Check out the highlights of Sa Pa - the foggy city

Sapa is one of the goals that is not only easy to achieve, but also beautiful all year round. Therefore, it is very popular with domestic and foreign tourists. Many people even travel to Sapa as a familiar resort once a year because if they love the climate and food, the people in Sapa have died.

If you are planning to travel to Sapa in 2019 but have not yet booked a room in Sa Pa or do not know where to eat in Sapa, be sure to read the following information to travel to Sapa. Pa most fully offline.

Sapa should travel in every season?

It is difficult for Sa Pa to comment on which Sapa trip is the best time of the year, since Sapa is a good time of year and every season is beautiful, so you can come to Sapa whenever you can make an appointment.

A trip to Sapa from March to May or from September to November is most ideal because the weather is very pleasant to visit and many special celebrations of the local population take place every year. this time.

When you come to Sapa in April and May, you will not only observe ethnic people planting rice in terraced fields, but also admire the flowering forest in Sapa. If you are someone who likes to take photos, what are you waiting for? Book your Sapa tour now!

The mature rice season at the end of September, Sapa also contributes to the northwest with the bright yellow of the terraced fields and attracts a large number of tourists to look for the golden season.

How many days should Sapa travel?

The most popular Sapa tours usually have a fairly reasonable time of 3 days and 2 nights, enough to explore part of Sapa and relax.

If you can only arrange the trip on the weekends, you can travel Sapa in the car for 2 days 1 night with the night sleep plan to have 2 days to explore Sapa without worrying. Or if you have more time, a week-long vacation in Sapa is ideal to explore more interesting destinations in Sapa.

How do I travel to Sapa?

Train - The train journey from Hanoi to Lao Cai takes approximately 8 hours. So choosing a sleeper cabin and taking the night train saves you time and energy to get the best travel experience the next day.

The train only stops at Lao Cai. After you get here you need to take a bus or car to Sapa. A bus runs from Lao Cai to Sa Pa every 30 minutes to 1 hour to take guests to the center of Sapa. The cars have a lot to offer. Just wait until there are enough guests.

Bus - Getting to Sapa by bed or limousine is a much more flexible option, as guests travel directly to Sapa town with many of the day's departure times, so you can find and catch a car at any time. Drive to Sapa at any time.

How to transport with Sapa?

Discover Sapa by motorcycle - an inexpensive and easy way to travel is very convenient to explore the small villages and alleys in Sapa. You can ask the hotel to rent a motorcycle or rent an outdoor motorcycle. As a tourist destination, there are many motorcycle rentals at affordable prices.

Walking around the city by tram or taxi is another option if you want to switch between different locations. Trams and taxis are still the most popular means in most tourist destinations, but Sapa has many one-way streets, so you sometimes have to wait for cars to come to be picked up, which takes a long time.

It is most convenient to tour Sapa with a shuttle and the schedule will of course save a lot of time to find your way or wait for the car.

Overnight accommodations when traveling Sapa

Like many other tourist destinations, Sapa has a variety of hotels and motels ranging from high-end to affordable hotels of all types and styles.

Based on the schedule for a visit to Sapa, you can choose to stay in the city of Sapa or stay with host families in the people's villages to experience daily life and meals with them. However, you should stay in a hotel in the city if you like the evening activities, as accommodation in local villages is often dark and rather sad at night.

Note that most accommodations tend to have higher room rates on weekends - Saturday evenings, and lower rates from Sunday to Thursday.

Some of the best hotels / resorts in Sapa have to be mentioned

• Silk Path Grand Resort & Spa - 5 star resort
• Pao's Sapa Leisure Hotel - 5 star hotel
• Hotel de la Coupole - MGallery - 5 star hotel
• Sapa Legend Hotel & Spa - 4 star hotel
• What to eat best when traveling to Sapa
• Sapa Barbecue - A perfect dish for cold weather

What else do you think - what could be nicer than enjoying the hot skewers in cold weather in Sapa. What is bacon, quail, beef skewers, vegetables, grilled pork with enoki mushrooms, grilled eggs ... Before exploring the rich sapa cuisine, you need to enjoy a few grilled nose skewers to stimulate the taste. New.

Salmon - healthy eating

The right climate has helped Sapa to be very successful in salmon farming. This is why many gourmets who love salmon come to Sapa to enjoy the fatty, fresh and firm meat of salmon.

Sapa salmon is as good as imported salmon and even has a higher nutritional value. Sapa visitors can enjoy salmon with a variety of dishes such as salmon salad, salmon hotpot or grilled salmon ... on most streets with many different restaurants and restaurants.

Pork cut off sapa armpits

"Stealing armpits" - an interesting name that stems from Sapa's habit of stealing pork armpits for sale in markets - has been a Sapa specialty ever since. Sapa's armpits are delicious because they raise pigs freely and let them eat on the slopes of the mountains. The price of pork bought in the Sapa markets is between 100,000 and 200,000 VND / kg, is very fresh and uses many delicious dishes.

Thang Co - specialties Sapa

Many people call "victory" the "horror specialty" of Sapa, but many people find it a try with this dish.

In order to win, people have to prepare the meat, bones, blood and organs of the horse along with almost 20 herbs such as cardamom, star anise, cinnamon ... and many special spices of the person. Guys, cook everything in one pot. The broth is scooped into a small saucepan to eat a hot saucepan and enjoy horse meat. It sounds interesting, especially if the side is quail with delicious corn wine, the better!

When talking about Sapa specialties, one cannot ignore Khau Nhuc. It may sound strange, but this dish is quite similar to the lowland population. However, to prepare a standard dish, the meat must be steamed for half a day to make it very soft. When eating, it feels like the meat in your mouth melts with layers of flavors of typical mountain spices. Forest.

Meo Vegetables - A simple but special dish of sapa

Sapa cabbage has curly leaves, dark green color, those who eat it feel chewy and a bit bitter, but then it tastes sweet after weaning. In particular when cooking vegetables, people do not use cut vegetables as usual, but transform the vegetables into small pieces so as not to lose their taste. Fried cat vegetables with some fresh ginger is a common but impressive impression among many delicious dishes in the foggy city.

List of the most popular check-in points when traveling to Sapa

• Ham Rong Mountain (in the center of town, the entrance is just behind the stone church
• Fansipan Legend - the roof of Indochina (3-4 km from the city)
• Silver waterfall (continue approx. 6 km from the Fansipan cable car station)
• Love Waterfall - Suoi Vang (past Silver Falls 2 km, send the car, buy a ticket to follow the Golden Stream about 1.5 km to see the Love Waterfall)
• Heaven Gate - O Quy Ho Pass: approx. 4-5 km from the love waterfall. This pass segment can see the beautiful landscape in the distance.
• Cat Katzendorf (2 km from the city)
• Ban Chai Chai - Ta Van - Bai Da Co (10 km from the city center. In Ta Van there is Cau May, which is very famous for Sodeep sisters. It is a wonderful way from La Dao Coffee vs View)
• Ta Phin (approx. 12 km from the city center)
• Bac Ha market (approx. 70 km from Lao Cai (open market every Sunday morning)

What to buy when you travel to Sapa

• Buying gifts while traveling is sometimes a concern of many travelers. We'll reveal to you some of the famous Sapa specialties that you can buy as a gift
• Sapa Chestnuts: A simple dish that is fragrant, easy to buy and easy to preserve. Therefore, it is very suitable as a gift when you travel to Sapa. Sapa chestnuts are praised just as deliciously as Cao Bang chestnuts. Only from VND 60,000 (unroasted) to VND 65,000 (already roasted) for a pound of chestnuts as a gift.
• Sapa's brocade products are fabrics that are hand-made by locals and dyed naturally from plants. They are therefore very unique. You can easily find gifts such as skirts, shirts, bags, purses, dolls ... made of very fine brocade fabric, which are sold in markets and on the street. The average price of a brocade item in Sapa is normally VND 150,000. Note that you should pay the price if the seller states that the price is greater than VND 200,000.
• Sapa fruits: Sapa has a cool climate all year round and is therefore famous for many fruits such as plums, peaches, grapes, tigers, apple apples and very fresh apricots. Travel to Sapa and buy fruit as a gift. Also, remember to buy seasonal fruits. You don't want to buy anything you want to buy offline.

• Kitchen buffalo meat: once you've tried it, nobody can forget the fascinating taste of kitchen buffalo meat in the northwestern provinces. Kitchen buffalo meat is also one of the specialties in Sapa that many tourists want to buy between VND 700,000 and 900,000
• Shiitake mushrooms: Shiitakes are called the "queen of plants" and are the most protein-rich plant of all vegetables. 100 grams of dried shiitakes contain 12-14 grams of protein. In particular, Sapa Shiitake tastes better than many other Shiitakes because the mushroom comes from the forest and gives a sweet, superior taste.
• Dry tea or rosemary in Sapa is also known as a gift, but you need to find a reputable place to buy good quality tea and not to be shouted at high prices.
• In addition, you can also buy Sapa forest orchids for around 50,000 VND / tree. If the price is higher than 100,000 VND, do not buy it because the orchid here is not too expensive.

The criteria make a perfect Sapa trip

The car has to drive very quietly! Don't save too much money, but ruin your entire vacation by bumping up, down, crowded or uncomfortable. The consequences of car sickness will make you tired all the time.

That is just enough to start a wonderful holiday in Sapa with friendly and enthusiastic people, a pleasantly cool climate and fresh air. In addition to souvenir photos, trips are also relaxing times that bring you emotions and a multitude of perspectives on life and regain energy and enthusiasm after a hard time. flooded his head at work.