Danang – The most livable coastal city

Located on the South-Central Coast, Da Nang is widely known internationally for its dynamic and colourful urban image. More than the Golden Bridge hidden behind the morning mist or the Dragon Carp statue flashing under the light of fireworks, Da Nang is also an important cultural, educational, medical, political, economic, and social centre. Da Nang has a lot of tourist destinations to visit, and just one or two days are not enough to explore all the beautiful places in Da Nang. In the following article, we will introduce some of the most significant locations in Da Nang.

Ba Na Hills 

Ba Na Hills is known for one of the most superior resort tourism and amusing entertainment destination complexes in Vietnam. If you want to experience the feeling of going through four seasons in a day, Ba Na Hills is a great choice because of the extraordinary features of this place, there are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter all on the same day with different weather conditions. Not only admire the panorama view of grandiose mountainous Da Nang from afar, but visitors can also come to several second-to-none edifices and other enjoyable activities like participating in adrenaline-rush games, cable car travel, etc.

Start your journey in Ba Na Hills on cable cars to immerse yourself in the spectacular natural scenery of Ba Na Mountain God’s primeval forest. A rare opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty, to have a whale of a time with a delightful landscape. Besides that, the atmosphere at Ba Na Hills has a lot of brimful moments with festivals to bring a vibrant and compelling feeling for visitors. From the cabin cable car, floating in the air, it would be an exciting experience to observe Da Nang from the sky. From the high position, you can see the famous masterpiece – Golden Bridge Da Nang with the unique appearance of two giant hands holding the bridge. Ba Na Hills has a lot of entertaining amusement spots for visitors such as Debay Wine Cellar, Linh Ung Pagoda, a tennis court, an amusement park – Fantasy Park and many other restaurants and hotels.

Ngu Hanh Son – The Marble Mountains 

Ngu Hanh Son Mountain tourism destination is the name for six mountains Kim Son (Metal Mountain), Moc Son (Wood Mountain), Tho Son (Earth Mountain), Thuy Son (Water Mountain) and Hoa Son (Fire Mountain). Ngu Hanh Son is one of the top 10 most famous destinations in Da Nang and was recognized as a historical-cultural national site. The limestone mountain range goes along the coast with ravishing pulchritude converging mountains, beaches and spirituality attracts domestic and foreign visitors. Among six mountains, the most famous and worth visiting is Thuy Son (Water Mountain), the most enormous mountain and has picturesque scenery. On the top of Thuy Son, tourists will be left speechless by the captivating natural outlook of the entire Ngu Hanh Son Mountain, with the general vision of bustling towns and poetic beaches from afar.

Additionally, caves are also visited frequently by visitors coming to Ngu Hanh Son Mountain and one of them is Am Phu Cave (The Hell Cave). It has a yin-yang bridge leading to the cave entrance, and the road inside the cave is divided into two directions – Heaven and Hell. The Hell Cave has 12 gates, each gate has a different bureaucrat guarding. You will have a chance to admire the scene recreating the legend of the underworld according to Vietnamese conception, the punishments for people after going to hell. After visiting Hell, remember to step onto the path to Heaven to feel like you just resurrected, escaping the horror of hell.

Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture 

The Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture of the so-called Cham Museum is considered a significant tourist place in Da Nang City. This is the museum to conserve and promote the cultural heritages of the prosperous ancient Champa Kingdom. Cham Museum is listed as a historical and valuable natural–artistic location for visitors coming to Da Nang. Impressed by the people who come to the era museum by its interiors, the museum has many huge windows that receive lights originating from outside skies with the French Gothic architecture. This is also the place that displayed more than 2000 artefacts of multiple sizes from the culture of the Cham civilization, divided into areas like My Son room, Tra Kieu room, Dong Duong room, etc. Not only famous for its building design, it also owns a variety of antiquities with valuable worth. If you want to understand more details about the history behind the artefacts and living habits of Cham civilization, you can reserve a tourist presenter who will companion with you through the journey of exploring the museum.

Most of the artefacts in the Museum of Cham Sculpture are made from calcined clay, bronze, and sandstone. The most outstanding remark is the pattern and design are delicately chiselled bringing out the characteristics of Cham ethnicity. Especially, among the unique antiquities, the most memorable is Shiva the lord of dance sculpture, Yaksa, and Krishna relief, the Linga-Yoni altar, the Naga snake lord sculpture, the Tra Kieu bayadere altar and Laksmi the goddess of happiness sculpture, etc. At the back of the museum is the exhibition for images, and documents about Champa architecture and construction in SouthEast Asia. From this sculpted exhibit, visitors can comprehend many more interesting facts and histories of Cham culture and a used-to-be thriving Cham nation.

Golden Bridge 

Mentioning a place to visit in Da Nang, we cannot miss the most famous destination – Golden Bridge. An architecture with the unique design of two giant hands holding a bridge meandering like silk. Golden Bridge of Ba Na Hills is one of the top 100 best destinations in the world (voted by TIME magazine). Even though it was established in 2018 at the present, the Golden Bridge still proves its attractiveness by appearing on many travellers’ social media accounts. Standing on the bridge, you can contemplate Da Nang city from the high, and feel like being lost in the Elysium on Earth. Located at a height estimated at above 1400 meters altitude from the sea, this worldwide famous bridge has a length of 150 meters. The bridge was designed as a footpath that connects Marseille station and Thien Thai Flowers Garden.

The fairylike scenery of Ba Na Hills from the high has inspired the architecture crew to come up with the idea of building a bridge held by a deity. The bridge is likened to the tremendous hands of a divinity pulling a gold-wispy band out of the land. At the position of the hands, you can admire the primeval forest stretching far away, in the distance is a panoramic view of the beautiful city of Da Nang. On foggy days, the bridge will make you feel like you are walking through paradise surrounded by white clouds.

Da Nang is not only known as a green, clean, and beautiful city or a livable city but also a tourist city of the Central region and the whole country. Every year Da Nang attracts millions of tourists because of its majestic natural scenery and civilized and modern lifestyle. You will be lost in a paradise of culinary culture and fun destinations with unforgettable experiences. Coming to visit Da Nang, more than enjoying the beautiful scenery, you can also swim, dive to see the coral, participate in underwater games, and countless other interesting activities. Da Nang City is promised to give you the most memorable and wonderful vacation.