Lang Co Beach - 60km from Hue City

Lang Co Beach - 60km from Hue City

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Known as a wild picturesque sea view, Lang Co is the ideal beach for summer vacation and wild beauty discovery!

Briefings Lang Co is a famous beach of Thua Thien-Hue Province, best known for its ever most beautiful natural landscapes and pure sea wildness. Strategically situated inside the zone of 3 World Heritage Conservation Centers (Hue ancient citadel, Hoi An old town, and My Son holy land), Lang Co is only 30 kilometers from Da Nang, and 70 kilometers from Hue. Accordingly, this helps develop diversified types of tourism, and keeps tourists to stay there longer. Lang Co is attached to a number of beautiful names by admiring tourists, some of which are “Beautiful lady of fishing village”, “Greater beauty than picture”, and so forth. You will soon discover the names’ derivation once you have come here.

Geographical features At Hai Van Mount foot there appears the beautiful Lang Co beach, whose sand banks are 1.5m – 10.5m from sea level. The sand banks gradually change their height to 5.0m-23m from sea level, with total stretching line of 8 – 9 kilometers. Climate Typically Vietnamese, Lang Co has a monsoon tropical climate, with two main wind directions, northwest one in winter and southeast one in summer. The annual average temperature is 25.2oC. Tourists should be known that it is hottest in June and July (aprx. 41oC), and coldest in December (aprx. 8.8oC). Annually, the beach has an average rainfall of 3,368 mm.

Seaside features: All the best in one Seen from above, Lang Co beach looks like a picture of beautiful cristine nature. As you may know, Lang Co is famous for its magnificent natural landscapes surrounded by mountains, tropical jungles, and the boundless blue sea with waves coming to the 8 or 9 - kilometer immaculate and fine sand, absorbing thousands of tourists. The picturesque sea view brought great inspiration for King Khai Dinh to write the epitaph “Royal step-over temple” and issued the decree to order the Ministry of Public Works to build a summer palace for recreation here. Lang Co beach is stretching along 1A Highway, easily found and favorable for tourists’ dropping off. For those fond of sea entertainment, this is actually a good choice thanks to the sloping sea, fine and clean sand, great moderate waves. Suggested activities are swimming, diving, sailing or more simply, relaxation by lying down on beaches. What is more, Lang Co is also popular for diversified beauty spots and delicacies. Right next to Lang co seaside is Hai Van Mount and Hai Van Quan, a famous Vietnam’s sightseeing. Along the mount foot, Lang Co sea is filled with coral, king shrimps, and numerous seafood of values. Inside the area, there lives a majestically captivating “Pearl Island” – Son Tra, where exists a series of wild species and flora. What lives behind the seaside? That is Bach Ma (White Horse) Mount and Lap An damp. The latter, with a quiet rounding road, is an ideal bicycle-riding place for those enjoying a mediative space. A number of other magnificient beauty spots, such as Bat Cave, Elephant Stream, Nhi Ho Fall, Dream Fall, etc. are extra activities for tourists to try after a busy day of joyful seaside entertainment.

Resorts Lang Co beach resort is classified as the best by the Economic times. The resort was designed with Hue traditional garden house architecture and well-equipped with modern facilities meeting the international standard. It has 88 guest rooms, in which there are 57 deluxe villas & Suites designed in Hue traditional structure & 31 Budget rooms, 200 persons restaurants with European & Asian food & lagoon’s fresh seafood, Billiards bar, Pool bar, Health Club with Gym, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Tennis, Massage-Sauna, Karaoke, Beauty salon, Beach Volley Ball, 02 Bars: Lobby & Tropical Terrace, Banquet, Meeting & Conference venues seating up to 40-300 persons with 02 private rooms, Business center with full secretarial services, Souvenir shop - Sea & Lagoon Excursion. All the best services are welcoming you, ensuring that you will soon come back at least once.Sea FestivalsThe beach annually holds a sea festival with hundreds of seaside activities, introducing its beauty to tourists elsewhere. Year by year, Lang Co festival promises to improve in terms of both contents and scale. Normally, it is an opportunity for tourists to witness an overwhelmingly magnificient and eventful atmosphere with impressive and joyful sea games. No travellers could say no to this very chance of enjoying life!

“Coming up mountain to see White Horse Hero, going down to sea to meet Lang Co – lady of beauty” is a popular saying of seasiders since Lang Co beauty is compared to a young graceful lady. With excellent sea potential, Lang Co completely deserves the brand of “Lang Co – a sea legendary”. Sooner or later, Lang Co will be well-known not only for a wildly poetic beauty but attractive sea services as well.

Hai Van Pass, Vietnam – The Pass of The World’s Top 10 Greatest Cycling Routes in 2010

Hai Van Pass, Vietnam – The Pass of The World’s Top 10 Greatest Cycling Routes in 2010

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Hai Van Pass, Vietnam – The Pass of The World’s Top 10 Greatest Cycling Routes in 2010 

Lonely Planet Guide Book has listed the drive from Danang to Hue is one of The World’s top 10 Greatest Cycling Routes in 2010. No doubt. On the top of Hai Van Pass, the pass on the route of Danang – Hue, on fine days, there is a breathtaking scenic of turquoise waters and green mountains.

So far, for almost visitors from Vietnam and oversea, Hai Van Pass is the most awaiting stop along their journey within Vietnam. A view of Hai Van Pass from Son Tra Peninsula at noon, sunset or after the tropical showers is amazing and pristine. Many times, for reasons, I came to Son Tra, from west -side mountain-path for the sundown. A place and time for meditation and nature retreat. Here are picked photos of Hai Van Mountain and its pass from my quiet strolls or bike trips to share to Vietnam lovers. For almost visitors, it is easy to view Son Tra Peninsula from Hai Van Pass. Me, I would love to make a vice versa – a view of Hai Van Mountain from Van Hai. From Danang to Hue, enjoy the Hai Van pass’s breathtaking view before getting down for the blue Lagoon – Lang Co. * Vietnam Railways Lang Co side of Hai Van Pass  

Hai Van Mountain after the noon rain

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Hai Van Pass
Wikipedia

The Hải Vân Pass (Vietnamese: Đèo Hải Vân, “Ocean Cloud Pass”), is an approximately 21 km long mountain pass on National Road 1A in Vietnam. It traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the Sea, on the border of Đà Nẵng and Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, near Bach Ma National Park. Its name refers to the mists that rise from the sea, reducing visibility. Historically, the pass was a physical division between the kingdoms of Champa and Dai Viet.
The twisting road on the pass has long been a challenge for drivers traveling between the cities of Huế and Đà Nẵng. Since the completion of Hai Van Tunnel, traffic flow and safety have improved.[1] The pass has been the scene of at least two of Vietnam’s most serious rail accidents, and at least one air crash.
Overview

Hai Van Summer Haze, Stunning view from Sontra, Hai Sontra

The Hai Van Pass crosses over a spur of the Truong Son (Annamite) Range that emerges from the west and juts into the South China Sea, forming the Hai Van Peninsula and the adjoining Son Tra Island. The pass, which once formed the boundary between the kingdoms of Dai Viet and Champa, also forms a boundary between the climates of northern and southern Vietnam, sheltering the city of Da Nang from the “Chinese winds” that blow in from the northwest. During the winter months (November–March), for instance, weather on the north side of the pass might be wet and cold, while the south side might be warm and dry.

The pass is renowned for its scenic beauty.Presenter Jeremy Clarkson, host of the BBC motoring programme Top Gear, featured the pass during the show’s 2008 Vietnam Special, calling the road “a deserted ribbon of perfection—one of the best coast roads in the world.”

History
Hai Van Pass has been of major strategic importance in this history of Vietnam, and for a long time represented a major barrier to any land army that attempted to move between the northern and central regions of the country.
In the middle of the 1st century, the Chinese general Ma Yuan (Mã Viện), after pacifying northern Vietnam, advanced south and established the southern border of the Han (Hán) empire by setting up columns of bronze, possibly at Hai Van. Ma Yuan also left behind some Chinese military families to hold the frontier. When the Han Empire collapsed at the end of the 2nd century, the local kingdom of Linyi (Lâm Ấp), the predecessor to the medieval polity of Champa, was created by a petty frontier bureaucrat of the Han administration, probably in the area of modern Hue (Huế) somewhat to the North.

Transport
The pass is crossed by two main transport routes: Vietnam’s main north–south highway, National Road 1A, and the North–South Railway. The road crosses over the mountain more or less directly, climbing to an elevation of 496 m (1,627 ft) and passing south of the 1,172 m (3,845 ft) high Ai Van Son peak, while the railway hugs the coastline more closely, passing through a series of tunnels along the way. Since its opening in 2005, the Hai Van Tunnel—the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia—offers an alternative road across the pass, reducing travel times by at least an hour.