Yayy, you finally arrive, next, where to visit in Dalat? First, you must know, Dalat city is famous for its natural beauty. Pine forest, breathtaking valley view, so if you are a sight-seeing lover, you’ve come to the right place.
As Dalat is pretty small, compared to Hanoi or Saigon, most of the locations will be outside of the central area. So don’t forget to rent a bike, or a flexible vehicle to move around.
If you don’t know how, read here to find out best way to move around Dalat.
Where to visit in Dalat Centre Area
Dalat Market and Hades Market
This is a must-visit destination when visiting Dalat. Here, there are beautiful second-hand warm clothes sold out along with specialties such as mulberry juice, artichoke tea, dried mixed fruits, jams, and so on.
Xuan Huong Lake
This is the most famous symbol of Dalat tourism. Early morning and dusk are the moments when this Xuan Huong Lake is at its most beautiful state.
Tourists can also take part in some games such as motor boating or sailing rubber boat on the lake.
Bao Dai Palace
Bao Dai Palace is also known as the Palace III, which is a beautiful and elegant mansion situated on a high hill of 1539m.
Location: On Trieu Viet Vuong Street, away Dalat center area about 2.5 km to the south.
Dalat Railway Station
Dalat Railway Station is located in No. 1 Quang Trung Street, Da Lat Railway Station is a familiar sight for travelers to take photos.
Dalat Flower Park
The Dalat Flower Park is located in Phu Dong Thien Vuong Street, about 2, 2km from the city center. Tourists traveling Dalat often visit gardens to admire the beautiful flowers and hunt memorable photos.
Chicken Church (Nhà Thờ Con Gà)
This is a beautiful place for tourists visiting Da Lat to take pictures. Considered as the biggest church in Dalat, of which there is a statue of a big chicken on the top of the tower bell, Con Gà Church is one of the typical and oldest architectural establishments of the city built by the French.
Address: on Tran Phu (Trần Phú) Street (near the Novotel).
Highlands Biology Institute/ Dalat Biology Institute
Located on the hilltop Tung Lam, about 10km away from the city center of Dalat. In addition to beautiful scenery, Biology Institute is also an animal museum and botanical garden.
Domaine de Marie Church / Notre Dame Territory
This is also known as Mai Anh Church, located on Ngo Quyen (Ngô Quyền) Street, about 1 km away from the city center to the southwest.
The church was built in the European style of the 17th century, having a harmonious combination of Western architecture with the architecture of the ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands.
Dalat Teaching College
This establishment is recognized worldwide as one of the 1,000 unique constructions of the world in the 20th century by the Association of Architects.
Muoi Loi peach valley
Situated on Le Hong Phong Street, close to the Palace III. In addition to the beautiful peach trees, this peach garden is also famous for the delicious and unusual produce.
Trai Mat station – Linh Phuoc Pagoda
At Trai Mat station, there are some Dalat attractions such as the holiday camp of Emperor Bao Dai, Trai Mat market, or Linh Phuoc Pagoda. Linh Phuoc Pagoda has unique faience mosaics architecture.
Especially, there is a dragon statue made of 12,000 beer bottles, so the temple is also known as the Ve Chai Temple.
Where to visit in Dalat: Northern Area
Valley of Love
It’s famous as the most poetic and lyrical destination of Dalat tourism, about 6km away from the city center to the northeast.
Tourists can climb the Vong Canh hill to contemplate the panoramic view of the Valley of Love.
Suoi Vang Valley / Suoi Vang Lake
From the center of Dalat to the north to the 7th km Tung Lam turn left, pass about the road of 12km in length to Suoi Vang Lake
The routes to Suoi Vang are so beautiful; tourists should bring food and coverings so they can stop at any place they want.
Lang Biang Mountain
It is away from the center area about 12 km to the north. When reaching the foothills, tourists have two choices: go hiking or going by jeep.
To hire a full jeep, it costs 180,000 VND, if traveling as an individual, you have to wait until there are enough 6 people, 50,000 VND/ each, then traveling about 15 minutes you will reach the top.
If you choose hiking (take the asphalt road to the top) you must go about 7-8 kilometers, taking 1 hour and 30 minutes to reach the top. The road up to the mountain top has wildflowers at its sides.
On top of the mountain, you will see the ravishing landscape, and can also enjoy the barbecue here.
Cu Lan Village
This is the brand new sight of Dalat tourism, which is a beautiful small village, situated romantically between thousands of hectares of primary forest.
Where to visit in Dalat: the South Area
Tuyen Lam Lake
Located at an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level, 5km from the center to the south, on the road of Prenn pass. Here, you can hire a boat to travel to the island.
A round trip is 200,000 dong, so you should rent with other guests to save money. Or, you can also go round the lakeshore (turn left) along the road to the island.
Then, after reaching the island, just feel free to enjoy bush meat. Remember to bring the sitting canvas so you can sit down when necessary.
At noontime, you can hire hammock with 7,000 VND / hour to sleep on.
Truc Lam Monastery
Located on the Phung Hoang (Phụng Hoàng) mountain, above the Tuyen Lam Lake. This is not only the largest monastery in Lam Dong but also the fascinating sight of DaLat tourism.
There is a cable car station opposite the monastery gate. Tourists can use the cable car to see the views of the city and pine forest (50,000 / round ticket).
Prenn waterfall
Located in the top of Prenn Pass, on Highway 20 from Saigon to Dalat, 10 km away from the center to the south.
To watching the great waterfall and an enormous hill, visitors also have the chance to taste the specialty of snakehead fish porridge at just 160,000 – 200,000 VND per 4 people.
Datanla Waterfall
This waterfall attracts tourists by the clear water stream flowing over 7 layers of the rocky mountain before flushing it down the big, white foaming stone slabs.
The waterfall is located 5km away from the center, in the middle of the Prenn Pass. From Highway 20, you turn 300 meters downhill to a small valley, then you will encounter Datanla waterfall with attractive and unspoiled landscapes.
Where to visit in Dalat: Remote Area
Cau Dat tea village
Green tea fields and especially wild sunflowers overshadowed the sky in the last months of the year.
From the city center, just run straight along with Tran Hung Dao – Hung Vuong and see the driving directions to Trai Mat, from which you can ask any roadside local people to help get to Xuan Truong.
Due to the location at the altitude of 1.650m above the sea level, the climate in this tea plantation is cool all year round. Tourists can visit a tea plantation for free without any fee or other charges.
Elephant waterfall – Linh An Temple
Located in the town of Ban Nam, Lam Ha ward, 25km from Dalat city to the southwest.
Lieng Rowoa waterfall, Elephant waterfall, is one of the beautiful waterfalls of the Highlands with a height of more than 30m, about 15m in width.
Behind the white waterfall, there are mysteriously deep caves, such as the Doi Cave, Gio Cave … Linh An Temple is located in the area of Elephant waterfall.
Within the precinct of the temple, there are many big sized Buddha statues which were elaborately carved.
D’ran town
Located at the foot of the D’ran pass, in Don Duong (Đơn Dương) district, the town is famous for bright yellow wild sunflowers.
There is also the specialty of baked rolls which have an unforgettable taste.
Pongour waterfall
Also called the seven-story waterfall, located in Duc Trong district, about 50 km away from Dalat, Pongour is 40 meters in height, stretches nearly 7 floors, and 100 meters in width.
Pongour is the only waterfall in Lam Dong that holds the annual Highlands ethnic festival on the full moon of January.
Dambri waterfall
At a distance of about 100 kilometers away from Da Lat going down, 200km from Ho Chi Minh City going up along the Highway 20, Dambri waterfall (belongs to Dambri ecotourism area) is located about 18km northeast of Bao Loc.
This is the highest waterfall in Lam Dong with a height of above 40m, forming two extremely majestic high, low flows.
We believe that it might take a couple of trips to Dalat for you to complete the whole list above. Don’t rush into anything, the main point of traveling to Dalat is for you to enjoy the peaceful vibe and fresh wind.
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