longest cable car systems in the world. Ba Na Hills cable car is constructed to replace the rough and craggy road to the area. The system has 86 open-design cabins with a speed of 6m/s, which helps tourist have experiences on outside weather at the latitude of over 1000m. From the the foot to the top of Ba Na Hilll, it takes about 30 minutes along with many services of entertainment and resort in Ba Na Hills.

Fireworks Competition in Danang

What an amazing holiday if tourists come to Vietnam in winter, but still feel a bit of hot wave of summer, leading them to immerse in cool seawater and soak in the beautiful sunlight on beaches. All features of Da Nang weather in winter make beaches here indispensable in Vietnam holidays. The city owns many marvelous and charming beaches as Non Nuoc Beach, My Khe Beach and My An Beach, and Son Tra Peninsula. Among beaches in Da Nang, My Khe Beach is well-known as one of the ideal destinations for relaxation in Asia. Forbes, the American travel magazine voted My Khe Beach as one of six most beautiful beaches in the world. Continuing Vietnam tourism journey in Da Nang, tourists will drop by Museum of Cham Sculpture, the largest museum of Cham culture in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia. Constructed by the French, it specializes in collecting, storing, and displaying relics on sculpture of the Champa kingdom found in Cham towers and ramparts in the South Central Coast and Central Highlands. Visiting the museum will recall tourists a heroic and wealthy history of Cham Kingdom.

Cham Museum in Danang

Besides, cheap travel cost in Da Nang is an advantage of the city. Only with about 500 thousand dong, you can easily find a comfortable middle-standard double room near Han River, or My Khe Beach. Coming to Da Nang in winter, tourists should not miss to taste delicious and cheap street food and local specialties which are famous throughout the country, such as fresh spring roll (boiled pork and vegetables wrapped by rice paper), noodle with fish pies, jellyfish mannequin, Quang noodle, and many other delicious local dishes. It will be a mistake if Da Nang cuisine is not explored in this journey. Obviously, Da Nang cuisine is not as sophisticated as Hanoi cuisine, or not as diverse as that of Saigon, but it has unique culinary features of Central Vietnam. All appear in Da Nang, from chicken rice in Hoi An to complicated cakes of Hue. Tourists can easily meet these dishes on streets of Da Nang. If having more time in the city, they can drop by Con Market and Han Market to explore the street culinary world in Da Nang. Go strolling in Da Nang at night also gives tourists a chance to enjoy fresh seafood parties. However, things make tourists always want to visit Da Nang again is the friendly and professional attitudes of local people, from taxi drivers, seafood sellers at the seashore to hotel staff. There will not be unsettled situation making tourists uncomfortable. With above mentioned ideal characteristics, Da Nang will be an exciting and perfect destination in this winter. Have a good travel plan, pick up your pack and come to the city, many interesting things of Da Nang are looking forward to your discovery.

AloTrip recommends top attractive Vietnam destinations

With desire of providing globetrotters best services, AloTrip, a newly emerging reputable travel website, always updates and provides on-time information for well-planned Vietnam tours. Specifically, Vietnam Record Association has recently issued Top 45 most attractive destinations in Vietnam. These Vietnam top destination are averred in the journey of exploring and promulgating Vietnam tourism, after comparisons, contrasts and votes of travel agents, Vietnam public recorders, and tourists. In the lists, there are top 5 most ancient temples of literature, top 10 most untouched wonderful islands and peninsulas, top 5 most striking mountains, top 10 most attractive spiritual attractions in Vietnam, top 10 bestbeaches in Vietnam, top 5 most famous markets, and top 5 most ancient villages, etc.

Main entrance of the Temple of Literature

In terms of religious tourism in Vietnam, Temple of Literature in Hanoi ranks first in the list of top ancient temples of literature in Vietnam. Temple of Literature is also listed as one of 23 special national monuments of Vietnam. This is a historic relic along with the long-lasting establishment and development of the capital. In addition, in cultural tours in Vietnam, gourmet of traveling should not miss a series of pagodas in the country. Among those, Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Mu Pagoda, and Holy See Temple are top choices of tourists in Vietnam tour packages.

Ben Thanh market in Saigon

For travelers adoring Vietnam cultural tourism, such places as markets, ancient villages, and museums are should-not-miss stopovers. In the list of Vietnam Record Association about top 5 most famous markets in Vietnam, Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi and Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City are two most attractive markets in Vietnam. These markets are not simply places to go shopping for local specialties, but also outstanding French-colonial architectures in which travelers can explore many interesting things. Here is also the convergence of culture and traditional customs of Vietnamese people. In addition to popping in the local markets, travelers are also lured into ancient artifacts and antiques in striking museums in the country. Among museums voted by Vietnam Record Association, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi and War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City are two most visited ones annually. Ancient villages are must-sees inVietnam holidays.

Hon Mun Island in Cam Ranh - Nha Trang

For beach lovers, wonderful islands and beaches in Vietnam will definitely allure them. Among the top 10 most beautiful islands listed, Halong Bay, Cat Ba Island, Cu Lao Cham Island, Con Dao Island in Vung Tau, and Phu Quoc Island are regarded as the best islands in Vietnam. All of these island is surrounded by turquoise waters, marvelous seascapes and azure sky all year round. These islands also possess charming beaches. Such beaches as Lang Co Beach, Non Nuoc Beach, and My Khe Beach are voted as the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam, especially, My Khe Beach is one of the most marvelous beach in the world. These islands and beaches with marvelous scenes are must-visits inVietnam travel. 

My Son tower

Besides, there are many attractive destinations in Vietnam released by Vietnam Records such as top 5 most famous over 100-year-old lighthouses, 10 most beautiful bays, 5 most amazing caves in Vietnam, and 5 oldest theaters attracting tourists most. With above top destinations suggested by AloTrip, tourists will have chances to pop in these outstanding attractions and have unforgettable experiences on Vietnam holidays.