Which season is Hai Phong beautiful?
Hai Phong is suitable for tourism in all 4 seasons of the year. In winter coming to Hai Phong, you will be treated to hot street food. In summer, you can go to the beach or enjoy the famous coconut beam at the shops in the city. In addition, summer is also the time when phoenix flowers bloom on the central streets and roads to Do Son.
Move
From Hanoi it is possible to reach Hai Phong by many means. With road, it is most convenient to move through Hanoi - Hai Phong highway. The duration is about 1.5 hours.
The train has hard, soft seats, with or without air conditioning, priced from 100,000 to 130,000 VND. Visitors by boat can send motorbikes to actively transport in Hai Phong.
By bus, you can choose Hoang Long, Anh Huy, priced at 120,000-135,000 VND. Choose a limousine to be more private and have a drop-off service in the inner city, you can choose Hai Phong Travel, priced at 230,000-250,000 VND.
From Ho Chi Minh City, you can take flights of Bamboo Airways, Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air. In particular, Vietnam Airlines departs from Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon and Bamboo Airways departs in the morning. Visitors can also fly out to Hanoi and travel by road.
Stay
Staying in the center of Hai Phong, you can refer to hotels such as Hotel Nikko, Mercure Hai Phong, Vinpearl Hotel Imperia high-class and luxurious, located in prime locations, easy to move to places in the city. Room rates range from 1.2 million to 2.5 million VND. More affordable options are rooms in adjacent houses Vinhomes and Hoang Huy or Dreamland - Chihouse, Vancao Green Homestay homestays with prices from VND 250,000 per night.
Hai Phong has a high-class resort by the sea, concentrated mainly in Cat Ba. Flamingo Cat Ba Beach Resort, Hôtel Perle d'Orient Cat Ba - MGallery, Nam Cat Island Resort CatbaBay, Monkey Island Resort ... The average price is from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 VND per night. Spending the night on a cruise in the middle of Lan Ha Bay is also a different option, with a price of about 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 VND per person per night.
Discover
Haiphong railway station
This is the first check-in location for visitors who choose to take the train from Hanoi to Hai Phong. The station is bold with French architecture and is considered one of the most beautiful train stations that the French left in Vietnam.
City Theatre
Hai Phong City Theater was built in 1904 on the site of an old market of An Bien ancient village and completed in 1912. This project is made according to the prototype of the Paris theater, construction materials brought from France, the construction is carried out by Vietnamese workers and workers under the direction of French architects.
During the French colonial period, the Opera House was a place of political and cultural activities for the French and wealthy indigenous people. Only singers from France or famous songs in the country can perform here and only the rich can afford tickets. Currently, this is a tourist symbol of the city, located in the center, often takes place cultural activities and is a dating spot for groups of young people in the evening.
Bridges
Hai Phong is known as the city of bridges. They are especially beautiful at night. Binh Bridge crosses the Cam River, connecting the inner city of Hai Phong with Thuy Nguyen district and going to Quang Ninh, designed in curves to create architectural and aesthetic shapes.
Also crossing the Cam River, Hoang Van Thu Bridge with the iconic architecture "Seabird Wing" connects Hong Bang and Ngo Quyen districts with Thuy Nguyen district. Hoang Van Thu Bridge is lit up at night with an artistic LED lighting system, coordinating many colors. Tourists and people often come to soak up the wind and take photos.
The Quay Bridge over the Tam Bac River was started construction by the French in 1901. The bridge is designed with a middle span that can be rotated horizontally 90 degrees, along the river bank so that boats do not encounter any obstacles when crossing the river. A colorful road bridge was built to make it easier for vehicles to move.
The latest bridge is the rebuilt Fence Bridge. The top of the bridge is attached with 3 steel red phoenix flowers, the symbol of the city.
Awesome mug
The lake in Hai Phong is likened to "Wonderful cup" by young people because of its fancy blue water color and surrounded by limestone mountains.
This lake is located in Trai Son village, An Son commune, Thuy Nguyen district. This place was formerly known as Co Yem Lake, featuring a green color covering a large space with an area of about 20 hectares. The intensity of blue varies several times a day, depending on the clouds.
Do Son
Do Son is divided into 3 zones, of which zone 2 is specialized for swimming, zone 1 is for eating and walking. Along the coastal road, visitors can visit the Hang Pagoda which is handed down as the first place where Buddhism was introduced to Vietnam; Jade Emperor Temple; Van Ngang temple. Tuong Long Tower Pagoda is located at the highest peak of Do Son, from here can see the beautiful seascape. Ba Emperor Temple on the way to Do Son is also very famous, dedicated to Lady Zheng.
Do not forget to visit Bao Dai villa on the hill with views of 4 windy, cool directions right in the middle of summer. The villa is covered in the smell of wild flowers, creating a pleasant feeling when visiting. You can rent royal clothes to take photos here, for 30,000 VND one time.
Do Son has amusement parks and sightseeing areas such as Dragon Hill, Hon Dau and casino. From the map, Dragon Hill tourist area is designed in the shape of a phoenix flower - the symbol of the city. The project includes a Son Tinh - Glass themed entertainment complex of nearly 25 hectares; 27-hole golf course complex, panoramic sea view; Lagoon lake and sea system is filtered by modern water purification technology; fine white sand is transported from Nha Trang.
In addition to the above places, Cat Ba is the "pearl" of Hai Phong tourism that you cannot ignore to visit bays, Monkey Island and eat seafood.
Food tour
Hai Phong is most famous for its street food. Visitors from the provinces choose day tours to enjoy Hai Phong delicacies such as duckweed cakes, crab cakes, spicy bread, coconut beams, spicy fish noodles, snails, chamomile tea, effervescent, ship casting cakes...
Ship casting cakes are quite strange to other provinces including chopped casting cakes, diced papaya, with shrimp and fried meat very fleshy. They are then blanched with spicy and sour vinegar fish sauce.
Spicy bread is chosen by many people to buy as a gift because it is easy to carry, sandwiched with distilled pate and dipped in spicy chapter sauce.
Some places that suggest delicious restaurants are bun cha nem crab tank at 92 Tran Nhat Duat, 32 Phan Boi Chau, duckweed cake at 41 Le Dai Hanh, spicy bread at 28 Dinh Tien Hoang and 57 Le Loi. Do not forget to try snails at Thuy Duong restaurant Lane 263 Lach Tray with a variety of snails and salted egg sauce, garlic butter, stir-fried tamarind. In the evening, biting sunflower or chestnut seeds while sipping a cup of cold chamomile tea is a "very Haiphong" experience.
According to VnE