Sapa overview
Sapa (Lao Cai province) is known for its natural
beauty which is full of peaceful, poetic and glamorous.
Coming to Sapa, you will experience scenic beauty, mountainous area’s specialities andcultural features. As an important touring place in the North, Sapa is doing well
its role in showing our nation’s image to the world.
Sapa's attractions
Thinking of Sapa, people often
think of its amazing natural beauty. Travelling
to Sapa, almost all tourists have a common view that the place has pure
beauty. It is like a colorful picture which is a wonderful combination of nature and people. Sapa has many natural sites such as Ham Rong Mountain, Rattan Bridge, Silver
Waterfall, Bamboo Forest and Ta Phin Cave, Cat Cat village. Sapa is also the
starting point for many scientists and climbers who want to reach the top of Fansipan Mountain, the highest mountain in Vietnam at 3,143m belongs to Hoang Lien
Mountain Range which is also called the Alps of the North Sea area.
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A young lady on the Top Fansipan |
FansipanMountain is not only the highest peak in Vietnam, but also in the Indochina. The pyramid-shaped mountain is covered with clouds all year round
and temperatures often drop below 0oC, especially at high elevations.
The first thing you notice when approaching the resort town are some detached villas and wooden mansions perched on a hill top or hillside, behind thick pine forests and seem invisible on this foggy morning. Old and new villas with red roofs now appear and now disappear in the green rows of Pomu trees, making you feel like beautyful European towns.
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The view of Sapa town |
Not only being
famous for its natural beauty, Sapa is also known for cultural special features
as well as special festivals. Especially, there is a love market which is on
every Sunday. This is the place where men and women meet and make friends,
exchange and convey their feelings. They show their dancing and performances of
playing people’s traditional instruments. These activities bring people special
feelings and new experience. Besides, there are markets which are crowded and merry, and are especially
attractive to visitors and minority groups come here to exchange and trade goods
and products. Market sessions are also a chance for locals to promenade and
young men and women in their traditional costumes to meet, date or seek sweethearts.
Sapa Market is a pefect choice for tourist to explore Sapa local food.
A trip to Sapa will bring you a lot of interesting and memorable
experience.