10 FREE destinations worth visiting in DaLat
Top 10 FREE Destinations Worth Visiting in DaLat, Vietnam
Traveling Dalat is really cheap compared to many other regions of Vietnam. Especially there are many extremely attractive destinations that you do not have to spend money for entrance fee.
1. Linh Phuoc Pagoda
Linh Phuoc pagoda is located at 120 Tu Phuoc - Ward 11 which is in the northeast, 8km from the city center.
The pagoda is also called “Ve Chai” (means glass) pagoda, because there is the Dragon- shaped design made from the broken pieces of glasses in accordance to the design of Khai Dinh's Tomb in Hue. In the main temple, there is a statue of Thich Ca Buddhist with the height of 4.9m, sitting under the root of Bodhi tree.
A 49m Dragon flying around the garden.
2. Cau Dat Tea hill
Away 22km to the southeast from the center of Dalat city, there is a famous region of tea planted in 1922. Cau Dat tea planation is a highlight for those who would like to soak up the Vietnamese tea and wander through the misty highlands. And It’s better to visit in the harvest season, when you can enjoy the entire beauty of the scenery.
3. Domaine de Marie Church
Domain De Marie Church is located on a small hill in Ngo Quyen Street, about 1 km to the southwest of Dalat center. Tourists not only can be enjoying sightseeing or shooting an beauty architectural in the Europe style of the 17th century, but also choosing some unique souvenir items selling for the purpose of charity.
4. Dalat Pedagogical College
Dalat Pedagogical College is Architect is recognized by worldwide architecture association as one of the 1,000 unique constructions of the world in the 20th century The college was founded in 1927 by the French architect - Professor Moncet,
Class rows are built as an arc, brick is used to build this college is red brick was transported from Europe. Highlights of arc blocks is the bell tower . Heretofore, outside the bell tower is a clock but now may have been removed, visitors can see traces of the big clock on the tiled. Above the bell tower was no longer bell so perhaps was dismantled during the former regime..
5. Truc Lam Zen Monastery
On the way to Tuyen Lam Lake, tourists have to run right onto a zigzagging road at the mountain side to Phoenix Summit, on which stands beautiful famous Truc Lam Zen Monastery in an open poetic natural environment. The pagoda was built in 1993 – 1994 by superior Buddhist monk Thich Thanh tu and it was designed with the oriental architecture style. With the beautiful landscapes, the pagoda is not only a place for meditation but also an ideal place for visiting.
6. Tuyen Lam Lake
Tuyen Lam Lake, 6 km to the South of Dalat, has the water surface of 350 ha. It was created by Tia stream - head water of Da Tam River. No one knows when and why it was called Tuyen Lam, but maybe because of the grandiose nature around it - stream and forest were close to each other. Tuyen stands for stream, Lam stands for forest. Tuyen Lam is a place for water and tree meeting each other.
It also carries a lot of human civilizations that promising the future of being a large scale and famous tourist area with many special tourism activities as: sightseeing, camping, relaxing, curing, walking, hiking, fishing, visiting revolution base, festival – faith, entertainment, sports, … and the most interesting is ecotourism.
7. Xuan Huong Lake
At the very heart of Dalat city, lying Xuan Huong Lake. Used to be the site in which many indigenous people of Langbian highland inhabited, this man-made lake is nowadays the most beautiful lake of Dalat, giving the city an invaluable gift of having a lake right in the center.
Van Thanh is known as the largest flower village in Da Lat. It is about 3km from the city’s center. The village was formed by people from the northern province of Ha Nam several decades ago.
Although its terrain is steep, Van Thanh is still the main source of flower supply for Da Lat, especially roses. The village has dozens of species of roses.
9. Dalat Night Market
When the sun goes down at 5 p.m., Da lat city is lit up by the bright lights of shops, restaurants and hotels. In the cool night air, visitors put on warm clothes to wander around the small streets exploring the local cuisine. Dalat city which is a famous tourist destination famous therefore has the best foods that cannot be seen anywhere else. Dalat night market is overwhelming with dainty morsels due to extremely chilly cool evenings. Going for a walk to Dalat night market, visitors would be surprised by the mushrooming of a couple small tables and chairs that don’t bother the customers.
10. Dried Flowers Showroom
The Dried Flower Showroom belongs to Dalat Flower Forest Biotechnology Corporation. It is located on Mai Anh Dao treet, ward 8, Dalat city. This place always welcomes tourists who want to contemplate the beauty of dried flowers. Many types of flowers are dried with Japan technology so they can keep the fresh appearances in about 3-5 years. You will be surprised with hundreds amazing arts from flowers at this attraction.
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