Authentic Experience of Sapa
Welcome to Sapa, which is home to many famous tourist destinations with unique and attractive features. Let’s explore the beauty here with the Top 15 places in Sapa not to be missed during your trip!
Here are the key takeaways
- Sapa entices with its landscapes and cultural diversity, attracting travelers.
- Explore 15 diverse tours offering adventure and cultural immersion in Sapa.
- Engage in trekking, cultural experiences, and adventure sports amidst Sapa’s beauty.
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Cat Cat village, Sapa has the beauty of the Northwest mountains
Cat Cat village is a village with the beauty of the Northwest mountains, in San Sa Ho commune, Sapa district. The village with its unique culture, traditional architecture and poetic scenery should always be a favorite Sapa tourist destination for young people.
As soon as you set foot at the main gate of the ancient village, you will notice the peace of the scene here. Some places or activities that visitors can explore here include: Walking on the rocky road, Rowing on the stream, Check-in at attractive locations,…
If you depart from Sapa town center to the village gate, it only takes about 2km. In addition to traveling by personal means, visitors here can also walk to see the mountains and forests, admiring the entire beauty of the village from above. After going a long way around the village, the return journey can be quite tiring. Therefore, if you are not in good health, you should ride a motorbike and park at the village gate.
Ticket price:
Tickets to Cat Cat village cost 150,000 VND/person.
Motorbike parking ticket price is 10,000 VND/motorbike.
The rental price for ethnic clothes is 150,000 to 250,000 VND/person.
Ta Phin village
Ta Phin village is one of the recommended places for tourists who want to explore the pristine nature in Sapa. About 12km northwest of the town center, the village attracts tourists with its fresh natural landscape mixed with wild, rustic features along with a culture rich in national identity.
Coming here, you will explore and learn about the daily life and customs of ethnic minorities. Famous rituals create the identity of this land such as: Bai Tram dance to catch turtles, wedding ceremonies, love songs,…
Besides, Ta Phin village is also famous for its exquisitely designed brocade items. This is also a very suitable choice for visitors to bring home as gifts for friends and relatives!
Sapa Heaven Gate
One of the next attractive tourist destinations in Sapa is Heaven’s Gate. Sapa Heaven Gate is a very famous tourist destination located on the top of O Quy Ho pass at an altitude of 2035m above sea level, 18km from Sapa town.
Tourists who want to get Sapa here must pass O Quy Ho pass with a distance of up to 15 km. If you do not want to travel by motorbike because the road is difficult, you can go by motorbike taxi or taxi to Ton station. Then you need to buy a ticket to get to the heaven gate. Although this method costs a lot more than traveling by motorbike, it ensures absolute safety for you during the trip!
The journey to reach Sapa Heaven Gate is difficult. But when you come here, you will realize that it is really worth it. Especially the surrounding mountain scenery, highlighted by green forests. Looking at this vast, majestic beauty is enough to make you feel refreshed and like being immersed in nature.
Fare:
Adult ticket price is 120,000 VND/person.
Child ticket price is 60,000 VND (1m – 1m4)
Children under 1 meter are free
This is a prominent destination and is often included in package Sapa tours. Therefore, you can easily book a tour and visit this place on your itinerary.
Y Linh Ho village, Sapa
To get to Y Linh Ho village, from Sapa town, visitors go in the direction of Lao Chai village. After passing Lao Chai village for 5km at the foot of the slope. Visitors will find the wild and poetic silhouette of Y Linh Ho village on the mountainside.
Y Linh Ho village attracts tourists because of its wild and poetic beauty. The village is surrounded by Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Along with that are gullies, terraced fields, upland fields… Inside the village are houses made from pristine bamboo and convey the simplicity and closeness of the people here.
Lao Chai village – Ta Van
From Sapa town, tourists who want to go to Lao Chai – Ta Van village can move in the direction of Cau May and Muong Hoa streets. Then continue to follow the trail at Y Linh Ho hill to Lao Chai. If you choose to walk, it will take more than three hours to get from town to this place. You can also use motorbikes and cars if traveling with family or relatives.
Coming to Ban Lao Chai – Ta Van, visitors will be attracted by the unusually quiet space. The most prominent are still the large terraced fields for rice and crop cultivation spread across the hillsides.
Especially, if you go during the harvest season, which is around April or September of the year. Visitors will have the opportunity to admire a majestic landscape of mountains and forests along with ripe rice fields on terraced fields. All create a colorful picture of nature.
Hoang A Tuong Palace – a prominent tourist destination in Sapa
The next place that BestPrice wants to introduce to you is Hoang A Tuong Palace. This building was once known as the most powerful house in the Bac Ha region during the years of French colonial rule. The project was built in a combination of Asian and European architecture. Designed and constructed by French and Chinese architects.
To get to the rooms inside the mansion, you have to follow the stairs from both sides, followed by the waiting room. You will see a quite spacious yard – a place to carry out procedures, ceremonies or organize entertainment, dancing and singing whenever there is a meeting.
Hoang A Tuong Palace today is used as a place to serve tourism within the state framework. Tourists come here mainly to visit, learn and discover the unique features of an ancient building. In addition, one side of the rooms also sells handicrafts of indigenous people such as brocade shirts, dresses, necklaces, pipes,…
Ticket price:
Adults: 20,000 VND per visit. Children 6-16 years old ticket price 10,000 VND.
Children under 6 years old and people with disabilities get free tickets.
Sapa ancient church – Mysterious beauty of Mountain town
Sapa Ancient Church – one of the places to go when traveling to Sapa for young people. Sapa ancient church is located on a quite impressive location: behind is Ham Rong Mountain, in front is a large area of land – where many cultural works can be built to serve social activities.
This is considered a symbol of the foggy city that everyone wants to visit once in their life. Bearing the mark of French architecture, the church has villas that are quite old but have their own beauty. If you come to Sapa, don’t forget to stop by this ancient church!
Ham Rong mountain
Ham Rong Mountain is located right next to Sapa town, about 3km towards the town. Therefore, you can easily move to the mountain. After arriving, visitors must buy tickets to enter the gate.
Visitors must climb stone steps to visit Ham Rong Mountain. With surrounding scenery such as Orchid Garden, Peach Garden, Sapa Telecommunications Station, Cloud Yard and Heaven’s Gate. There are also many types of colorful flowers planted here, making the mountain space more lively.
Standing from the Telecommunications Station, visitors will admire the majestic beauty of Fansipan mountain peak. The next place visitors can visit is San May. Looking down from San May, visitors can see the entire panorama of Sapa town, Muong Hoa valley and other poetic scenes.
Ticket price:
70,000 VND/adult and 20,000 VND/child (under 1.2m tall)
Fansipan Legend – Top favorite destinations in Sapa
Fansipan Legend is located in the southwest, in Sapa town. This is considered a resort complex with many diverse services including cable cars, entertainment areas, and world-class 5-star resorts.
Besides, Fansipan peak is also a quite new destination discovered by many young people at home and abroad. In particular, when coming to Sun World Fansipan Legend, visitors will be able to see the entire landscape of Sa Pa mountains and forests.
In addition, this place also gathers tourism and resort services in Muong Hoa valley with 4 to 5 star hotels, entertainment areas imbued with the cultural identity of the people here along with other tourist areas. Cuisine, big shopping centers,… will surely make you go once and remember forever on your journey!
Fare:
Sunworld Fansipan cable car ticket price for adults starts from 850,000 VND
For children from 549,000 VND on peak occasions. Ticket prices may change over time.
Ta Van Cloud Bridge
Cau May is a landmark in Ta Van village. The bridge is about 17km southeast of Sapa town. If starting from the main road, visitors can follow the trail for only about 3 km to get there.
Ta Van rattan bridge spans the poetic and lyrical Muong Hoa river. The bridge impresses visitors because it is made of rattan rope. If you choose to go early in the morning, when fog covers the bridge, you will feel like you are walking on clouds. This is also an attractive spot for tourists who want to come to Cau May to preserve these wonderful moments for themselves.
Muong Hoa Valley – The magical beauty of Sapa
Muong Hoa Valley – one of the places to go in Sapa. The valley belongs to Hau Thao commune. About 10km from Sapa town going Southeast. This is where the Black H’Mong, Red Dao, Giay…
Coming to Muong Hoa Sapa valley, visitors will explore a complex of ancient stone beaches about 4km long and about 2km wide. This place also leaves an impression on friends from all over because of the ancient stones located among the trees. With cascading terraced fields in a very unique way of the Muong Hoa region. On it are engraved many drawings and strange symbols such as human figures, writing, sun images, stairs, and roads.
Silver Waterfall – the most beautiful and famous waterfall in Vietnam
Silver Waterfall is known as one of the most beautiful and famous waterfalls in Vietnam in San Sa Ho commune, Sapa, Lao Cai. The waterfall is over 200 meters high with water flowing down Muong Hoa stream all year round. Creates a majestic and vast panorama.
Silver Waterfall is about 12km from Sapa town center going towards Lai Chau – Dien Bien. Therefore, visitors can choose to come here with many different means of transport such as motorbikes, cars,…
The journey to reach Silver Falls is not easy. That means you have to go through trails, on both sides of the road are pine forests with many plants growing around. However, when you come here you will feel the refreshment and relaxation that is hard to find in a hidden city.
Ticket price:
20,000 VND/adult and 10,000 VND/child.
Rose Valley – Romantic paradise in Sapa
Rose Valley is located in a small village on Muong Hoa road, Sapa town. With its natural design and harmonious lines, this place gives visitors an unprecedented sense of peace and magic.
Just hearing the name is enough to see that Rose Valley is a romantic and extremely ideal place for young people with a “dreamy” soul. In particular, the destination is also an extremely reasonable choice for couples in love.
Ticket price:
70,000 VND/person
Hopefully through this article, you will have more useful information about places to go in Sapa for your upcoming journey. And don’t forget to book cheap Sapa hotels or Sapa travel combos at BestPrice for complete trips. Wishing you a happy trip to Sapa and enjoy the beauty this place has to offer!
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