Da Lat tourist guide

The city of Dalat is located in the southern central highlands of Vietnam and is often described as the French Alps in Vietnam, with so many things to see and do.

Situated in between several mountain ranges, Dalat offers tourists postcard perfect settings, rolling hills and old French influence.  Dalat is an amazingly green city, and is abundant with pictureseque parks featuring stunning floral displays.

Dalat is very much a tourist cities, with small hotels lining the quant streets and buses ferrying mostly Vietnamese on package tours around the town. Travellers who visit Dalat have a wide choice of accommodation, from ultra budget to four and five star hotels.  A presentable hotel room can be found from as little as $4 a night.

Most tourist to visit Dalat go by bus, which is roughly eight hours from Saigon and five hours from Nha Trang.  Vietnam Airlines operates direct flights to Dalat from both Hanoi and Saigon.