Friday, November 5, 2010

Sapa - Lao Cai province

Sa Pa is a resort town located in the beautiful and poetic elevation of 1,600 m above sea level, 333 km from Hanoi, Lao Cai Town 38 km.
Sa Pa cool climate throughout the year, average annual temperature of 15 to 180C, no intense heat of summer as the coastal plains. Winter cloud cover and a very cold, when temperatures are below 00C, with snow year. Weather in Sa Pa have four seasons a day: morning, afternoon is the weather of spring, autumn. Noon of the summer weather is usually mild sunny, cloudy sky, but still cool climate. To a cold night of winter weather. From May to August 8 in Sa Pa is the wet season.





At the center of town, alternating between digging romantic forests and coral blue samu are mixed with ancient villa villa modern Western-style architecture makes the town's skyline with many European cities . Along the hillsides are beautiful homes with limestone walls, red tiles, shapes hidden diversity as high, as low down along the highway makes the town became more romantic. From the town of Sa Pa is looking westward Hoang Lien Son range blue, four-season morning mist unfurl. Here are the top of Phan-Xi-Pang 3143 m high are attractive people who love climbing.




Sapa has many natural beauties such as Thac Bac, Cau May, Sun Gate, Bamboo forest, Ta Phin Cave.Sa Pa in the healthy climate, famous for its temperate vegetable such as cabbage, kohlrabi, su su ..., precious medicinal plants and many fruit trees like peach, plum, pear ...




The day was fair in the bustling Sa Pa in the evening of the 7th week, Sapa market particularly attractive for visitors from the distant future.


Rose Valley in Sapa

Sa Pa lies at an altitude of 1,600 compared to sea with the romantic scenery, magnificent ...Romatic, Sa Pa tourists in Europe are looking to love and enjoy, enjoy the pristine beauty but not least, pretty as Fansipan peak year round cloud, Ham Rong mountain, beach Ancient Stone, Silver Waterfall - Sky Gate is the hidden wonders what value the essence of human culture. Besides eco-tourism zone ATI was dubbed "Rose Valley" is becoming an interesting destination for domestic and foreign tourists.



ATI tourist areas of a neighborhood, street Muong Hoa, Sapa, an area of about 22 ha, located in the valley created by two rows of Ham Rong Mountain and Fansipan. This is an eco-resort is invested for 3 years, the ecological landscape design, with nearly million stem roses, peach, plum, pink USA crunchy almonds Taiwan ... Both areas have wood floors house 11 Pomu, natural stone tile, harmonious interior decoration, are interspersed among the beautiful French rose garden, overlooking the valley floor are to Lao Chai terraced fields, all create a fanciful picture filled. According to the assessment of many experts, ATI resort eligible for inclusion in customer service. To Rose Valley from March to November in the year, you will enjoy the scent of millions of ecstasy rose bloom in the morning. But in winter, the peach orchards, plum orchards will feel like you're traveling in Japan on the occasion of Tet.


Visits and overnight in tourist ATI - Sa Pa outside enjoying the fresh air of nature, was walking on a winding road into the hillside, among the fragrant rose garden, rest, relaxation in a bar overlooking the terraces located on the stream, tourists can admire the grandeur of the "roof of Indochina" and enjoy the fruits of the typical tourist. With a convenient location at the crossroads leading to the village people, from here tourists will visit Cat Cat, Sin Chai, Ta Phin, O Quy Ho, Ta Van, Lao Chai, Thanh Phu to learn life cultural life as well as ethnic character of Mong, Dao, Xa Pho people, the Tay ... visiting natural attractions such as Ham Rong Mountain, Ancient Stone, Silver Waterfall - Sky Gate.

According to Nguyen Van Toan - Branch Manager ATI Sa Pa, in 2004, the company will invest more types of entertainment such as heated swimming pool, reading room, billiard room, meeting room workshops, performances of ethnic drugs service bath ethnic restaurant chain, a unique bar ... and the other excellent services to serve tourists. Shortly after the Tet Giap Than resort will organize more such kind of hiking tours, Fansipan conquer, to explore the cultural village. Development model of cultural tourism, combined with fruit growing are the experts appreciated. As Mr. Bui Quoc Vinh, Chairman of Lao Cai province said: "This is a beautiful flower garden in Sa Pa tourism."

Kayaking adventure in Ha Long - Quang Ninh

Go kayaking (paddling) in Ha Long was triggered by the tourists on board the remote waters, secluded. Then they will be equipped with life jackets and rubber boats cast 90 cm wide, 3 m long by 2 people.

When the waves turn large vessels at sea, guests will be wearing life jackets, boat and sat test study uses two oars, the boat turned the handle, got lost at sea and in emergency situations. Guests also guides readers to map sea route that will have to overcome ...


 
When you no longer confused with the new movement, sense of freedom, the liberal will invade your soul. Boat acres between the sea, the sky is, your hands in the waters throughout, foam licked the side and drop down to the boat rises with the waves underground, found only on the waves echoing laughter washed over the island rough stone, near the hooves ... Now you really find out the closeness of man to nature.


Sense of discovery is particularly interesting when you hang the boat into a small area. As rowing in the dark as hundreds of delicious as drop-down horizontal surface, sometimes you have to force myself to lie down to go through them. Not only that, you must choose a time to be rowing in and get out quickly before the tide.
After leaving the cave, you just go to a beach tent camping to cooking and sleeping on the island (but very safe as the experts always go according to your rescue.) The only thing you have to think is to find a companion and the package price will go from Hanoi for 2 days 1 night is 121 USD.

Tunnel-nine sites of Hue tourism special

Chin Ham etched marked a time of grief, loss, but full of heroic resilience of a historic moment for our nation. Close the past, "prohibited area" Chin Ham day is transformed into a special address tourism of Hue with a blue image of ecotourism.


Chin Ham area situated between a hilly area about 6 km to Hue information about the Southwest, at the foot of Mount Eden (also known as Marble Mountains or Mount Ba Don West). According to statistics A concise resume of the relics museum in Thua Thien - Hue, in 1941, "Nine pit area" is the French colonialists built on a small hill, with a height of about 35m, this is the ninth time in concrete basement of reinforced concrete were built to hide weapons, later they were renovating and repairing the blockhouse was into the typical prison. But there is a particularly interesting detail is that, although bearing the name "Nine tunnel" but in fact only eight all tunnels and a guard house (barracks) to close at the top of the hill. So, now known as the Nine Old Tunnel means always tell the whole barracks.
Policy under the brutal dictatorship of Ngo Dinh Can, Chin Ham was turned into a tiger cage to detain revolutionary fighters who participate in the patriotic movement ...


Special tourist
This relic has been recognized by the State in 1993 called "historical souvenir crime Chin Ham area and Ngo Dinh Can in Five Western hamlet, Thuy An, Thua Thien Hue.
Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Huong Giang Tourist Company - invested projects, building "land ban on any" become an ecological tourist, visiting national monuments. Currently, Huong Giang Tourist Company is the construction of the units constructed indomitable statue, bas-relief at the foot of the monument, airport ceremony, the memorial, a reception in the area ... Chin Ham relics. In parallel with the building process, Huong Giang Tourist Company has for "greening" the area with the Chin Ham relics of maize, pine, myrtle, acorn, empress tree, tree parts pen .. . and the Japanese grass, clover ... These trees are planted to make a reasonable allocation to the natural landscape in harmony with the charming scenery of the majestic hills of Eden.




In addition, nine historic tunnel and required Ngo Dinh Khai Dinh tomb located near, next to tourist projects being implemented Country Construction, has formed a very attractive tourist triangle and interesting result.

Non Nuoc Pagoda and the bronze statues of Buddha in the country's largest monolithic - Hanoi

Non Nuoc Pagoda is under construction, scheduled for completion later this year, will become one of the big temple, Hanoi's most beautiful. In particular, the temple will place the bronze statue of Buddha in Vietnam's largest piece - 6.5 m high, weighs 30 tons.
Non Nuoc Pagoda (Thien Vuong Soc name is Zen itself) is located in the relic to the shock at an altitude of more than 110 m above the foot of the mountain. The temple is located in the middle mountain arc, like people sitting on the throne, looking down towards the clear blue lakes, and rich villages of Ve Linh Commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi.
According Boat Uyen Tap Anh and Vietnam Using General and Complete, the teacher first abbot of this name is Wu Zhen Liu (933-1011), a descendant of Ngo Quyen. In 971, the name of King Dinh Tien Hoang Khuong Vietnamese National Master style. It was the first teacher feudal state awarded the National Lawyers. Historical record, the National Master along Van Hanh Zen master was supporting Ly Cong Uan ascended to revive the country. Ly Cong Uan in 1010 left the capital from Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh) to Thang Long opened the most flourishing period of feudal history of the State of Vietnam. Vietnam National Staff lawyers become eight million Vietnam National Professor (three-court experience - Le - Li).
Marble Mountain pagoda is being built again, expected to be completed later this year, will become one of the big temple, Hanoi's most beautiful. Tathagata Buddha statues of solid cast bronze in Vietnam, the largest weighing 30 tons, 6.50 m high, even if the stone pedestal, more than 8 meters tall, started 8-4 days of Tan Ty (2001) to the to 14-9 (ie st August 8 years Nham Ngo) are the basis of casting procession from Y Yen District, Nam Dinh province of Soc Son, seated at the Non Nuoc Pagoda.
Bronze statue weighs tens of tons of solid technique requires very high. But the talented hands of artisans copper casting Dai Phong Nam Co. Ltd, Forest City township Y Yen, Nam Dinh province - a village of ancient bronze casting, bronze Buddha statue ever cast block in our country have already cast successfully. Who presided over the statue as artisans Vu Duy Thuan was born in 1957, wounded soldiers 4 / 4, 200 each cast statue of Uncle Ho, many statues to the temple of Ha Tay, Ha Giang and the large cast into the top 350 kg, 165cm high for the Truong Son Cemetery ...
Along with the Soc Son Temple, where St. encoded, Non Nuoc Pagoda, the Tathagata Buddha statues bronze piece of Vietnam's largest ... creating a scenic area towards the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi.

Bat Trang pottery village past and present stock

Hanoi has gradually shaped a brand well-known tourist village in the country and abroad. This year, the traditional tourist villages third of the province will take place from 02 to 12.4, in the city of Ha Dong (Hanoi), with many practical activities to honor, preserve and develop development of craft villages and promote Hanoi.
Currently, Hanoi had 1,160 craft villages, of which 201 villages have been awarded the provincial villages with more traditional values such as lacquer, pearl inlaying, carving, embroidery, silk , stone sculpture, wood, rattan, bamboo giang, conical hats, forging, casting, etc...




Director of Tourism Department of Ha Tay Lai Hong Khanh, said the last time, the provincial tourism sector has implemented many projects to build infrastructure for tourism professionals to listen, to invest 6.4 billion to 8 km of roads in villages Si Ren, add Nhi Khe, the U.S. specialist mosaic brother and Phu Vinh bamboo and rattan; 240 million to support construction of eight exhibition, introducing products in the same village for hundreds of million promotion and propagation. The village tour, attracted tourists.
Besides understanding the technical process of making products, customers are entering into life in rural communities, select, purchase handicrafts affordable, enjoy the scenery with beauty characteristics of the northern villages and much folklore rich and vibrant.




Tourism and traditional craft villages in Hanoi is the third time to honor and promote the cultural value of traditional craft, encouragement, encouraging mental and creative labor of artisans, to create conditions for them exchange and learning experience, while enhancing the introduction and propagation of the potential tourist villages of the province, expanding relations between the villages in the province and other provinces, between producers and visitors and promote an efficient exploitation of tourism resources attractive. Campus festival will be arranged into three main areas with 70 pavilions designed, bearing the traditional use of materials of rattan, bamboo, leaves, of which 40 stores are a showcase and exhibition tourism product of nearly 100 tour companies, hotels, restaurants and dozens of villages in the province. Entrance to the exhibition, the festival was built simulate the shape of ancient Vietnamese village entrance, a prominent symbol festival with three color images silk hat and leaves symbolize strength tourist villages, tourist ecology and culture in Hanoi.


Central area was chosen to organize the exhibition honoring the village and display typical products, to general appearance of each group of traditional villages, have combined sales and a few demonstrations production stage rattan items, do fan art, weaving, embroidery, wood carvings and bronze, made of silk flowers, he expressed inquisitive. This area has booths displaying of Ha Tay tourism, highlighting the potential diversity of tourism products and tourist areas of the province.
Besides the 30 booths displaying flowers, bonsai, calligraphy, art performances, folklore and gastronomy. Villages and processing specialty restaurant will introduce the famous local dishes such as banh Pub burden, conventional spring rolls, tea lam Thach, Phung spring rolls, cakes Yen spikes, like Cu Khe, noodles Started , Huong Son wine ...
Date 03/12, Ha Tay Tourism Department held a meeting and exchange of villages, and scoring booth award "Golden Hand" to be more creative artists, make excellent products . Estimated at more than 20 thousand visitors in the Assembly. Three village of Van Phuc, Da Si, La Khe organizers welcomed guests, and select the tour of the village of Nhi Khe Commune and Hoa Lam Road (Ung Hoa).


In the three-day meeting, visitors will have a chance to enjoy folk songs such as Ha Tay rowing boat, singing in the county, ca tru and many more items of cultural tourism units in the province, gong performances, puppet national and sectarian fighting of the Heavenly subject. Opening ceremony festivities officially began at 12.02, with art programs with deep cultural origin rate. According to general director, People's Artist Do Minh Tien, the program has brought professionalism, both of which contain colors of folk oratorio forms of traditional Hanoi.


As of this time, Hanoi has welcomed 2.5 million visitors. This is an opportunity not only to promote village tourism brand, but also help enhance the position of tourism in Hanoi, creating a powerful shift in the integration and development time.

Hanoi - Vinpearl Land - Lahore (3 days / 2 nights)

"Fist Choice" invites you and your family starts with a comfortable stay, have fun at the 5-star Resort Pearl of Vietnam, with the front looking out to sea and back on the hills overlooking an island. Here, too deep seabed is not very safe for bathing. You can choose many kinds of eco-tourism attractions such as scuba diving to explore the ocean world and participate in water sports, surfing, even flying, jetski, scuba diving or visit Nha Trang - has is ranked as one of the world's 29 most beautiful bays.

Day 01: HANOI - NHA TRANG - VIETNAM Pearl

Visitors to self-Noi Bai airport procedures. Pick up travelers at Cam Ranh airport and bring tourists to relax and spa bathing in hot mineral springs resort Temple to the service "thermae aquatic therapy. Afternoon car takes visitors on board the Pearl Resort Vietnam. Travelers and leisure swimming, participating in games to relax on the sea, sailing, Kayak, ... Enjoy buffet dinner at 5 star resort. Overnight at The Pearl Resort Vietnam.
Day 02: Vinpearl Land Amusement



- Pick up the entertainment world or the aquarium Vinpearl Land Vinpearl.
• Admire the world's largest aquarium in Southeast Asia Vinpearl today with hundreds of thousands of sea creatures.
• Participate in all games, it feels strong (Come tumbling, carousel horse wooden carousel elephant), the static game (glider, car racing, space exploration, skiing, surfing, Electric car crash). Especially with new 4D movie theater, increase efficiency through the air nozzle, to explore the oceans, the mysterious tunnel or ghost castle.
• Fun at water park Vinpearl joke.

- Enjoy a buffet dinner at 5 star resort. Overnight at Pearl Vietnamese tourism.

Day 03: NHA TRANG - HANOI

- Overseas visitors and free entertainment at Pearl Vietnamese tourism. Office, the car takes tourists to visit the Institute of Oceanography. Then the car off tourists Cam Ranh airport to fly to Hanoi. End tour.

INFORMATION GUIDE

Child tickets:


• Tour tickets: Children from age 6 to 11 half fare for adults, children 12 years or older to purchase tickets as adults.

• For children under 6 years of age, families take care of your baby to sleep and to pay fees (if any). Two adults with one child only. From 2 or more children, each child needs to purchase half the adult fare. Half the standard ticket includes: Serving size, seating and to share with family.

• Take the tour by plane (According to the airline), children under 2 years old pay 10% of adult ticket, children under 12 years old pay 75% of adult air tickets. 

Baggage and personal papers:  


• Travellers with ID card or passport (original), so bring a lightweight luggage, not carry large Valy.  

• Guests at the airport at least an hour compared to the time of departure. Children bring a birth certificate to aviation procedures. 

 • For travelers are overseas Vietnamese, Vietnam International entry visas to leave, please bring a customs declaration and visa when touring. 

Where completion - cancellation and change airline tickets:


• Flights are exported soon after paying visitors.  

Where completed - canceled or airfare will be based according to the airline on the time of listing. 

 • Note: When registering for airline tickets, travelers provide full name, date of birth (Yes, every character written in the passport or ID card). Guests please bear false ticket change fee as prescribed by the airline. Case cancel the tour, visitors please pay the following amounts: 

 a) For normal days:  

• Tourists cancel 3 days before departure, subject to 10% of tour fee. 2 - 3 days of departure, subject to 15% of tour fee. Within 24 hours before departure, subject to 30% of tour fee.  

Note: For 4-star hotel, resort, if you cancel the ticket, take 40% of tour fee for the above cases. • Tourists cancel immediately on departure, subject to 50% of tour fee.

• Visitors tour conversion to day and 3 days in advance of tour departure will not be charged, if later than prescribed will be based on and just be moved on a tour departure times.  

b) For the Feast, Year:

• Tourists cancel 7 days before departure, subject to 40% of tour fee. 5 - 7 days before departure 50% of tour fee. Within 5 days before departure 70% of tour fee.  

1) After canceling the tour, visitors happy to receive the money within one month from the date of registration tour. We only payment period of 30 days mentioned above. 

 2) In case of cancellation of tour due to problems such as natural disasters, epidemics or postponed due to aircraft / canceled flights, First Choice will not be liable to compensate any additional fees beyond the refund of tour.

Other notes:  


• Company invoice for travelers wishing (Deadline: 7 days after the end of the tourism program.) Guests selected one of the promotions for regular retail customers (if any).

• Visitors are welcome at the first 15 minutes. Visitors who arrive late when the bus has departed, or cancel the tour without prior notice please bear costs such as' immediately cancel the day of departure. "

Sa Pa in the mist 2 days

Sa Pa (Lao Cai) is the resort town of Lao Cai province at an altitude of 1600 m above sea level, have a temperate climate, average temperatures from 15 to 18 degrees C, cool year round, winter snow.


 

From the early centuries the French have found the appeal of Sa Pa in landscapes, climate and water resources ....

  

therefore visitors can admire the beauty of the French colonial villa of more than 200 ma. Sa Pa, a place with primordial villages of ethnic minorities such as Hmong, Dao, Tay, Xa Pho ... Silver Waterfall, Heaven Gate, Cau May, hourly, Ham Rong Mountain ... deserves a place for nature lovers want to learn manners and customs of the people mountainous .....

Schedule:On the evening of 0119h30: Pick up car to the train station in Hanoi to Lao Cai. 21h45: Leaving Hanoi railway station. You spend the night on board
Day 01: Lao Cai - Sapa (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
 
05h30: Arrive in Lao Cai railway station, visitors to the ship, vehicle guides and travel Travel Firstchoice put you in the restaurant for breakfast. Tourists will travel Sapa. On the way to visit and photograph the northwestern mountainous landscape with terraced fields, a characteristic of upland agriculture. Sapa come in to rest, then visit Cat Cat Village (ethnic Hmong village) Lunch at restaurant or hotel. Afternoon you visit the Silver Falls and dinner at hotel, free to visit, explore the town at night .... Overnight in Sapa hotel.
Day 02: Visit Sapa town. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Light breakfast; You climb Ham Rong Mountain, visit orchid farms, peach orchards, gardens in Europe, ethnic cultural village, the sun gate, courtyard garden ostrich cloud (where the panoramic view of town and Fansipan Mountain range Hoang Lien mountain). Then free to go down the mountain town market to buy medicine or souvenirs .. Lunch at the hotel, and leisure, afternoon procedures in office, the car goodbye to Lao Cai Sapa, Lao Cai down to your freedom to visit the upper temple, the commercial center Bitti't, gate Lao Cai International - China, sightseeing and shopping at the market boundary. Dinner (self) at the restaurant, 19h30: you can reverse back to Lao Cai Station in Hanoi (overnight on ship), end tour in Sapa.
Day 03: Hanoi5:00 to Tau to you about the Hanoi railway station. End of program.


Ha Long Bay, Cat Ba Island 2 days pearl $ 50

Cat Ba with pristine beauty and grandeur, she was named Sand Pearl of the Gulf of Tonkin. Cat Ba can come by ship from multiple directions. Song Hai Phong from the user takes only 01 hours on high-speed train travel, you have to be present at this famous beautiful island. And moreover when to Cat Ba island is home to the beach is smooth, smooth, with 600 ha National Park created a wide ecological ideals.   



A trip you will visit the two famous tourist places of Vietnam Nam.Mot is Halong Bay - The world's natural heritage, one is the Cat Ba Island -population landscapes known for sandy beaches chen long smooth white with beauty and majestic highland. Primeval forests of Cat Ba is blessed a rich flora and fauna and rare, almost extinct species in the world. The clear water lake inside the waterfall pouring down any word on the hillside to create a poetic landscape full of relaxing after a tiring week of work.


Day 1: Hanoi-Halong07h45: Pick up car Depart for Ha Long, 11:30: Ha Long Bay, lunch. Provided boat to visit Ha Long Bay - a UNESCO sights as natural heritage of the world in 1994, leading visiting Chicago, Thien Cung (this is one of the newly detected and recognized Ha Long is now the most beautiful.) After visiting the cave, you continue to visit the train back to Ha Long Bay: Lu Huong, Ga Choi, fishing village on the Gulf. Boats take you out of Cat Ba island. Hon Stone Dog17:30: train take you to Cat Ba. Car of the hotel welcome you at the Beo. Dinner and overnight at the hotel on the island.Her dark island cruises (you can rent boats and baskets that Ms. Bay sand beach to enjoy seafood)

Day 2: Halong-HanoiAfter breakfast, you goodbye Cat Ba island, off the train back to Ha Long, on my way to visit swimming at Ba Trai Dao beach. Lunch at restaurant in Halong. After lunch, the bus back to Hanoi, on the way you rest stop in Hai Duong to buy green bean cake, and do it through Snap the ball.1830: you bring the car back to Hanoi. End of program.