Each season in Dalat city retains a unique and particular beauty; apparently, only when touching
the autumn, the wonderful land just becomes engaging and much more romantic
than ever. All of the hillsides or steep mountains has been fully covered with
colorful flowers and evergreen pine forests. This is the best time to visit Dalat.
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| Flower Garden in Bao Dai Palace |
Located about 320km from Saigon to to the west, with
an elevation of 1,500 meters above sea level, Dalat used to be regarded as
"A Little Paris" of Europe in the French colonial period. Different
from the severe sun and wind in Central or the tropical climate in South, the
city of "thousands of flowers" retains the temperate climate year-round.
What could be much more wonderful than being able to escape the heat in Saigon
to immerse a peaceful Dalat. In particular, the weather in Dalat is only cold a
little bit with the soothing sunshine, which is extremely suitable for leisure
and relaxation. Aditionally, it would be appropriate if tourists go cycling or
walking around the city of love. The pace of life here seems zephyr-like and
gentle by vague slight winds in the autumn. Just slowly moving, tourists feel
all "flavors" of the autumn surrounding. Dalat has long been
inherently an appealing destination in Vietnam travel attracting the great number of domestic and international tourists.
From the unique architecture to the dreaming natural and delicious specialties,
Dalat always leave a strong impression to tourists who participate in Vietnam tours.
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| Nam Phan restaurant |
Taking part in any Vietnam tour packages to Dalat, tourists could not ignore Xuan
Huong Lake. It is unofficially considered as a symbol of the "city of
Eternal Spring", a beautiful artificial lake located right in the heart of
Dalat City. The lake is covered by a cool evergreen of pine forests, charming
lawn, and colorful gardens. In the fall, the surface is extremely clear and
calm like a mirror reflecting wonderful scenery around. With a circumference of
about 5km, 25 hectares wide, the crescent moon-shaped lake stretches over 7
kilometers passing through numerous famous attractions in Dalat, such as Dalat
Flower Garden, Yersin Park, Cu Hill... Early morning and sunset is actually the
best time to admire Xuan Huong Lake thanks to the gentle wind and airy space
spreading all over the lake. It has also become an ideal rendezvous for
numerous couples, friends, or families.
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| Truc Lam Temple |
Along with Xuan Huong Lake, Tuyen Lam Lake, one of
the largest freshwater lakes in Dalat city is also the "must-see"
sight in Dalat umtumn. Covering an area of about 320ha, far about 7km from the
city centre, the lake is located adjacent Phung Hoang (Phoenix) Mountain and
Truc Lam Zen Monastery. It is considered as a complex concentrating beautiful
scenery and diverse tourism services in Dalat. Tuyen Lam Lake is one of 21 tourist
areas reaching national stature in Vietnam. It still retains numerous small
oases and has been sheltered by the vast pine forests. In particular, when it
gradually becomes cold, the smog gently diffusing all over the surface of the
lake, and condensing on the evergreen pine forests makes any tourists feel
incredibly fluttery as having escaped from daily concerns. Thanks to the
picturesque scenery with lush greenery, the immense pine forests, it becomes an
enchanting tourist destination worth setting foot on.
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| Xuan Huong Lake |
The nature favourably bestows on Dalat the moderate
climate, making it a heaven for numerous species of flowers. Dalat always ties
with the diverse colours year-round. All of paths to the city are full of
colourful flowers. Autumn is the season of mimosa and wild sunflowers. Though
not owning such gorgeous beauty like other flowers, these flowers are equally
bewitching thanks to the glamorous golden. Yet none in Dalat known exactly when
the wild sunflowers and mimosa has been considered as a symbol of ulterior love
and beauty of the humility. Mimosa flowering season is also the peak tourist
season of Dalat. Tourists to the beautiful city even just to admire the bright
yellow flower clusters standing out on the white spindly foliages. As a wild
species, only growing in the forest or along the roadsides, mimosa is one of
the indispensable symbols of Dalat.
There are numerous beautiful names to refer the
poetic city, such as “City of Flowers”, “City of Love”, or dreaming city...
Nature and Dalat people has long gone into the fully poetic artworks. Only when
setting foot in here, tourists have a chance to profoundly admire the highland
bringing much its love and legend. Dalat autumn thus strongly lure both domestic and foreign tourists.
