The US-based travel website www.touropia.com has published an article listing 10 best beaches in Vietnam...
The US-based travel website www.touropia.com has published an article listing 10 best beaches in Vietnam. They are Tran Phu (Nha Trang), Ky Co Beach (Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh), Cui Dai Beach (Hoi An), Cham Islands (Hoi An), My Khe Beach (Da Nang), Con Dao Islands, Dai Lanh Beach (Khanh Hoa), Doc Let Beach (Hon Khoi Peninsula), Mui Ne Beach (Phan Thiet), and Long Beach (Phu Quoc).
According to Touropia, Vietnam as a beach destination has been a relatively recent development, but it sure has taken off incredibly quickly. External perceptions of the once strictly communist country – which has now adopted a more capitalist approach to its economy – meant that only intrepid backpackers were able to see the beauty of Vietnam’s coast. Nowadays, tourists from all over the world visit Vietnam for its beaches – not only from the Western world, but Russia too, and more recently China. Domestic tourism has also helped a boom in the coastal cities of Nha Trang and Da Nang. From tropical islands that once housed political prisons, to out-of-the-way fishing villages hiding remote slices of paradise, the best beaches in Vietnam are varied and yours to explore.
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Three out of the ten beaches in the list are in Khanh Hoa Province, including Tran Phu, Doc Let Beach and Dai Lanh Beach.
When it comes to a central city beach in Vietnam, you can’t come much closer to the center of action than the beach that lines the long Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang. Tran Phu is backed by a plethora of restaurants, bars, and plenty of opportunities for shopping that will keep visitors to the beach busy even when they’ve had enough of the heat, Touropia writes about Tran Phu beach.
Located in southern Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa province, some 80-kilometers north of the popular beach city of Nha Trang, is the little known Dai Lanh Beach. It’s a gently curving slice of white-sand beauty that has been known domestically as a pristine spot for many years, but thankfully it remains undeveloped and is usually only seen by tourists from the window of their train or coach. It’s a good stopping point for anyone on one of the Saigon-to-Hanoi road-trip routes, with several budget guesthouses and roadside stalls making this not a completely out-of-the-way destination. With a little bit of infrastructure, combined with the secluded feel of Dai Lanh – practically deserted and overlooked by tall mountains on all sides – you could feel at home very quickly at this beautiful beach.
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Whilst many tourists find themselves sunbathing and splashing around in the bustling resort city of Nha Trang just a few kilometers to the south, Doc Let Beach sits as a haven of solitude on the nearby Hon Khoi Peninsula. The hotels here are more atmospheric than they are in many busier beachside locales in Vietnam, meaning that the feeling of being on an exclusive couples getaway is much easier to summon. Doc Let is 18-kilometres of chalk-white sands and can be summed up in three parts: the north is where most of the resort and tourist action is to be found; the mid-section of this beach is unfortunately home to a huge Hyundai factory; the relatively empty south is backed by woodland and offers the most Robinson Crusoe feeling. The beauty of this Vietnamese beach is quite something, that’s for sure, Touripia writes.
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