Attractive tourist destinations in the western provinces of Vietnam

Victoria Nui Sam Lodge in An Giang

Victoria Nui Sam Lodge is considered a resort paradise in An Giang, with peaceful scenes, fresh climate with many beautiful landscapes and delicious food. Victoria Nui Sam Lodge is located on the slopes of Sam mountain, about 7km from Chau Doc city center, to reach Victoria Nui Sam Lodge will take about 3 hours by car. Victoria Nui Sam Lodge is one of the hotel chains belonging to Victoria Hotels and Resorts, located on a romantic mountain range, surrounded by poetic valleys and immense rice fields. Victoria Nui Sam Lodge is designed in a modern solemn style, but still retains the rustic features, close to nature. This is also the place where many architectural works and historical relics are recognized by the Ministry of Culture such as Tay An Pagoda, Hang Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb and especially Ba Chua Xu Temple.

Opened to guests in October 2013, Victoria Nui Sam Lodge is the newest hotel in the Victoria Hotels & Resorts chain, including a complex of 26 separate bungalows with different areas. Built in a minimalist, modern style, blending with the surrounding nature, Victoria Nui Sam captivates visitors with natural rustic features rather than luxurious luxury amenities. The interior of each room is also designed and decorated in a delicate and gentle style with high ceilings, tile floors and wooden furniture in warm red tones. In particular, each room has French-style doors leading to a separate outdoor balcony area of ​​12m², overlooking an open space overlooking the poetic valley below. Enjoying local cuisine is an indispensable part of every trip. A cozy dinner at La Giang Restaurant & Bar with 120 seats both indoors and outdoors will satisfy even the most demanding diners with a variety of Vietnamese dishes, rich in the typical flavors of the Southwest region. At sunset, visitors can gather at the gazebo area, a unique architectural feature of Victoria Nui Sam Lodge. Here, visitors can lie back on the sofa, sip a fragrant cocktail and enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the mountains in a delicate romantic space. Victoria Nui Sam Lodge has 40 rooms that are separate bungalows. All rooms are designed in a modern, minimalistic, yet delicate architectural style, the main color is warm pink brick color. Each room has a spacious partner, zooming in on the panoramic view of the rice fields in the valley.

This is also an ideal place to practice yoga, tai chi or stand to enjoy the fresh, fragrant nature of rice. Because of this feature, the swimming pool here is voted by many tourists as one of the most beautiful pools in the country. In addition to visiting landmarks near the hotel such as Tay An Pagoda, Hang Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Ba Chua Xu Temple, etc., visitors also have the opportunity to take a cruise on Victoria Chau Doc's speedboat to admire the landscape and rhythm. living on the Mekong River, to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. The cruise between Chau Doc and Phnom Penh only lasts about 5 hours, but passengers can feel the daily life of local people on raft houses, riverside villages or floating markets crowded with boats.

Address: Vinh Dong 1 Nui Sam Ward Chau Doc City, An Giang, Vietnam

Tan Lap Floating Village

Tan Lap floating village tourist area in Moc Hoa district - Long An stands out with its vast Melaleuca forest, and mysterious paths leading into the forest. It only takes about two hours to travel from the city. From Ho Chi Minh City, follow Highway 1A to Tan An and go about 60km, in front of you will appear a vast space with the largest Melaleuca forest today. If you go in the floating season from August to September, you will be able to see the lotus flowers blooming on the water surface, giving off a sweet fragrance, in addition to the natural lotus, this place is also famous for the fields of water lilies and hundreds of flowers. birds, fish, amphibians, creating a diverse ecosystem. To see the whole panorama of Tan Lap floating village, you can go up to a 38m high watchtower, in addition, this place also attracts a lot of couples to take wedding photos. With beautiful scenery, mild climate, coming here will be able to immerse yourself in nature to temporarily forget the hustle and bustle of the city.

This tourist destination is being chosen by many groups of young people for weekend fun. With fresh air and large space, this place is attracting more and more young people to come here. Visitors to the tour will be immersed in the unique nature of the Southern River region. The tourist area has works (about 5ha) of motels, pier managers, parking lots, parks, and marinas. The remaining is 130ha of Melaleuca forest, the canal, including 5km of cement road. Guests can enter the forest by canoe, or walk, rest, and fish. Tan Lap Floating Village is being nominated as one of the Top 10 Ecotourism Areas with the most visitors in Vietnam.

The main canal leading to the center of Tan Lap floating village is called Rach Rung, where function and service areas are gradually forming for eco-tourism and resorts in Long An... Sit on a boat, canoe or take a stroll. the set; Visitors will experience the peaceful scene of Dong Thap Muoi Village with interlaced canals, lotus ponds, guns, heavenly rice (ghost rice) and immense natural melaleuca forest, discover hundreds of species of birds, fish, rare reptiles. When coming to Tan Lap floating village, you can also take a boat to visit the wildlife migration area, nature reserve, environmental education center, forest area... The most special feature of the trip is you You can sit on the boat to fish for fish such as perch, snakehead... and collect these "trophies" with your own hands to roll with young lotus leaves. Wild and rustic pleasures will bring you moments of fun and relaxation. Next, you will enjoy a delicious lunch with typical dishes of Dong Thap Muoi such as braised perch, sour pot snakehead fish...

Address: Highway 62, Tan Lap, Moc Hoa, Long An, Vietnam

Cai Rang floating market

Cai Rang Floating Market is one of three big markets in Can Tho province, here specializing in trading fruits and vegetables in the Mekong Delta. Unlike other markets, the means of transportation and trading are boats, canoes, and boats filled with fruits. To discover and immerse yourself in the business scene here, you have to get up very early to go to the market, just to watch the sunrise, and to witness the bustling business scene starting a new day. Cai Rang Floating Market is held from dawn to 8:00 am. There are many reasons why you want to visit Cai Rang floating market again because the bustling scene here has made you nostalgic first.

Referring to the very typical culture of the Mekong Delta, it is impossible not to mention the floating market, a unique type of market that perhaps no other region in our country has. In which, Cai Rang Can Tho floating market is the busiest and most typical market, voted by the UK's Rough Guide travel magazine as one of the 10 most impressive markets in the world, the famous tourist website Youramazingplaces also voted as one of the 5 most beautiful and interesting floating markets in Asia. Most tourists in Can Tho, when visiting Cai Rang Floating Market, choose a boat, because when traveling by boat, they can fully feel the beauty of the river. The journey of sitting on the boat weaving through the canals to reach Cai Rang floating market is also very interesting. You have the opportunity to admire the charming scenery on both sides of the river with soaring green coconut trees and small houses nestled. Goods at Cai Rang floating market are very diverse, almost without any shortage of items, the main products are fruits and specialties of the Mekong Delta, in addition, there are also handicrafts and goods. necessities to food service, drinks, coffee...

In order for distant customers to know what products they are selling, the seller hangs that product on the bow of the boat called a "tree". This form of "shopping" is a unique trade culture that only floating markets have - a way to advertise products without fuss and hurry but bring visitors and customers interesting things. own taste. The market meets on the river, so if you want to buy goods and visit, you have to sit on canoes. Coming to the market, you can just relax and enjoy the cool breeze while enjoying a variety of fruits, Southern-style rustic dishes such as Tet cake, orange cake, little cake, soup cake, tofu, etc. vermicelli, vermicelli... with very affordable prices but delicious. Bun mam and vermicelli are the two most popular and popular breakfast items. Let's travel the West to Can Tho to have breakfast, sip a cup of hot coffee right on the boats floating on the river, and chat with the kind and generous people in the West. Great fun experience that makes everyone who comes to love and love, come once and want to come back again.

Address: 46 Hai Ba Trung Street, Tan An, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, Vietnam

Kien Giang Pirate Island

Hai Tac Island belongs to Tien Hai commune, Ha Tien, Tien Giang. The time you should travel to Hai Tac Island from December to April is at this time the sea is calm, the waves are light, there are no storms, the sea is clear. Especially on Hai Tac island, you will see an island with wild, idyllic, and heart-stopping beauty, with images of fishing boats following each other out to sea. Coming to Pirate Island, you can walk to visit instead of renting many vehicles, only by walking can you feel the discovery of many beauties here with one side is the sea and the other is the mountain. To save costs, you can set up a tent to sleep directly on the beach, the next morning watch the sunrise, a great feeling for those who come to Pirate Island.

Pirate Island in Kien Giang is considered a strange destination right from the name. In fact, this is the name of an archipelago of 16 islands, the largest of which is Hon Tre island (Hon Doc), located in Tien Hai commune, Ha Tien district. It is nearly 28 km from Ha Tien coast and 40 km from Phu Quoc island. Right from the name, visitors can imagine the past on the island. Due to being located in the area of ​​Ha Tien - Rach Gia bay to the Gulf of Thailand, an important trade route from China to Western countries, centuries ago, this archipelago was an ideal place for pirates. garrison, hide, ambush and attack passing merchant ships. Until the early 20th century, in this sea, piracy was still raging. Not only is the obsession of many ships, Pirate Island is also said to be a place to hide treasure. Some believe it's just a rumor, others consider it a fact. But if you go back in time to the 80s of the last century, there were foreigners who infiltrated the island with the intention of searching for treasure. The story of a 300-year-old map that only leads to the treasure hidden on the island, and a large amount of ancient money found here makes Pirate Island even more special.

Today, in addition to curiosity from the name, people also come to Pirate Island to discover a rare wild beauty. The specialty in Hai Tac archipelago is sea urchin or sea urchin. People only need to carry a metal tongs and then dive to a depth of about 3 m of water to be able to harvest urchin. Visitors who know how to dive can join the locals to experience this work during the tour. After catching, Nhum will be strongly sieved to break all the spines, cut in half to eat raw, grilled with onion fat or cook porridge. The scene of the fishing village on the edge of Tre Van island, where the boat owners often pass by for tourists to enjoy the scenery. A shack with hammocks inside for guests to relax by the beach. This destination is located on a small island next to Hon Doc, connected by a wooden bridge across the sea. Pirate Island does not have electricity and internet. There will be two daily power cuts at noon and night. Visitors need to prepare batteries, power banks and 3G/4G sim cards in advance to comfortably enjoy the journey.

Address: Ha Tien, Kien Giang, Vietnam

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