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 Xuan Huong Lake
Previously, Xuan Huong was a big lake in Dalat that was 5sq.km in the shape of a crescent moon. Xuan Huong Lake is a poetic site, attracting leisure visitors; it is also a popular rendezvous site for lovers. The road round Xuan Huong Lake is fully surrounded by pine-tree shadows, sometimes running straight, sometimes curved. Tourists can sit under ancient conifers to fish, play on the lake with pedal-boats in the shape of swans or rest at Thuy Ta Restaurant, admiring its exceptional architecture while enjoying a glass of fresh sweet water.
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Dalat Flower Park
It is considered a natural museum that houses a fine collection of native and exotic flowers. The park consists of at least 300 different kinds of flowers, hundreds of which are in blossom all year round.
The flower park is open daily from 7.30 am to 4 pm.
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Damri Waterfall
On the way to Ho Chi Minh City, visitors can stop by Bao Loc, the land of tea, coffee and mulberry.
Dambri Waterfall are surrounded by hills of mulberry, tea, and palm trees. Visitors can also enjoy a cruise on the clear lake.
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Lang Bian Mountian
From the entrance to Da Lat City, visitors can see two high mounts with sharp, harmonious and proportioned outline eminent in the blue sky. These are the two highest mounts of Lang Bian Highland at the height of 2.167 meters. In clear days, the two mounts may be seen in the distance of hundreds of kilometers.
The legend told Lang, the boy, and Bian, the girl, from two different tribes were deeply in love with each other. However, because the two tribes were enemies, their marriage failed and the couple chose the death to protect their love. All the wild animals from the highland forests came and sadly saw the two unhappy souls off. Particularly, the most loyal elephant lied prostrate to death next to the couple's graves. Since then, the two mounts were named Lang Bian. At the starting point of Prenn Pass you can see on their left a mount looking like an elephant head called Elephant Mountain.
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Bao Dai Summer Palace
Bao Dai’s summer palace is one of the many pleasures of Dalat. A pleasant, creamy, Thirties villa, it is open to the public who swarm through it in their dozens, seizing photo-opportunities left, right and centre. Various parts of the house - Bao Dai’s throne room, his office, Queen Nam Phuong’s bedroom with ensuite bathroom, the bedrooms of the little princes and princesses - are roped off, but this has absolutely no effect. Swarms of smiling Vietnamese tourists brush aside the ropes intended to keep them out, fling off the clumsy, mandatory protective shoe coverings to reveal elegant footwear, and happily plonk themselves down on Bao Dai’s bed, on Bao Dai’s throne, at Bao Dai’s desk, to have their photo taken, either by one of the many professionals whose services are for hire or by their spouse or sweetheart. |
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Lake of Sighs
Ho Than Tho, the Lake of Sighs, is a lonely hearts sort of destination. The legend is that a teenaged girl drowned herself in the lake after being jilted by her boyfriend. The lake was part of a French water project that dammed the river. You can ride the paddle boats or just enjoy the peaceful water. This lake has such romantic connotations -French dam work. Legend has it that a 15-year-old girl named Thuy drowned herself after her boyfriend of the same age, Tam, fell in love with another. The place is crammed with honeymooners in paddle boats and motorboats.
Property information: www.vietnamtourism.com and www.about.com
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