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Pro
Amazing nature and people and in the summer a pleaseant climate compared to the lowlands
Con
Overrun w/tourists, overpriced, ethnic tourism bit overstaged
In a nutshell
A fair place to try out your trekking boots for the first time.
TravelVn Says: Ham Rong MountainI visited Sapa in July, 2011. I have visited here for 5 days. I think it is interesting time that i had in Summer holiday. If you want to travel to Ham Rong mountain, you just need to spend a half of day is enough. You should bring a bottle of water, and...
annalecce Says: If you are a real coffee-addicted, don't miss to visit a small but very assorted and strangely furnished coffee shopin Sa Pa, just in the centre of the town. Its name is NGQOC VINH COFFEE QUAN, in Day NHA THO. Nice orchid garden, wooden carvings and 8 types of coffee. Try...
cal6060 Says: Cat Cat waterfall and nearby water power station was built by French in the early 20th century. This waterfall was built together with proper stairwell and stairway. It made it easy for us to walk to another side of the mountain. This was a good stop to visit the waterfalls.
cal6060 Says: Cat Cat Village is located at the bottom of the Muong Hoa Vally, with short distant to Cat Cat waterfall. Walking down from Muong Hoa Vally to Cat Cat village, we passed by local houses, and many of these houses have transformed to tourist retails to sell handicrafts...
cal6060 Says: We continued our journey from Muong Hoa river to Ta Van village. We crossed a bridge to reach an area with paddy and terraced fields. It was winter during our visit, so the paddy fields were rather muddy with no crops. We managed to visit some local houses to see the...
cal6060 Says: After visiting Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai Village, we continued our journey walking along Muong Hoa river. Overall, this is the most beautiful scene walks in Sapa, even though the tracks are not easy to walk. It was a after raining day, the tracks were very muddy and slippery....
cal6060 Says: We first walked on a muddy road to the Y Linh Ho Handicraft Center. On our way there, there were many young children, H'mong, accompanied our walk and talked to us. We were not sure what to react as they were many innocent children trying to sell us something. We just...
WaRPer Says: If you only have half day left in Sapa, and downtown is too small for you....There's a place called "Dragon's Jaws Mountain" (Ham Rong) just about 400 meters away from the Tourism Info Center. This walking trail leads you to the mountain top, with a myriad of indigenous...
1 Review and 195 Opinions We stayed at the Victoria on one of their package deals. I don't normally like packages, but the...
1 Review and 126 Opinions My two sons and I stayed at the Sapa Eden for three days and two nights in September 2011. The rooms...
Michell Restaurant: Terrific Fresh Food..
Greggor58 Says: We eat here only once but thoroughly enjoyed our meal here.There really weren’t too many people here when we were here but it was mid day and it was NOT peak season. The town as a whole was not overly busy so in fact the service we received here was top notch and of course...
Lepho: Once in Sapa - Vietnam, should try Pho at LePho
manhsapa Says: I'm working as the guide and once I came to LePho restaurant with my friends from Autralia. We are surprised that they serve here only Pho and Nem - two Vietnamese famous dishes. Well we really noticed that this is the real Vietnamese gastronomy. It is so amazing........ if...
Red Dragon Pub: Run by a British expat
Willettsworld Says: There's not a great deal to do in the evening apart from visiting a few of the towns pubs. This particular pub is run by an English expat who's been here over 10 years. It looks and feels more like an English tearoom than a pub so I felt pretty much at home here! Anyway,...
Overnight Train...Like MOST people arriving here..
Greggor58 Says: The hotel owner that we booked with for our stay in Sa Pa offered for a small mark up in price to arrange our train transport between Sa Pa and Ha Noi...I have to say that this was more than convenient and the cost, agreed to before our confirmation, was just tacked onto our...
Willettsworld Says: The best way of getting to Sapa is by train and then by bus. As I travelled to Sapa as part of a tour with et-pumpkin, everything was done for me, they even have their own 1st class train carriage which was very nice (see their page on their train below). I had one of the 4...
Hill-tribe sellers: Tribual textiles & jewellery
Willettsworld Says: You'll see several hill-tribe women selling textiles and tribal jewellery along the main tourist road of P Cau May and around the towns square where the church is located. You'll also find several stalls that are awash with the same items in the upper part of the market.
Willettsworld Says: We stayed with a Zay family at our overnight home stay in the village of Ta Van. We got to their home stay where our beds were upstairs on the floor while they cooked our evening meal on a small open fire in the kitchen area. The food was fantastic - chicken and mushrooms,...
Willettsworld Says: If you decide to do a trek through some of the local villages, you'll encounter some amazing rural life. We walked through the village of Lau Chai with Red Dzao women past pigs, ducks, buffalo and some lovely wooden houses.
Willettsworld Says: Day 2 of my trek consisted of trekking from Ta Van to Giang Tachai. We left and started to make our way up the valley along some very muddy paddy fields where my feet slipped all over the place even though I had on brand new boots which I had bought in Sapa. The Black Hmong...
Willettsworld Says: On the way down to the waterfalls at Cat Cat, we went past this small clinic which, my young Black Hmong guide mentioned to me, was just 7 years old, despite looking much older from the outside. We went inside where there is a baby delivery room, office, 2 beds in another...
Willettsworld Says: Cau May (Cloud Bridge) is the main thoroughfare for foreign tourists, and is crowded with restaurants serving western food. This street starts at the south side of the town square and terminates in a steep set of stairs lined with cheap rooms, let out by the Vietnamese who...
Willettsworld Says: Cau May (Cloud Bridge) is the main thoroughfare for foreign tourists, and is crowded with restaurants serving western food. This street starts at the south side of the town square and terminates in a steep set of stairs lined with cheap rooms, let out by the Vietnamese who...
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Q: Hey... I know this is a longshot but I stupidly left my camera in one of the bar/shops on the ascent from Cat Cat to Sapa...
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Our four day stop in Sa Pa was ANOTHER adventure in Vietnam that was totally unlike anything I’ve ever seen before…The town itself was easy to get around in, the people I encountered here were...
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I booked the Friendly train for my trip to Sapa on the internet. A taxi arrived at my Hotel and picked me up and took me to the Train Station. The driver took me to the correct Train and showed me...
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Sa Pa - Insight into Ethnic Minorities of Vietnam
Sa Pa is a fantastic place to visit if you are into being on the ground, amongst the local people. There are tours which will give you a number of options in approach - various types and degrees of......
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Sapa, all the world's a stage...
Be sure to bring dongs with you if you intend to 'trek' outside of town as you will need them to pay for your entrance into the local nearby 'ethnic' villages (or even to travel on the roads to them)....
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Watching clouds rolling by in Sapa
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