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Marble Mountains
07 km to the southeast of the Danang city centre, Marble Mountainsare considered as the “Landscape of the Southern Sky” with five mountains: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.
Kim Son (mountain of metal), Moc Son (Mountain of Wood), Thuy Son (Mountain of Water), Hoa Son (Mountain of Fire), and Tho Son (Mountain of Earth). Marble Mountains have attractive sights such as Da Chong tunnel, Ba Tho Cave, Hades Cave, Huyen Khong Cave, Linh Ung Pagoda, Vong Giang Tower, etc., which is suitable for spiritual tourism. At the feet of the mountains, there is a village of marble sculptural arts over 300 years of age. It is the place for tourists to see with their own eyes the stone sculptural arts of talent craftsmen, and tourists can choose their most favourite products as souvenirs.
Address: 81 Huyen Tran Cong Chua Street
Price:
– Adults:
+ Thuy Son Cave: 1 USD / person
+ Am Phu Cave: 1 USD / person
– Pupils and Students: 5,000 VND / person
– Lifts: 1 USD / person/trip
Open time: 07:00 – 17:30 on weekdays.
Visit duration: 4h00
Best time 07:00 – 10:00; 14:30 – 17:30
Good for travel: First time visit, Second time visit
Price range: 1.00 USD
About:
Located 7 km from the City center to the southeast, it is considered the “Landscape of Southern Sky” with 5 mountains named after 5 elements Metal – Water – Wood – Fire – Earth.
What to explore:
All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels, and it is possible to climb to the summit of one of the peaks. Several buddhist sanctuaries can also be found within the mountains, making this a famous tourist destination. Kim Son (mountain of metal), Moc Son (Mountain of Wood), Thuy Son (Mountain of Water), Hoa Son (Mountain of Fire), and Tho Son (Mountain of Earth). Marble Mountains have attractive sights such as Da Chong tunnel, Ba Tho Cave, Hades Cave, Huyen Khong Cave, Linh Ung Pagoda, Vong Giang Dai Tower, etc., which is suitable for spiritual tourism. At the feet of the mountains, there is a village of marble sculptural arts over 300 years of age. It is the place for tourists to see with their own eyes the stone sculptural arts of talent craftsmen, and tourists can choose their most favourite products as souvenirs.
How to get there:
You can come to Marble Mountain by many ways including bus, motorbike, bike, taxi, car.
By Bus: If you are in Hoi An City, you maybe go by bus with cheap price. From the center of Hoi An City, you go straight on Ly Thuong Kiet Street as well as Le Hong Phong Street. The bus station is on Le Hong Phong, near Hoi An Silk Village. It takes about 40 minutes to come to Marble Mountain by bus.
By motorbike: If you are in Da Nang City, you can hire motorbike to get there. Firstly, you pass through Han River Bridge and turn right on Ngo Quyen Street. Then you just go straight on that Street to reach the Mountain. It takes about 25 minutes by motorbike from Da Nang City.
Reviews:
Spectacular…not to be missed
Adventurous & Breathtaking
Impressive sight and walk, must do
It isn’t shaped like a marble
Prepare for a big walk
Travel tips:
+ Can catch the yellow bus no. 1 from the Da Nang – Hoi An to Marble Mountains at the price of 25,000 VND (~2 USD)/ person; it takes about 15 minutes.
+ At the foot of the mountain is a village of art sculpture. You can buy stoneware products, jewelry, etc. as souvenirs and observe the artisans creating products.
About Da Nang City
As one of the developing cities, Danang is a bridge of economic, cultural, political and social in the middle and Central Highlands of Vietnam. Danang city has international airport with many direct flights, deep sea port and the national North – South railway system of Vietnam. The inner city traffic system has been renovated and upgraded to create a new look for Danang.
Danang offers enormously with plenty of beautiful destinations, especially Danang beach was voted one of the most beautiful beaches by Forbes (U.S.). Chances to admired the natural wonders in Ba Na Hills, jungle exploring in Son Tra Peninsula, contemplate Marble Mountains, visiting the Hai Van Pass to the best travel and also the most dangerous Vietnam, praying at Linh Ung Pagoda with Vietnam’s highest Bodhisattva Statue 67 meters and Museum of Cham Sculpture, where preserving and exhibiting the antique statues of Cham culture.
Danang the city by Han River, remarked by many as an attractive, dynamic, clean, safe are advancing forward. When the city light is on, the beauty and breath of Danang offer you great of tranquility and that the time for you to seek the peace of mind dinning out in restaurants; shopping and entertaining yourselves in supermarket, nightclub and simply walking out on the beautitul streets to enjoy Danang by night.
Let’s come to Da Nang to enjoy the land of wonder, beautiful nature, the hospitality of local people. Welcome to Danang city!
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION and CLIMATE
* GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION :
At the north latitude of 15055’20’’ to 16014’10’’ and 107018’30’’ to 108020’00’ east longitude, Da Nang borders Thua Thien Hue province in the north, Quang Nam province in the west and south, and the East Sea in the east. Located in the middle of the country, on north – south trunk roads on road, rail, sea and air, Da Nang is 764km south of Ha Noi and 964 km north of Ho Chi Minh
The city has an area of 1156.53 km ² consists of 06 urban districts (Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Lien Chieu, Ngu Hanh Son, Son Tra, Cam Le) and Hoa Vang rural district, the Hoang Sa island district, with a population of 942 132 inhabitants (as of to 31/11/2010).
*CLIMATE
Da Nang is located in the tropical climate and monsoon region with high temperatures but less variability.
Two distinct seasons are: dry season (from January to July) and rainy season (from August to December), occasional winter frosts but not bold and not stretched.
The average annual temperature is about 25.90C; the highest average is 28 – 300C mainly in June, July and August. The lowest average is 18 – 230 C mainly in December, January and February. Only Ba Na mountains at an altitude of 1,500 meters, the average temperature is about 200C.
The average air humidity is 83.4%; the highest is about 85.67 – 87.67% in October and November, lowest about 76.67-77.33% in June, July.
Hai Van Pass
Hai Van Pass is one of the most scenic hillside roads in Vietnam. When braving the steep winding roads of a paved mountain pass, you will have a chance to discover peace,quiet and history along the way…
- Address: Hoa Hiep Bac Ward, Lien Chieu District, Da Nang, Viet Nam
- Price: Free
- Open time: 06:00 – 21:30
- Visit duration: 3h00
- Best time 08:00 – 19:00
- Good for travel: First time visit
- Price range: 0.00 USD
About:
Hai Van Pass is one of the most scenic hillside roads in Vietnam. When braving the steep winding roads of a paved mountain pass, you will have a chance to discover peace,quiet and history along the way…
On the north – south nation highway, Hai Van Pass is an impressive landscape. It is like a giant dragon, lying on Highway 1 on the border between Thua Thien-Hue Province and Danang City. This is the highest pass in Vietnam (500m above sea level). This rugged pass is the final section of the Truong Son Range stretching to the sea. Hai Van means “Sea Clouds”, since the peak of the mountain is in the clouds while its foot is close to the sea. In the past, Hai Van Pass was known as the Thuan Hoa and Quang Nam frontier. In the early 14th century (11306), Che Man, a king from Cham Pa, offered two mountainous administrative units of O and Ri as engagement gifts to Princess Huyen Tran, daughter of King Tran Nhan Tong. On his way to see off the Princess in the Quang area in a Summer sunny noon, the King and his entourage were on horse back for almost half a day but could not reach the top of the pass. Facing upWards, the King saw a rampart of mountains in dim clouds, and at the foot of the pass, an immense ocean, of waves. Though sorry for his daughter’s difficult journey, the king was comforted by the closer ties between the two nations.
What to explore:
Whenever one goes through Hai Van Pass, two feelings are experienced: amazement at passing through the clouds and fear when seeing the dangerous bends of the road. After climbing through several hair-pin curves for close to an hour, you reach the crest of the Hai Van Pass. Here, if the weather affords it (which it often doesn’t), there are views to both the North and the South. The pass forms an obvious boundary between North and South Vietnam, and if proof were needed, you need look no further than the fortifications built by the French and then later used by the South Vietnamese and the Americans. You will of course want to stop here if you make this trip, but be warned that you will have to fight off a large band of souvenir and snack sellers who are among the most aggressive I encountered during the whole trip.
With sudden curves and blind corners, Hai Van Pass is likened to an arrogant but beautiful girl challenging drivers’ skills. Hai Van is considered to be the largest frontier post in Vietnam. The name “De Nhat Hung Quan”, meaning the most colossal frontier post, is engraved on an incense burner in Thai Temple.
On a journey through the land, Hai Van is always an attractive landscape, full of perilous obstacles and is the last spur of the Truong Son Range reaching to the sea. On the top of the pass are the vestiges of long ago, a fortified gateway. The gate facing to Thua Thien-Hue Province is inscribed with the three words “Hai Van Quan” and the other gate looking down on Quang Nam province is engraved “the most grandiose gateway in the world”. The entrance to Hai Van Quan looks like the entrance to an old citadel with its stone structures. Time, war, and neglect has taken its toll on Hai Van Quan, as it sits today in near ruins. The old story is only a memory, old vestiges covered with green moss, amongvast spaces vast of plants and trees, tourists are filled with the emotions of the past.
The most impressive about the journey is the sense of isolation you feel as you move further along. There is a strange delight about the desolate conditions, a seemingly unbroken asphalt road that cuts through a mass of forest. Below you, the green trees contrast with the breaking waves in the blue sea. And herein lies the beauty of Hai Van. While many rave about the charm of the Bao Loc mountain pass, the road is crowded with people and villages nestled along the way. But just as civilisation characterises the allure of Bao Loc, Hai Van’s beauty is closely connected to nature and its lack of population.
Lining the peak of the mountain is the immense abyss dotted with the light and dark green colours of the trees. The scene is capped off with fanciful clouds flying across the sky. The area is a perfect place to have a cup of coffee and contemplate the scene, looking over Hai Van as if from the heavens as the trees blow with the wind.
Hai Van is well know for its dangerous roads, and accident warning boards carefully appear regularly along the side. It’s a surprising sight to see the animation and modernity at the peak as foreign visitors buzzed about buying souvenirs. Those who do not make it to the peak would have a hard time believing there was such a busy trading and modern scene, as foreign women made their way up the rough staircase at the Hai Van Quan ancient vestige to take photos.
Whatever endowed by nature, time by time and by hands of man will be something of humanitarian values. Coming to Hai Van is to come to the sanction of two land, to satisfy the peak-conquering philosophy, to mix ourselves in to echo of heroic songs of Vietnamese ancients when they went to find new lands to be emotional to prolong past of the Center region where suffering a lot of losses in the course of finding and protecting the nation.
Hai Van Pass will satisfy your desire to conquer high peaks and remind you of the glorious past of the Viet people. Moreover, from the pass, on nice days, visitors can enjoy the whole vista of Danang, the Tien Sa seaport, Son Tra Peninsula, Cu Lao Cham Island and long sandy beaches.
The 21km that stretch over the Hai Van mountain pass may sound like a challenging journey, but after having done, it is certainly that you will find it is one worth taking.
How to get there:
Rent a motorbike from Hoi An or Danang to the south of the Hai Van Pass or from Hue to the north. Motorbikes can be rented through most hotels and guesthouses for between 150-200,000VNĐ ($7-10) a day. You don’t necessarily need a driving license and you don’t necessarily need to leave your passport with the hotel or rental company – everything is negotiable – and certainly don’t leave your passport if you are planning on an overnight trip; all hotels and guesthouses in Vietnam require your passport in order to stay.
The journey between the Hoi An/Danang and Hue via the Hai Van Pass is 100-160km depending on which route you choose to take. Driving time is approximately 3-5 hours, but allow at least another 3 hours for soaking up the scenery, stopping for seafood along the coast, coffee at the top of the pass, and for any unforeseen circumstances, such as bad weather and flat tyres.
Once at the top of the pass, for those who want an even more impressive view, take the narrow concrete path leading up behind the Old Gate. This goes straight up to the communications tower at the top of the mountain. Be warned it’s very steep – you’ll need a powerful bike!
Reviews:
- Excellent Scenery
- Great View of the mountains and the sea
- The most marvellous wonder
- Epic road, Epic views, Epic fun!!!
- One of National Geographic’s Top 50
Travel tips:
+ Be at the pass summit at sunrise or sunset so as to capture scenic beauty and enjoy the best atmosphere of the day ever.
+ Along with friends to climb up to Hai Van Gate, sipping a cup of coffee bought at the pass summit is also a new interesting experience.
Dragon Bridge
The Dragon Bridge is a bridge with a dragon over the Han River at Da Nang, Vietnam. Dragon Bridge is 666m long, 37.5m wide and has six lanes for traffic. It opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, at a cost of nearlyVND 1.5 trillion dong (US$88m).
About Dragon Bridge:
The Dragon Bridge is a bridge with a dragon over the Han River at Da Nang, Vietnam. Dragon Bridge is 666m long, 37.5m wide and has six lanes for traffic.It opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, at a cost of nearlyVND 1.5 trillion dong (US$88m). The bridge was designed by the US-based Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers with Louis Berger Group. Construction was undertaken by Company No. 508, an affiliate of Civil Construction Engineering Corporation No.5, and Bridge Company No. 75.
Main span was completed on October 26, 2011. The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang City. This modern bridge crosses the Han River at the Le Dinh Duong/Bach Dang traffic circle, providing the shortest road link from the Da Nang International Airport to other main roads in Da Nang City, and a more direct route to My Khe Beach and Non Nuoc Beach on the eastern edge of the City. The bridge was designed and built in the shape of a dragon and to breathe fire and water.
What to explore:
Fire and Water Breathing The dragon on the bridge can breathe fire in 2 minutes with 3 minutes of water breathing after, making it an incredible highlight in Danang City. The water is sprayed out in a powerful blast reflecting the aspiration of Danang City. Fire and Water Performance: At 9.pm every weekends and holidays.
Taking a seat on the coffee shop at Danang riverside Hotel, or at some local drink shops on the riverside are the great way for watching the show.
Many boats are landed in the roadside Bach Dang street, therefore tourists can easily book a tour for watching the show also.
How to get there:
– From Da Nang:
If you stay near the beach area, then go along Vo Nguyen Giap street to My Khe beach, then you will see the roundabout of Vo Nguyen Giap street and Vo Van Kiet street, then turn left, go straight around 1km to another roundabout, go ahead and you can see this bridge.
In case your hotel located at the City center, head to Tran Phu street, go to the end of that street, and you will see this bridge on the left side (this is 1 way road).
– From Hoi An:
Unfortunately, the local bus just work till 17.50, so you only can do this transportation at the day time. Get on the bus, mention the to the ticket money colletor (they don’t sell ticket, you just need pay to somebody) that your stop is Cham museum, then you just walk around 3 minute, and can see the bidge on your right side.
If you want to ride your motobike there, head to An Bang highway (near An Bang beach), go straight till you see a seafood restaurant named “ Thanh Hien” on your leftside, go slowly to the roundabout then turn left, go along Vo Van Kiet road, skip the next roundabout, and here our dragon is.
Reviews:
- Unusual bridge, interesting waterfront
- Absolutely spectacular on a weekend night
- Beware of the Dragon’s Roar
- Not to miss & only available during weekends
- Coolest bridge in Danang
Travel tips:
- Great colorful photography at night. With the lights changing, the bridge turns to many color. And with the lights reflections of the river water, the view is spectacular
- During the show, no vehicle can go across the bridge, so if you want to take motobike there, you must go ealier.
- You can book the cruise boat ticket, enjoy beauty of Han river, then they will take you to the dock near the dragon’s head. Check carrefully that they do take you there.
Source: Danang Fantasticity
Han River Bridge
Han River Bridge is a bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam. Da Nang lies on the west side of the Han River and the beaches are to the east.
About Han River Bridge:
Han River Bridge is the first swing one in Vietnam. This is the great pride of Danang people. The Han River Bridge – the symbol for new vitality and the developing desire of the City – was built with the contribution of the entire City’s people. It seems that all poetic features of the Han River can be only expressed deeply in the space of Han River bridge with full of wind and ventilation. It not only facilitates transport and potential for tourism, wakening economic prospects of a vast area in the eastern City but is a cultural spot of Danang people today left behind for the future generations.
Han River Bridge is 487.7m long, 11.9m wide, includes 11 spans with 33m long each.
- Address: Le Duan street, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City
- Visit duration: 01h00
- Best time: 20:00
- Good for travel: First time visit
What to explore:
At midnight (23.00) every weekends, with a running time of about 15 – 20 minutes. Traffic is stopped from crossing the Song Han Bridge and it swings on its axis to allow shipping traffic to pass along the river.
Some travelers said that travel to Da Nang, do not look for filming and photography to record the moment for filming, was not meant to Da Nang. So when you travel to Da Nang, you witness and record the exciting moments of filming it this bridge.
Life in the bustling banks of the Han River, day and night, many modern services ready to meet tourists. Currently, traveling by boat on the Han River are popular recreational services.
The City has added several new bridges crossing the Han River. However, the bridge will not have any more feelings created for the people of the City as to what brought the Han River Bridge.
How to get there:
The suggested vehicles to come to Han River Bridge include motorbike, bike, car, taxi, cyclo.
By motorbike from Hoi An: If you want to ride your bike from Hoi An, so go to the traffic light near An Bang beach first, then turn left, keep riding about 20 km along the beach to see Pham Van Dong Street on your left hand. You go on that street to get there. It takes about 45 minutes.
Walking: If you are in Han market, it is very easy for you to come to Han River Bridge just by walking. You go straight on Bach Dang Street and turn left at Indovina Bank- Da Nang Branch. Then you turn right on Tran Phu Street to see Le Duan Street. You turn right on that street to get there. It takes about 10 minutess by walking.
Reviews:
- Gorgeous Bridge
- One of the most famous bridges in Da Nang
- The Home of love
- Coolest bridge in Viet Nam
- Super cool, don’t miss it
Travel tips:
- You will have interesting experience if you travel on the bridge by cyclo
- From Han River Bridge, you can walk along Bach Dang Street to enjoy the beauty of Da Nang at night
Source: Danang Fantasticity
Tran Thi Ly Bridge
Inaugurated on Da Nang Liberation Day (29/03/2013), Tran Thi Ly Bridge is a bridge with modern and unique architecture, an ideal place for tourists and residents to visit and take pictures.
About Tran Thi Ly Bridge:
Tran Thi Ly Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam, ready for use in 2013, has received several international awards for its innovative design. The bridge crosses the Han river in the centre of the city.
What to explore:
This concrete cable stayed bridge is a new landmark of Da Nang city. The length of the main opening of the bridge is 230 meters, its total length is 731 meters. Its inclined pylons are 145 meters high. Its backward stay cables create a twisted fan. The deck of the bridge is 34,5 meters wide. The newest techniques are applied in the lighting of the bridge. The colours of the pylon and deck of the bridge change at night, creating an interesting detail in the environment of the river.
The structure of the bridge is very demanding. The bearings located under the pylon are the largest ever to be used in bridge structures in the entire world. The bridge was ready for use well before the set deadline.
The bridge cost 65 MEUR and it was financed by the government and the city. The general contractor of the project was Vietnamese construction company Cienco 1. WSP provided its services in bridge design.
Inaugurated on Danang Liberation Day (29/03/2013), Tran Thi Ly Bridge is a bridge with modern and unique architecture, an ideal place for tourists and residents to visit and take pictures.
Source: Danang Fantasticity
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