What to visit? Eat what ? Where to stay when traveling to Da Lat are the questions many of you ask when planning to explore the city of thousands of flowers. To answer those questions, the article Da Lat travel - Dalat travel experience from A to Z below will help you have a perfect trip in the land of thousands of flowers.
1. Basic information about Dalat tourism du
Da Lat city is the capital of Lam Dong province with an altitude of more than 1500m above sea level, because of such outstanding altitude, Da Lat city is cool all year round, mild climate, fertile soil. It grows most temperate crops. In the heyday of Da Lat, people often refer to this place as a miniature Paris with full of elements such as architecture, cuisine, culture, religion, residents... all of them carry the breath of Da Lat .
Once a famous tourist city with places such as Lake of Than Tho , Cam Ly Waterfall , Valley of Love ... Da Lat tourism has now lost its taste and no longer retains its traditional features. as wild as the old days. The famous tourist attractions in Da Lat today such as Clay Tunnel , Truc Lam Zen Monastery , Tuyen Lam Lake , Palace 1 , Ghost Forest Lu Quan , Xuan Huong Lake , XQ History...all create attraction with millions of tourists flocking to visit the city every year. Da Lat is only 300km from Saigon, 5 hours by bus and 40 minutes by plane, from Hanoi you can fly directly to Lien Khuong airport with a time of 1.5 hours. Da Lat is a tourist center with a cool climate that helps visitors escape the hot summer sun of the South Central, Southern and Western tropical regions.
2. Means of transportation when traveling to Dalat.
- Currently, Da Lat tourism has developed a new turning point, Lien Khuong airport is upgraded to an international airport, the road from the airport to Da Lat is also built a highway to help shorten the time. It takes only 30 minutes to travel from Da Lat to the airport. From Hanoi, Da Nang, Saigon, Can Tho, you can buy air tickets of two airlines Vietnam Airlines and Vietjetair with prices from 800 000 VND to 2 000 000 VND with flight time from 40 minutes from Saigon to 1.5 hours from Hanoi.
To Lien Khuong airport, you can call a taxi 02633 666 777 (Taxi Lado), 02633 38 38 38 38 (Taxi Mai Linh) to move back to Da Lat. Besides taking a taxi, you can take a bus for 40,000 VND / 1 person or use the airport shuttle service in Da Lat for 450,000 VND / 1 trip for a 7-seat car and 650,000 VND / 1 trip for a 16-seat car. .
Means of sightseeing when traveling to Dalat.
When it comes to means of visiting Da Lat, you will have a lot of options, one of the options that many tourists love today is to join a cheap day tour of Da Lat for only 140 000 VND / 1 person, or rent a motorbike by yourself to visit and explore Da Lat.
Besides the 2 cost-effective and popular options above, you can rent a car to visit Da Lat with costs ranging from 700 000 VND - 1 000 000 VND / 1 day depending on the distance nearly different. If you can drive a car by yourself, you can rent a self-drive car in Da Lat to visit Dalat with the rental price of about 700 000 VND / day. In addition, you can hire a taxi to visit Da Lat, the price of a taxi is equivalent to the price of a tourist car, but if you hire a taxi, you should be wary because the driver may advise you to eat or buy specialties in poor quality places and hack to earn commissions.
3. Da Lat tourist destinations are being loved by many tourists today.
Da Lat Waterfall
Pongour Waterfall (50km from Dalat)
Elephant Waterfall (30km from Da Lat)
Bobla Waterfall - Lien Dam Waterfall
Chinese Temple - Thien Vuong Co Sat
Linh Son Pagoda
Linh Phuoc Pagoda
Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda
Dalat Church
Dalat Mansion
Da Lat architectural works
Central Highlands Institute of Biology
Crazy house ( Crazy house).
Chicken Village
Dalat tourist area
Golden Stream Lake
L Ang Van Thanh hoa
Hoa Son Dien Trang
Lam Vien Square Hi-tech Strawberry Garden
Hydrangea Flower Field
Tuyet Tinh Coc - Da Lat
Da Lat Snow Grass Hill
F Dalat Flower Field
Hoa Son Dien Trang
The field of hydrangeas
4. The places to eat in Da Lat
Bread shumai
Not only tourists but also many Da Lat people still choose banh mi shumai for their breakfast. A bowl of shumai consists of shumai balls made from minced meat, broth mixed with onions, making people enjoy as warm as the whole body in the cold weather of Da Lat. You can enjoy banh mi banh mi at some places such as Lien Hoa, Hoang Dieu street or a small shop on Tang Bat Ho street, further you can ride a motorbike through the crossroads of university, Nguyen Cong Tru street. The banh mi banh mi in this area is very delicious. The price for each cup with 2 breads is 10,000 to 15,000 VND.
Cheese Sour Cream
This is a dish that many young people "search for" when coming to Da Lat, made like regular yogurt but cleverly adding cheese in the ingredients. Cheese yogurt is fatty, flexible, sour, sold at a very famous family in front of the Chinese pagoda on Khe Sanh street, for 7,000 VND per jar.
Meat, seafood and grilled skewers
Plates of meat and seafood are marinated with spices, giving off a fragrant aroma and "sizzling" sound when placed on the oven. In addition, you can also eat grilled skewers directly on the streets of Da Lat . The price of meat and seafood is from 80,000 to 120,000 VND per plate, grilled skewers are from 5,000 to 10,000 VND per stick.
Wet cake with chicken hearts
A part will include wet cake, chicken intestine, pork, vegetables, fried rice cake and fish sauce. The chicken used in this dish is tough, the cake is hot, but when you bring it out, you need to eat it immediately because it is cold so it will cool quickly. The price of a plate is 30,000 VND. In addition, you can try chicken salad or chicken porridge when coming to Trang restaurant on Tang Bat Ho street. Pay attention to early from 16:00 to 17:00 because the shop sells out very quickly.
Grilled spring rolls
Like Hue beef vermicelli , grilled spring rolls are famous in Nha Trang, but many people still invite each other to eat this dish at Ba Hung restaurant on Hoang Van Thu street when coming to Da Lat (There is an alley right by the lake from the Saigon Dalat hotel roundabout. When you pass by, you run across the lake to see Nem Nuong Ba Hung beach , or many other places with similar brands made by Ba Hung's family). Grilled spring rolls here are a bit different from Nha Trang in that it is not served with mango, the dipping sauce is broth instead of fish sauce like Nha Trang. The price for a grilled spring roll here is 40,000 VND including raw vegetables, dipping sauce, and rice paper rolls.
Fruit ice cream
Although the night of Da Lat is cold, everyone who comes to Da Lat wants to try this cold ice cream fruit. Simply a plate of ice cream, fruits such as watermelon, dragon fruit, avocado, jackfruit... add a little coconut milk. Especially if you come to Da Lat in the avocado season, avocado ice cream is always the most ordered by tourists. On Nguyen Van Troi Street, there are two ice cream shops that are always crowded, with prices ranging from 10,000-20,000 VND per plate depending on the type.
Fried Rice with Corn
Cha Ram Bap is a delicious dish only available in Da Lat, at first hearing the name of the dish seems strange. Grilled ram corn is made from baby corn with rice paper and fried packet stream. Diners will eat corn rolls with raw vegetables and dipping sauce. The ideal place to eat this dish is Hao Na restaurant in an alley on Bui Thi Xuan street, from Xuan Huong lake you run through Bui Thi Xuan market, through Chi Thanh bookstore about 100m, turn into the alley on the left hand side to see the shop. .
Cakes and soy milk
Milk is aromatic, dense and moderately sweet. In addition to soy milk , you can replace it with chickpea milk , peanuts or corn milk , black sesame. Walking along Tang Bat Ho street, you will see a busy soy milk shop, open from 17h to 24h. The price per cup is only 6,000 VND for hot soybeans and 7,000 VND for iced soybeans.
5. Accommodation when traveling to Dalat.
Homestay Dalat
– Being a homestay
Address: 77 Hoang Dieu, Da Lat.
Located not far from the city center, La Nha Homestay is equally attractive with its classic colors, fancy space combination in the villa… an interesting Homestay that makes you just want to discover what this place has to offer possess.
Staying at La Nha Homestay has many different spaces, you can choose a spacious and comfortable room with 300,000 - 650,000 VND/room or rest in the dorm form 170,000 VND/person or anyone who wants to be close to nature, the scent of plants, If the wind is cool, you can camp, in a tent, it's about 120,000 VND/tent.
- Long's Homestay
Located at Phan Dinh Phung Street, Ward 2, near famous eating places and scenic spots, this is an ideal place for many young people to stay when traveling to Da Lat today. Long Homestay Dalat has many types of rooms for you to choose from, you can rent a single room with 1 double bed for about 180 000 VND per night or bunk beds for 80k / 1 person.
Address: No. 19/224 Phan Dinh Phung, Ward 2, Da Lat City
Tel: 0633 501 279 - 0633 515 191.
- HomeFarm homestay.
In addition to quality homestays like La Homestay or Tre's house, recently Da Lat has revealed a new Homestay address - HomeFarm is so beautiful that young people "stand still" and want to pick up their backpacks and go immediately. .
Address: Ward 4, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 090 906 24 04
– Le Bleu
Address: Ly Tu Trong Street, Da Lat
This green wooden house on the deserted plateau coincidentally coincides with the name Le Bleu (bleach means blue in French) that arose from a garden that had been left unattended for a long time. Le Bleu Da Lat is a 2-storey wooden house halfway up the hill near the center of Da Lat city. The day is sunny but cool.
Address: 1D, Nguyen Khuyen, Da Lat.
Dalat Hotel.
(The list is for reference only, Dalat tourism has more than 950 hotels , I cannot list all of them here).
1 star hotel in Dalat
- Lam Anh Hotel Dalat
Address: 114 Hai Ba Trung - Ward 6 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633 91 32 32 - 0919 860 428
- Phuong Thanh Hotel
Address: 04 Bui Thi Xuan - Ward 2 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633 91 70 70
- Hoang Thao Hotel Dalat
Address: 80B Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633510131 – 0918007411
- Dalat Royal Hotel Dalat
Address: 80A Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Phone: 02633832177 – Fax: 0633837937
- Le Phuong Hotel Da Lat
Address: 80D Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633823743 – 0913881114
2 Star Hotel Da Lat
- Hong Loc Hotel Dalat (2 star standard)
Address: 40 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633821708 – 0633511021
- Tulip Hotel Dalat (2 star standard)
Address: No. 26 3/2 Street, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633510995 – 0633510996 – Fax: 0633510997
- Dai Lien Dalat Hotel (1 star standard)
Address: Lot B9 3/2 Street, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 0972503779
- P&K Dalat Hotel (2-star standard)
Address: Lot B8 3/2 Street, Ward 1 - City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633510746 – Fax: 0633510746 – 0977467932
- Duy Tan Hotel Dalat (2 star standard)
Address: 83 February 3rd Street, Ward 4 – City. Da Lat
Tel: 02633822216 – Fax: 0633823677
3-star hotel in Dalat
- Iris Hotel Dalat
Address: Phan Nhu Thach, City. Da Lat, Ward 1
Phone: 063 3593 456
- Ngoc Phat Hotel Dalat
Address: 10 Ho Tung Mau, Ward 3, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3683 979
- Da Lat Mountain Street Hotel
Address: 44 - 46 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Da Lat, Lam Dong 670000
Phone: 063 3778 899
- Best Western Plaza Hotel Dalat Khách
Address: 19, Le Dai Hanh, Ward 3, Dalat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 6252 999
- River Prince Hotel Dalat
Address: 135 - 145 Phan Dinh Phung, Ward 2, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3565 888
Resort Dalat
- Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa
Address: Le Lai, Ward 5, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3555 888
- Terracotta Hotel & Resort Dalat Terracotta
Address: Functional subdivision 7.9, Tuyen Lam Lake Tourist Area, Ward 3, City. Da Lat Lam Dong, Vietnam, city. Da Lat, Lam Dong 670000 VND
Phone: 063 3883 838
- Hoang Anh Resort Dalat
Address: 3 Nguyen Du, 9, city. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3810 826
- Dalat Edensee Lake Resort & Spa
Address: Tuyen Lam Lake - Area VII.2, Dalat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3831 515
- Binh An Village Resort Dalat
Tuyen Lam Lake, Ward 4, Da Lat City, Vietnam
Tel: 84-63-3800 999
Email: dalat@binhanvillage.com
Website: www.binhanvillage.com
-Swiss-BelResort Tuyen Lam
Address: Zone 7 & 8, Tuyen Lam Tourism Area, W.3, Dalat City, Lam Dong Province, Ward 3, city. Da Lat, Lam Dong 061000
Phone: 063 3799 799
-Osaka Village Dalat
Address: 62 Dong Da, Ward 3, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 063 3533 160
Dalat Villa
- Reveto Villa Dalat
Address: 35 Tran Dai Nghia, Ward 8, Dalat, LD
Phone: 090 955 12 12
- Villa Du Lac Da Lat
Address: 39A1 Ngo Van So Street, Ward 9, Dalat, LD
Phone: 091 950 42 22
- Hong Mon Villa
Address: 100 To Hien Thanh, Ward 3, City. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 0263 3532 366
- Dalat Train Villa & Cafe
Address: 1 Quang Trung, 9, city. Da Lat, Lam Dong
Phone: 0263 3816 365
- Dalat Cadasa
Address: 14, Tran Hung Dao, Ward 10, Dalat, Lam Dong
Phone: 0263 3586 677
- Hoang Loc Villa Hotel
Address: 22/2 Phu Dong Thien Vuong Street, Ward 8, Dalat, LD
Phone: 0263 3701 671
6. Beautiful places to take photos when traveling to Dalat
Lu Quan forest ghost.
Lu Quan ghost forest is a beautiful photography location with majestic natural scenery, flowers, and romantic wooden houses beside a beautiful stream.
Address: Da Nghit, Lac Duong District. (Go straight to the Golden Stream).
Van Thanh Flower Village
One of the three largest flower villages in Da Lat city, here you will experience the actual floriculture as well as the techniques related to flower care and harvesting in Da Lat.
Address: Go straight on Hoang Van Thu street, turn right at the end of the road, go through Van Thanh flower village.
Cau Dat Tea Hill
This is a place to take photos with nature and new and fresh color fonts, this is a place not to be missed. However, the distance from Da Lat to Cau Dat tea hill is about 25km.
Address: Go straight to Trai Mat - Da Lat.
Lavender Field
Dalat Lavender flower field is located on Tuyen Lam lake, this is one of the flower fields that are making young people stand still, just want to travel to Da Lat once to take pictures with beautiful flowers.
Address: Road to the Clay Tunnel tourist area.
Japanese Tomato Garden - Strawberry Garden
If you love taking photos and want to have new and unique frames with Da Lat style, gardens like this are a must-visit place.
Address: Chien Thang lake area, ward 8, Da Lat city.
Triangle Flower Fields
Recently, the hectare-wide flower field of Tam Giac Mach is creating a fever in Da Lat. Thousands of visitors are eager and eager to once set foot here to save themselves beautiful photos with their friends and family.
Address: Campus of Dalat Mill Dairy Company, Bong Lai Commune, Don Duong District.
Lam Vien Square
Address: Xuan Huong Lake - Da Lat
Children's Cultural House in Dalat
- Phu Dong Thien Vuong Street - Da Lat.
Homestays in Dalat
– Is a homestay, address: 77 Hoang Dieu, Da Lat.
– Tre's house, address: 149A Vo Truong Toan, Da Lat.
– Le Bleu, address: Ly Tu Trong Street, Da Lat
– HomeFarm, address: 17/1 Trieu Viet Vuong, Da Lat.