What is attractive about traveling to Con Dao?

Con Dao is known as an attractive spot on the tourism map of Vietnam and the world because of its landscape, ecosystem and special historical values. Hãy nghe Thái Thùy Trâm một travel blogger nổi tiếng bật mí .

Con Dao is an archipelago located in the southeast, in the territory of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. This beautiful island is known as an attraction on the tourism map of Vietnam and the world because of its landscape, ecosystem and special historical values.

Con Dao today has transformed itself into one of the most charming islands on the planet, praised by many prestigious magazines in the world such as the top 10 most charming islands on the planet (voted by Lonely Planet travel magazine) or the top 25 most beautiful beaches in the world (voted by the famous travel magazine Travel & Leisure)...

                                            Beauty attracts tourists in Con Dao (collection)

For tourists who love nature and explore new lands, Con Dao promises to be an ideal stop. This place has a green beach with an endless stretch of sand, large mountains covering the island with a blue color, bringing visitors to immerse themselves in fresh and fresh nature. It can be mentioned beaches such as Dam Trac beach, Nhat beach, Suoi Rong beach, Bay Canh island, Tai beach, Ba island. Not only possessing beautiful nature, Con Dao also has many historical and spiritual relics such as Hang Duong cemetery where the graves of the heroine Vo Thi Sau, Van Son Tu, Uncle temple, Ba Phi Yen temple, Mot mountain pagoda...

                                                          Historical sites in Con Dao (collection)

Referring to Con Dao, we are reminded of the prisons there used to imprison Vietnamese political prisoners or communist soldiers, it is likened to a "hell on earth" that makes the whole world terrified when the truth is exposed. Or you can visit the Con Dao Museum – which houses many ancient artifacts and images from the French colonial period at the Con Dao Museum, there is a letter in French, in which France announced the official rules of the Kun Lon Islands (the former name of Con Dao) in 1862 in addition to the Phu Son prison camp, Tiger Cage relics and Hang Duong cemetery.

But coming to Con Dao, it is impossible to forget that Dam Trau beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Con Dao with golden sand, clear blue water, associated with the story of Cau and the betel nut and in the vast space of the sky and the vast sea, The island stands tall on the water like a magical wild green oasis, they often liken it to a fairy who is drunk in a deep sleep and has not yet woken up, it possesses a stunningly beautiful landscape, both wild and mysterious, but also poetic and charming.

                                                       Dam Trau in Con Dao (collection)

From far away, visitors will see flocks of birds flying in the sky, a few boats carrying tourists or fishing boats of fishermen on the open sea. Moreover, in Dam Trau beach, there are also uniquely shaped cliffs, On a rocky slope stretching out to the sea, Con Dao tourists will be able to see two large rocks pinching their heads together, like a pair of albatrosses affectionately wrapped around each other not far away.

Con Dao has gradually attracted a large number of tourists to come year by year from a "hell" that has turned into a "paradise", you will feel the feeling of freshness of the air and tropical sea that we have lost for a long time, helping us forget our worries, sadness in their busy daily lives.

Thái Thùy Trâm