Not the seas, these are the 3 destinations that make the 'island' this summer

(VTC News) - While beach destinations are seeing crowded afternoons at the beaches, many tourists choose another way to cool off, which is to go to the mountains.

(VTC News) - While beach destinations are seeing crowded afternoons at the beaches, many tourists choose another way to cool off, which is to go to the mountains.

This shifting trend is moving towards 3 cool destinations with diverse experiences: Fansipan (Sa Pa), Ba Na (Da Nang) and Ba Den Mountain (Tay Ninh).

Fansipan, Sa Pa - Northern summer resort paradise

Located at an altitude of 1,600 m above sea level, in contrast to the hot weather in the North, Sapa is always cool with a temperature below 25 degrees Celsius. Not to mention in the early morning or late afternoon, the whole town is covered with a very romantic cold mist.

This season, Sa Pa also conquers the most fastidious tourists by its generous natural beauty. In the terraced fields, girls are releasing each cool green "silk strip", all over the villages of Y Linh Ho, Ta Phin, Ta Van and Muong Hoa valley.

The sacred peak of Fansipan is magically beautiful even on the hottest summer days.

If you choose a destination that gathers all the "quintessence" of Sa Pa, don't forget Sun World Fansipan Legend - a tourist area located in the spectacular natural setting of the sacred peak of Fansipan with a variety of unique indigenous cultural experiences.

Surfing with the cable car to the "Roof of Indochina", visitors will be caught in the eye of the majestic, equally poetic beauty of Hoang Lien Son mountains and forests. As soon as the door of the cable car cabin opens, a fairyland welcomes you with white clouds, a profound spiritual complex and majestic Fansipan peak between the mountains.

After half a day of traveling to the top of Fansipan, the other half of the day should be spent exploring the area of ​​​​the cable car station, with a valley of millions of blooming roses and a flower garden of tens of hectares with various species of red firecrackers, purple flowers, and fairy tales. In addition, there is also a "small village" of 5 ethnic minorities H'Mong, Tay, Giay, Dao, Xa Pho, where visitors can experience with indigenous people, discover the beauty of culture, beliefs, and unique cuisine.

Ba Na - wonderland, jubilant festival

Located in the "tourist capital" of the Central region, Ba Na peak has been an ideal resort since hundreds of years ago when the French came to Indochina. And up to now, this is still a place to avoid hot and cold attracting tourists to Da Nang.

Not only famous around the world for the Golden Bridge, Ba Na Hills has long been known as the "fairyland". In this place, the air is cool between the four sides of mountains covered with clouds, flowers bloom in four brilliant seasons. Coming here, just enjoying the cool resort space is enough to not want to return.

More than that, Ba Na peak has a whole world of travel and entertainment Sun World Ba Na Hills, with beautiful fairy-tale castles, non-stop four-season festivals, countless unique art shows throbbing around every corner, indoor entertainment areas that are enough to attract young people to stay there all day without getting bored.

Ba Na is bustling with festivals on summer days.

At night, Ba Na looks like a fairyland in a fairy tale. Castles shimmering in the mist. Bustling music and dance where Beer Plaza stirs up the space. The unique 3D Mapping light show at the Sun Castle brings visitors lost in a dreamlike virtual world.

Those who love romance will just want to stay in Ba Na for a lifetime, to stay in the dark, to wander on the misty lanes, feel the cold creeping on their shoulders and hair. Avoiding the heat in such a magical place, who wouldn't want to?

Ba Den Mountain - lost in the cool and peaceful spiritual region

Only about 100 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Den Mountain is the leading attractive destination in the South in the summer, when the temperature here is always 8-10 degrees Celsius lower than the city. In July, visitors also have to wear cold clothes in the middle of summer, because the temperature on the top of Ba Mountain is only from about 15 degrees Celsius, fog and clouds spread dimly and romantically like a second Da Lat.

This season is also the hunting season for clouds in Ba Mountain. Visitors will have the opportunity to admire the floating sea of ​​clouds but may be lucky to see firsthand the interesting phenomenon of "flying saucer clouds" that has been making Ba Mountain famous recently.

Not only enjoy the cool and clear space, visitors to Ba Mountain are also to find peace, to pray for peace and luck at the system of Nui Ba pagodas, the spiritual fulcrum of the people of the South, which is associated with the 300-year-old Ba pagoda and the legend of the sacred Linh Son Thanh Mau Bodhisattva.

Clouds hovering over the feet of Tay Bo Da Son Buddha statue in summer days.

Along with that, on the top of the mountain is a great spiritual cultural space with the 72-meter-high Tay Bo Da Son Buddha, a Buddhist exhibition area with a modern 3D mapping projection area on the dome about the universe in Buddhist conception, a display area that simulates many classic Buddhist works of Vietnam and the world, and a Hologram projection area that brings visitors to 16 of Vietnam's oldest and most famous three-dimensional temples with modern technology.

In addition, visitors to Ba Mountain can also admire the cluster of Bat Nha sutra pillars in the central area of ​​the complex of spiritual architectural works on the top of the mountain. The cluster consists of 5 pillars of black granite, carved with the heart of the Prajna Sutra in gold inlaid Tibetan characters, of which the largest pillar is 2m in diameter and 19.8m in height.

Flowers bloom at Ba Den Mountain.

In particular, Ba Den Mountain is currently one of the rare places in the world to keep the jade relics of Buddha Shakyamuni. It is known that this is the Buddha's relic given to Vietnam by the World Buddhist Federation in Bodhgaya, India and is currently kept in the relic space, the 4th floor of the Buddhist exhibition area on the top of Ba Mountain.

Currently, moving to the top of Ba Mountain and the Ba pagoda system by cable car is also an attractive experience to try, because from the cable car, visitors can capture the entire magnificent mountain scenery, as well as the panoramic view of the plain area at the foot of the mountain.

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Update day : 25/07/2023