1/ Geography: Dalat is located in the province of Lam Dong (Central Highlands) to nearly 200 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Romantic city par excellence, it is famous for its waterfalls, lakes, valleys of flowers, its green meadows and pine forests. At 1,475 m above sea level in a temperate region, with many lakes and waterfalls, orchards and forests of trees to evergreens.
Its cool climate and beautiful nature that surrounds make it one of the nicest cities in the country. It used to be called "Little Paris". For Vietnamese, it is par excellence the city honeymoons. Dalat also symbolizes the Vietnamese kitsch. The city has 125,000 inhabitants, about 5000 members of mountain minorities. Dalat is often called the city of eternal spring. The temperature varies between 15 and 24 degrees.

2/ History: This is Dr. Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943), a protégé of Louis Pasteur who discovered the plague bacillus, which became known in 1897 Dalat station quickly became very popular among Europeans happy. to enjoy a cool haven, allowing them to escape the sweltering heat of the plains of the delta. One can discover a small french quarter, the summer residence of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam, college, high school Yersin.

Climatologists call "The City of Eternal Spring" because the average winter temperature never drops below 5ºC and in summer, does not exceed 30°C. Thanks to its mild climate and mild, Dalat continues throughout the year a garden of colorful flowers and fragrances. Dalat has 2,000 villas making it a city with rich characters.

Arriving at Dalat, tourists can visit dozens of which several are nationally recognized magnificent sites. The city has several natural and artificial Ho Xuan Huong including lakes, in the heart of Dalat. She has other typical sites such as waterfalls Cam Ly, Dactanla or Prenn, Lake of Sighs, Valley of Love... The beautiful forests that surround offer pleasant walks , bike or bike to Lake of Sighs or cascades Prenn...

A trip to this region can not fail to provide a stop at garden flowers Dalat. Indeed, the temperate climate of this region is ideal for flowers such as roses, orchids, camellias or thrush.

Tourism city, Dalat is also known for its gastronomy, night markets, and its confectionery, a local specialty. Handicrafts are varied and typical, especially fir wood. Gold hands of local artisans create small houses, jewelry boxes ... more charming than each other. Dalat is also imbued with the cultural cachet of the Central Highlands.

3/ Some typical sites to visit Dalat

*/ Lake Xuan Huong
This artificial lake was created in the heart of the city during the construction of a dam in 1919. Thanh Thuy Near Restaurant, 200 m northeast of the dam, you can rent pedal boats shaped giant swans for walk on the lake.

*/ Valley of Love
Emperor Bao Dai had called Valley of Peace but romantic university students received in 1972 being called "Valley of Love".

There are multitudes of waterfalls, including the Cam Ly opened to tourism in 1911, which also was a great success with the public. Particularly because of its waterfall 15 meters high and also for horses and "cowboy " of Dalat.

Another waterfall, the Prenn, which falls are the most beautiful and largest in the region. Its altitude is 1124 meters. It is an oasis of freshness. Water rushes into the vacuum to fall 15 meters down a rocky platform. A path can go behind the curtain of water, offering stunning views of this beautiful natural site and water bodies downstream.

*/ Lake of Sighs
The French expanded the natural lake with a dam at the edge of which are established eateries. The surrounding forest is nothing exceptional.

Lake of Sighs has a legend: Mai Nuong there rencontrât beautiful Hoang Tung, while collecting mushrooms and hunted him. They fell in love and asked their parents for permission to marry. In 1788, the Chinese threatening to invade the country and the Emperor Quang Trung who carried out a general mobilization, Hoang Tung had to go fight without being able to prevent his bride. No news of him and believes he no longer loved, May Nuong was to carry him home a note giving a final appointment with the Lac.Comme he did not come, she threw herself in despair waters where you can still hear the wind sighs days.

Dalat is finally also famous for its production of tea, strawberry and many fruits, including grapes imported by the French.

*/ Prenn Falls
This is perhaps the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the entire region. Water rushes into the vacuum of 10 m to arrive at a kind of rocky platform. A path can go behind the curtain of water, offering stunning views of this beautiful natural site and the water downstream, often overgrown with sailboats

LAM DONG PROVINCE 

Area: 9 776.1km² / Population: 1 179 200 inhabitants (year 2006).

Provincial capital city of Dalat

Lam Dong Province is located on the highest of the Central Highlands, 1 500m above sea level. The territory of Lam Dong extends trays Lam Vien, Don Duong Lien Khuong (1 000m high) Bao Loc and Di Linh (800m high).

The climate is temperate. The fertile basaltic soil is favorable to industrial plants (tea, coffee), sweet potato and vegetable temperate regions. The mountains and forests are 70% of the area of which 205 000 ha covered by pine trees.

Lam Dong river passes through beautiful waterfalls: Prenn, Camly and Pongour. Based there over 100 years (1893), the provincial capital, Dalat has become an attractive site for Vietnamese and foreign tourists.

The city of Dalat is 110km from Phan Rang, 118km from Bao Loc, 220km from Buon Don, 210km from Nha Trang, 308km from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi 1 505km. There is a direct route from Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot.

Dalat has: Da = water, and Lat = name of an aboriginal tribe. Altitude station (1 500m), Dalat is located on a bank of the Cam Ly, close to the area of red earth Lam Vien plateau (or Lang Biang, peaking at 2 614m) with vast plantations of coffee and cinchona. The annual average temperature is 10ºC to 20ºC. The climate is temperate throughout the year.

Dalat is an excellent health resort and a university center. Xuan Huong Lake bordered by willows , pines and picturesque Lang Biang plateau.

Famous for its horticulture, Dalat provides all South including Ho Chi Minh City, the plants of temperate regions and all kinds of flowers (mimosa, chrysanthemum, gladiolus, orchids ... ).  

Dring the Da River are several hydroelectric stations. Da Nhim station has a capacity of 160 000kW. The tea industry has developed: black tea and green tea. In Dalat is a center of atomic research and the National Archives.

*/ Cascade Dambri

Location: Cascade is located 18 km from the town center Dambri Bao Loc, Lam Dong province.

Feature: The climate around Dambri Cascade is cool all year round. This is a huge waterfall in Lam Dong province.

Dambri site eco-tourism at the height of 1500 meters above sea level, is considered an ideal tourist resort in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, attracting many Vietnamese and international tourists.

Come Dambri, tourists have the chance to wallow in a wild natural landscape. Apart from imposing landscapes such as waterfalls, fossil caves, virgin forests, tourists can visit zoos, Monkey Island and circus animals.

Waterfall Dambri is almost 60 meters high, the different layers that overlap each other in a unique way. The waterfall is located in the middle of the forbidden forest with a wide variety of animals and precious plants.

The impressive waterfall Dambri looks from afar. The top of the waterfall, a giant volume of water pours down with very white foams. If tourists admire the waterfall from a low position, tens of Rainbows, created by the water and the sun, we'll see.

The legend says that there was a boy and a girl K'ho ethnic minority group who used to have an appointment with the waterfall. Their love was like a beautiful wild orchids and sweet branch as the cold stream.

One day the boy disappeared without a trace. The girl waited for him and wept so long and tear flow within the cascade.

Appointees K'ho waterfall that means Dambri waiting. Today, poetic and imposing waterfall is a symbol of faithful love girls K'ho ethnic group.

Come Dambri, tourists can also join a adventure tour in the Forbidden Forest. With thousands of acres of virgin forest, Dambri will bring a lot of interesting memory for tourists.

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