Da Nang has a lot of beautiful places to visit when you travel to this city.
Here are the best tourist attractions that you can put in your itinerary.
1. Golden Bridge Da Nang
- Address: Hoa Vang, Da Nang (in the tourist area of Ba Na Hills).
- Opening time: 24 hours, but you pay attention to the time of the cable car.
- Entrance fee: Need tickets to use cable cars to come to the hills.
Golden Bridge is a unique architecture built in Thien Thai garden in the tourist area of Ba Na. The bridge is at an altitude of 1,400 meters above sea level, about 150 meters long with 8 bridge spans.
Golden Bridge or Hand Bridge once reached the top 100 most wonderful destinations in the world in 2018, voted by Times Magazine (USA).
With a unique design like the hand of mossy stone supporting the brilliant golden silk strip in the clouds of Da Nang, this bridge has become a favourite destination for many domestic and foreign tourists.
With that magnificent beauty, many world presses has given many good words to describe the beauty of the Golden Bridge.
If you want to take beautiful and unique pictures, this bridge is really an ideal destination.
2. My Khe beach
- Address: In the corner of Vo Van Kiet street and Vo Nguyen Giap Street, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening time: 24 hours
- Entrance fee: No tickets
My Khe beach used to be voted by Forbes magazine of the US as one of the 6 most beautiful beaches on the planet. This beach makes many guests fall in love with the beautiful natural scenery and the quality of service.
My Khe is a 10km long coastline stretching from the foot of the Son Tra peninsula to the Marble Mountains. The beach is famous for its lovely swimming place with nice blue water, green coconut palms, and long stretches of white sand.
Like many other Da Nang beaches, you can join different activities in My Khe, such as scuba diving, windsurfing, swimming, sand volleyball.
The beach has a professional rescue system, full of watchtowers, signal flags, and lifebuoys. Besides, the security workers are always on hand to promptly respond to unfortunate situations.
3. Son Tra Peninsula
- Address: Hoang Sa Street, Tho Quang Ward, Son Tra District, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening time: 7:00 am – 5:00pm
- Entrance fee: No tickets
Son Tra Peninsula locates about 10km northeast of the city centre. Son Tra looks like a great wall to protect Da Nang city.
Considered as the jewel of Da Nang, with a diverse source of flora and fauna, Son Tra Peninsula is an exciting attraction for tourists.
Coming to the Son Tra peninsula, you can visit the following places: Ban Co (Chessboard Top), Linh Ung pagoda, a thousand-year-old banyan tree, and Tien Sa beach.
In particular, Linh Ung Pagoda, having the tallest statue of Buddha in Vietnam, is a favourite destination for many tourists. The Buddha statue is leaning against the mountain, facing the sea, expressing the blessing of peace to the people in Da Nang and the fishermen reaching out to the ocean for a living.
IIf you are a nature lover, do not miss the opportunity to see the rare type of douc langur (Vooc) here. The individual species account for 83% of the number of langurs in the world. The international wildlife protection organization has named this langur as the queen of primates.
4. Ba Na Hills
- Address: Hoa Ninh commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening time: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
- Entrance fee: 850,000 VND
Ba Na Hills is a very famous tourist attractions in Da Nang city, 25km from the city center. Most people call it “Da Lat in the Central Vietnam”, and this place owns the well-known Golden Bridge.
This destination locates at an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level. The temperature here is cool year-round, and this site has four seasons in one day. Nature gives Ba Na Hills rich vegetation, charming landscapes, and many rare animals listed in the Red Book of Vietnam.
The hills attract plenty of visitors with unique European architecture. Le Jardin de Amour flower garden has thousands of shimmering colours. Fantasy Park makes many young people fall in love with plenty of games.
When coming to Ba Na Hills, you can also visit free of charge French wine cellar with a variety of wines brewed in the ground with excellent quality.
One of the special features that makes visitors excited when coming to Ba Na is the
One of the special features that makes visitors excited when coming to Ba Na is the feeling of sitting in the cable car, staying in the air, seeing the vast old forests, and the majestic mountains. The high blue sky opens up, giving you an exciting feeling.
5. The Marble Mountains
- Address: 81 Huyen Tran Cong Chua street, Ngu Hanh Son district, Da Nang, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Entrance fee: 40,000 VND
The Marble Mountain (Ngu Hanh Son) has many mysterious rocky caves, magnificent landscapes, and unique religious buildings.
Located on the route Da Nang – Hoi An, the Marble Mountains has a limestone complex with 5 mounts: Kim Son, Moc Son, Thuy Son, Hoa Son, and Tho Son.
Thuy Son (Water Mount) is the most beautiful mountain in the Ngu Hanh Son complex that many tourists choose to explore. To reach the top of the mount, you can select to climb each step or use the elevator with transparent glass to save time while still admiring the beautiful surrounding scenery.
If you are a fan of spiritual tourism, Linh Ung Pagoda on top of Thuy Son mount is not missed here. Solemnly placed in the centre of the temple is a big statue of Sakyamuni Buddha with two sides worshipping Quan Yin Bodhisattva and Jizō Bodhisattva.
In addition to the above places, you can visit Huyen Khong Cave, the Hell Cave, and the Non Nuoc Stone Handicraft Village. These destinations also are the highlights in this area.
6. Hot spring in Than Tai mountain
- Address: Phu Tuc Village, Hoa Phu District, Hoa Vang District, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 8:30am – 5:30pm
- Entrance fee: 350,000 VND – 780,000 VND
Besides the cool green beaches and famous green isles, Hot Spring Park in Than Tai Mountain attracts many tourists to visit and swim.
This place locates in the nature reservation of Ba Na Nui Chua, surrounded by Thanh Long mountain and Bach Ho mountain. This tourist destination has become a famous leisure place for many people.
Coming to Than Tai hot spring, you can immerse yourself in the natural mineral water, lComing to Than Tai hot spring, you can enjoy the natural mineral water, listen to the sound of the jungle, feel the chirping of birds. Besides the hot mineral bath service, the park also has a cold swimming pool with exciting underwater games.
7. Love Bridge
- Address: Tran Hung Dao Street, Son Tra District, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 24 hours
- Entrance fee: No tickets
Love bridge is in the east of Tran Hung Dao Street, built according to the idea of famous lock bridges in the world such as Pont des Arts (France), Milvio (Italy), or Tretriakovsky (Russia).
This dating spot gives couples a romantic feelings, and also a place where many young people choose to take wedding photos for their full love. Typically, the bridge is to keep locks that proves the couples’ love for each other.
When night falls, the bridge becomes more romantic and seductive than ever, and you can see many couples walking with hands in hands. And if you have a chance to visit Da Nang, remember to visit the love lock bridge.
8. Dragon Bridge
- Address: The bridge connects Nguyen Van Linh Street with Vo Van Kiet Street, Da Nang City, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 24 hours
- Entrance fee: No tickets
Dragon Bridge was constructed in 2009 with extremely elaborate and meticulous design. This bridge has become a symbol of Da Nang city.
Dragon Bridge creates good conditions for traffic between the two banks of the Han River, and reducing pressure on other bridges in Da Nang crossing the river.
The bridge was built in an architectural style simulating a Vietnamese dragon in the Ly dynasty (1009 to 1225). The dragon reaches out to the sea with the desire for the city to develop and grow stronger.
With the dragon-shaped steel structure, this design is an innovative and unique construction that has never been in the world.
You cannot ignore the time when the dragon sprays fire and water every weekend night at Dragon Bridge.
Dragon Bridge is both for traffic circulation and has become the pride of the local people of Da Nang.
Da Nang City has many different sites to visit (such as Asia Park), but we just select the top highlights of attractions to introduce with you.
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