Dalat is a famous tourist city. It is known as the Spring or Flower City of the country. The rich climate, abundant natural resources and humanity help the city attract millions of visitors every year. After a quiet period of the 1980s, Da Lat tourism has changed dramatically in recent years.

As a Little Paris, the dreamed and poetic Da Lat thanks to the cold plateau at night. It is amazing in the early morning for foggy and the pine forests surrounding the city. Tourism is a strength but also factors that change Da Lat in the direction of urbanization.

 

With an altitude of 1500m above sea level, the weather is cool, pleasant, “city of flowers” is the most ideal resort for all types of tourists who need to book a hotel in Dalat. . The interesting “nothing” of the beautiful city can be mentioned as: no traffic lights, no police on the traffic junctions, no cyclo carrying tourists, no Air conditioning, not staying up late.

Dalat is also famous for villas in different styles as well as history. Should have a visiting to discover its beauties and unique. They are Dinh I, Dinh II, Dinh III (Bao Dai villa), Tran Le Xuan, Crazy House, etc

Furthermore, with French architecture still remains here, visitor can see and visit at Cao Dang Su Pham University, Dalat train station

For harmony to the nature and blooming flowers visitor can reach Central Flower Garden, Love Valley, Mong Mo Hill, Cau Dat Tea Plantation Hill, Cu Lan village, famous villages like Van Thanh, Ha Dong, huge Pumpkin garden. In addition, visitor can join to farms where grow organic vegetables, tomato to experience. And many other fields, special flower garden to pleasure visitor who love flower.

 

In fact Dalat city is a beautiful destination in the highland. There are a lot of sightseeings to discover. Here are some suggestions to discover. It depends on the time visitors have in Dalat to get more exploration. Your Da Lat tours should be visit all of the most beautiful spot as below.

Xuan Huong Lake was originally a valley with streams flowing through Cam Ly, where gathering of Lach people early. In 1919, from the initiative of the public servant Cunhac, Labbé’s public servants took steps to prevent the stream from becoming a lake. In 1923, the contemporary authorities built a dam underneath which formed two lakes. But in March 1932, a major storm broke both dams. From 1934 – 1935, Engineer Tran Dang Khoa designed, built a large stone dam: it is the bridge today. The French name is Grand Lac (Great Lakes)

 

 

Than Tho Lake is located about 6km east of Da Lat city center, along Quang Trung – Ho Xuan Huong road.

It is on a high hill amidst a tranquil pine forest. Scenery around the lake so poetic, water surface is always calm calm pond. Pine in Than Tho Lake seems to be more beautiful than other places because of the thinning, higher than the sun should shine down on the beautiful grass.

 

 

 

From a wilderness valley at an altitude of over 1,000m above sea level, Tuyen Lam Lake has been transformed into an ideal resort of highland. The lake is located 5km from Dalat, nestled between the vast pine forest and the legendary purple stream. Dry season in this area lasts 6 months, not a raindrop, but the lake is full of water. The lake is blue all year round, rarely with big waves. The pine forests cover the mountains, the hills around it, stretching out to thousands of eyes. All make natural quiet, peaceful and poetic painting.

 

Cam Ly waterfall is about 10m high, although not high, but the water flow is strong and not less gentle. This is the waterfall that goes into many poems and songs. Waterfalls are one of the indispensable symbols of the fog-like city of Ho Xuan Huong or Than Tho Lake. Sadly, Cam Ly waterfall is heavily polluted by waste from upstream. Many visitors witnessed extremely regret, hoping that one day to see the Cam Ly waterfall, as pure as ancient.

 

 

Note: High risk falls.

Tiger Cave is located 15 km east of Da Lat city, in Tuy Son hamlet, Xuan Tho commune. The waterfall is located in the middle of pine forest with the area of 308 ha, the height of the waterfall is about 50 m, longer than 500 m, on the road from Da Lat to Dran (Don Duong). Tiger Cave has many other names such as Ong Eagle, Thuan Waterfall, Da Sar waterfall, Thien Thai waterfall, Long …

 

 

 

The name Prenn is reminiscent of a period in the 15th and 17th centuries. From Ho Chi Minh City, follow the road 20 to Dalat through the Prenn Pass 10 km long. At the foot of the pass, go about 100m visitors will enjoy the softness and grace of a curtain light water from 10m high to a small valley, surrounded by flowers and pine trees.

Especially with the cable car system, you can across the falls in the feeling of adventure, as if thinking into the realms of the fairy.

 

 

Elephant waterfall is one of the beautiful waterfalls of the Central Highlands. It has a height of over 30m, 15m wide, 25km far from Dalat city to the southwest.

 

 

 

 

Dambri waterfall is about 60m high. Rainy season, the upstream water rumbling to roaring, a few kilometers away hear the sound. Around the waterfall is a forest almost still retain intact beauty wild uncovered with an area of nearly 300ha with enough birds. Many ancient trees such as stars, vultures, so many original … to a few three arms embrace is also here.

 

 

 

 

Pongour waterfall in Duc Trong district, about 20km far from the district center and 50km far from the center of Da Lat city. On Highway 20 Dalat – Sai Gon, go to Trung village (on the Chai mountain side) turn right to go a long way of land 8 km you will reach the Pongour waterfall that locals call Bay Waterfall or Thien Thai.

 

 

The center of Da Lat 5km, located between the Prenn Pass. It is from National Highway 20, turn down 300 meters to a small valley, you will meet Datanla waterfall with attractive and bold wild.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cathedral is located on Tran Phu Street, which is designed in the style of Roman Catholic churches in Europe, typical of the Roman school. The cross-shaped church (like cross) is 65m long, 14m wide, 47m high bell tower. At that height, from the bell tower, you can see the whole city. The church door leads to Langbiang Mountain.

 

 

 

 

Domaine de Marie Church is also known as the Church of the Son of God (because of the chapel of the soeurs of the Charity of the Charity of Charity). Mai Anh Church (because the area previously had many cherry blossoms). This is an architectural complex consisting of the chapel and the two rows of Bon Son Thanh Loi St. Vincent Son Monastery. It has a total area of 12 hectares located on Ngo Quyen Street, about 1 km southwest of Da Lat City Center.

 

 

Cam Ly Church (Cam Ly is the name of a waterfall in Da Lat) or Son Tra church is a church of the Catholic Church of Vietnam in Da Lat city, Lam Dong. The church serves primarily for ethnic minorities. It’s built by the priest Boutary, a Frenchman, with many ethnic minorities and contractor Nguyen Thanh Ho. The church was built for six years from 1960 to 1968.

The architecture is stylized from the traditional roof of the Tay Nguyen ethnic minority, and is expressed in the spirit of the rustic school of architecture. There is a harmonious combination between western architecture and ethnic traditions.

 

Visitors often know the city of Dalat with the romantic pine trees, many strange flowers, lakes that do not know that the city of fog also owns many beautiful ancient temples and pagodas.

Here are famous pagoda which visitors should visit once to Dalat. Dalat Truc Lam Buddhist Monastery, Van Hanh Zen Monastery, Linh An pagoda, Thien Vuong Co Sat pagoda (China pagoda style), Linh Phong, Linh Quang, Linh Son, Linh Phuoc, Linh Quy Phap An

 

Dalat Market is a commercial center of Dalat city located on the main street of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street and is considered “the heart of Da Lat city”. Not only a market with shopping activities, markets are also attracting visitors to the city of Dalat. In 2011, Da Lat Market was newly built and expected to be completed in 2018-2019.

 

 

 

In fact, Da Lat every season has its own beauty. You can come to discover Da Lat any season that best suits your conditions. Da Lat will be different at different times in the year.

Da Lat has 2 main seasons: dry season and rain season. The wet season is from April to October. Dry season is from November to March so it is the best time to visit Dalat. It is dry and very comfortable, so that the travelers can totally relax with the clean environment here and visit many fascinating natural destinations.

Moreover, this is the season of flowers in Da Lat when colorful flowers are bloomed brilliantly everywhere. There is an annual flower festival in January in Da Lat, when many unique types of flowers from the city and other areas in Vietnam are exhibited.

Due to the topographic features, Da Lat traffic only includes roads, railways and airlines. However, only road and air traffic is really active now. The most important route connecting Dalat with other cities is National Highway 20.

Lien Khuong Airport, 28 km south of Dalat city center, next to National Highway 20, it is in Lien Nghia Town, Duc Trong District. All three airlines in Vietnam have direct flights to here, depending on the time of year you can invest time to hunt cheap tickets to Dalat.

You can fly to Dalat from Hanoi, Sai Gon, Da Nang, Vinh and Hai Phong. Airlines will have the corresponding flight routes (Hanoi and Saigon, which also have), you can check directly on the ticket website of the airline.

From Ho Chi Minh City visitor can go to Dau Giay crossroads (Dong Nai) and then turn to Highway 20 to Dalat. This distance is about 300km from the center of Ho Chi Minh.

Traveler can fly to Cam Ranh from Hanoi and back to Nha Trang. And then go ahead to Dalat. Passing the spectacular Omega Pass, one of the beautiful roads connecting Da Lat plateau and coastal city of Nha Trang

From Sai Gon daily there are many high quality passenger trains to Dalat. Since the 20th national highway was upgraded, the time to move to Da Lat was reduced to about 5-6hours.

Taking Xuan Huong Lake as a heart, the tourist spots in Dalat are quite close. The most suitable means to discover Dalat is the motorbike. The motorbike will be more flexible in moving to smaller locations where the taxis come in unsuitable. Also it is suitable to wander the flower and have economic benefits best for your trip

There are many bike rental locations around the Xuan Huong Lake area. With cool weather, the bike rental around the city is quite fun, but only for nearby places, walking around the lake. Bicycle vehicles are unlikely to move as well as steep.

This is a suitable vehicle for elderly families and children who are traveling by motorbike or bicycle. When you come to Da Lat, you can get a phone number and rent a fixed one.

 

 

This is one of the most popular street foods in Da Lat that enthralls both residents and tourists. Many Western tourists call it “Vietnamese pizza” because of its shape and color. This dish requires very simple ingredients and it’s also easy to cook. Its taste is extremely amazing. First of all they put around rice paper on a charcoal stove and apply oil with chopped green onion on rice paper’s surface. Next, they add egg, minced pork and dried tiny shrimps on top and keep grilling until it has a stunning yellow look with a fantastic smell. If you can stand hot, you can ask them to add some chili sauce on top. Enjoy a piping hot “Vietnamese pizza” in the cold air at night will be an unforgettable experience of your trip to Da Lat.

 

The origin of Can cake is not from Da La but this food has been a favorite dish of the locals for years. Can cake is made of pure rice with the filling of spring onion. What makes it special is that the cake is cooked in small earthenware pots without oil. When the cake is well-cooked, it is inflate and crispy. This dish is served with fish sauce, meatballs and crackers on top. Sometimes, it is served with a special dipping sauce made from small fish.

 

 

It sounds a bit strange as avocado ice cream is one of the most beloved desserts in this cold climate land. The taste of avocado ice cream explains why everyone here can’t stand against this cream even on the coolest days. A perfect combination between scoops of fresh sweet white ice cream and soft greasy grinded avocado can even enchant people who have picky taste. You just have to mix ice cream and grinded avocado well together then enjoy it. They also elevate its taste by adding some dried coconut on top.

 

Another type of ice cream that numerous travelers recall when talking about Da Lat is strawberry ice cream. As you know, thanks to the cold climate of highland, Da Lat is the only city in Viet Nam can grow strawberries that are succulent with a fresh sweet taste. Therefore, strawberry ice cream is one of the must-try foods for tourists when traveling to Da Lat. Strawberries are mixed with milk, egg and other ingredients to create an awesome flavor that can impress you at first try.

 

 

Name of this dish sounds strange for many people. in fact, it is quite like “Nom Bo Kho”, a sweet and sour salad with dried beef sold in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. The main ingredients of Xap Xap are grated green papaya, simmer pork liver, peanuts, mint leaves, sweet and sour fish sauce and chili sauce on top. Many Western people think this food is a type of appetizer; however, people in Da Lat usually eat it in the afternoon of late night as a nosh.

 

This dish is an amazing combination between thin rice flour pancakes of the central region of Vietnam and stir-fried chicken viscera. The clever seasoning of stir-fried chicken viscera mingle with the softness of special pancake create an outstanding taste that you have never experienced before.

 

The meatball soup eaten along with breads is so delicious and popular that every trip to Da Lat will not be completed without that dish. Though you may see Banh Mi xiu mai in some places around Vietnam, bread with meatballs soup in Da Lat has its own heavenly taste. Meatballs are made of grinded pork mixed with cat ear mushroom, minced onion, garlic and some kinds of spices. After processing meatballs they boil them in broth with grinded tomato. That is the reason why you can feel greasy yet fresh taste meatballs soup without being closed. A portion of this dish includes a bowl of meatballs soup and a hot crispy bread.

 

Thick noodle soup is a popular food in Da Lat and other citites in Viet Nam. Thick noodle soup here is a perfect combination of thick rice vermicelli that’s totally handmade. The pork based broth is a real star of this dish. The broth is made from simmered pig’s bones and minced pork. Also, thick noodle soup is eaten with quail egg, sliced pork meat and minced green onion. All creates an unfortable flavor to every diners.

 

Soybean milk is the most favorite drink of locals as well as tourists traveling to Da Lat. Soybean milk is so popular that you can find this kind of drink at most of the corners of Da Lat. Enjoy a hot glass of soybean milk in cold weather when the night falling is an indispensable experience for every travelers here. You will definitely never forget sweet and fresh flavor of soybean milk together with slightly fragrance of pineapple in each glass.

 

Da Lat is famous for its coffee street feature. Da Lat coffee is simple just like the locals here. It is not as strong as Hanoi coffee and not as sweet and light as SaiGon coffee. Da Lat coffee has its own flavor with subtle fragrance and moderate bitter that can enchant people at first try. Almost people here drink coffee in the morning at small shop along streets and around Xuan Huong lake.