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Talking about Bac Ha market, Thang Co is indispensable, a specialty dish associated with Bac Ha market. This is a favorite dish of the H'Mong people for hundreds of years. By tradition, Thang Co is made from horse meat, but today, it can be cooked with buffalo, beef, or pork...
Today, the number of visitors choosing Sapa as a holiday destination is increasing more and ore, In order to meet the increasing demand of tourists coming to this misty land, many luxury resorts have been built. Below is our list of 10 most luxurious resorts in Sapa...
Sapa is an attractive tourist destination in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam. Coming to Sapa, you have the opportunity to conquer Fansipan mountain, admire the magnificent beauty of terraced fields, participate in ethnic markets... There are many interesting experiences waiting for you in this foggy town. If you are about to travel to Sapa...
Spring and summer, the climate is mild, the valley is filled with the green color of terraced fields. In autumn, the valley glows with a bright yellow rice color on the most beautiful terraced fields in the world. The golden sun like pouring honey makes the natural scene not sweeter. In winter, tourists flock here to "hunt the snow", a romantic and strange scene that seems to only exist in "Western heaven"...
Surely many people will be interested in and want to check the entrance fee list to visit tourist attractions in Sapa to be able to estimate the cost more accurately for their Sapa trip. This article I will update all the check-in locations, famous tourist attractions in Sapa and the price list of Sapa tourist entrance fees at each point, applicable for 2021 for your reference.
Famous as one of the most fascinating tourist destinations in Vietnam, Sapa has become more and more attractive to tourists. Coming to the mountain town, finding a midrange hotel with a nice view and a good price is probably not easy. But don't worry, in this article I will give you some useful information.
Famous as one of the most fascinating tourist destinations in Vietnam, Sapa has become more and more attractive to tourists. Coming to the mountain town, finding a midrange hotel with a nice view and a good price is probably not easy. But don't worry, in this article I will give you some useful information.
There are no high buildings, modern hotels, Ta Van has mostly small wooden houses, nestled behind the bamboo, beside the small streams. The main material is wood and ethnic traditions make the visitors feel more interesting and closer to nature. In here most homestays have long benches and a small table, a few pots of plants, or a green fence surrounding the house.
All visitors to the tourist site of Sapa for Tet and spring are all amazed to see the wonderful beauty of white clouds floating on "city in the mist," full of peach blossom, plum, orchid, cymbidium flowers, extremely romantic. Although the weather is cold, these flowers still bloom together to make their souls more poetic.
There are about 800 households in Cat Cat village, the houses are located alongside the small stone path leading into village. The centre of the village is the meeting point of three small streams flowing all day and night and the Cat Cat waterfall, also known as Tien Sa waterfall.
Throughout our entire meal, a middle aged Hmong woman is sitting outside the window of the restaurant, staring at us . When we glance out, she holds up her wares, pointing, indicating we buy. We try to avoid encouraging her by making eye contact, but she remains for the duration of dinner.
The roads had improved although some sections were still in very poor condition. The first turnoff down the valley brought me to Lai Chai. I knew that Lanh lived there and found the house from memory. Lanh was not home but working the fields planting rice I was told- just further up the road. Lanh's grandmother looked bewildered and probable asked who I was and what I was doing there.
The following morning we were up at seven for a nice hot shower before another enormous buffet breakfast. We packed up our rooms and checked out by 9am in order to meet our Hmong guide from the day before for starting our next trek. Today she accompanied by six other women (some carrying babies) and a few young girls, this time not trying to sell anything.
Everyone we had spoken to had said that we must visit Sapa, and we were not disappointed. On emerging from our hotel on the second day, we were glad of the fact that we had brought our raincoats and I think our guide was rather surprised when we said that we were happy to walk to some of the villages.