My family of 3-pax will be going to Danang from 21~27 June 2018. Have not decided on the itinerary yet but thought of spending 2-nites each at Hue, Danang & finally Hoi An. Will 2-nites at each town/city be sufficient? If too tight schedule, then I can omit Hue for the time being.

Hi anyone can recommend me how to go around danang for a group of 10+ people?
Can use uber/grab? Or?

I was told Grab is widely available at Danang. You may also want to check out the below links for transport to Hoi An ....

https://hoiantravel.com.vn/da-nang-airport-to-hoi-an/
https://hoiantravel.com.vn/how-to-get-from-...nang-to-hoi-an/

BTW, when is your trip to Danang? My family trip is from 21~27 June 2018 (3-nites at Danang & 3-nites at Hoi An).

This post has been edited by Pinnacle1295: Jan 15 2018, 01:40 PM

travelling to Hoi an, Danang ( Vietnam) is very nice, ancient town and cheap price, just come back, very great experience

This post has been edited by AnnieLew: Feb 8 2018, 01:01 AM


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Gonna have a week-long break and planning to travel to Da Nang with my friends. Any recommendations of fun activities over there? Btw it is a 4 days 3 nights trip.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2384122

Travelling to Da Nang for the first time. Just wanna ask what are the fun activities and good restaurants over there?

Hi I was in da nang and Hoi an a few months ago. I prefer hoi an muchhh moreeee than da nang tho. There are more things to do and see in hoi an. Things are slightly cheaper in Hoi an too. I wished I stayed longer in Hoi an. Everyone was much nicer and genuine there.

The only thing I did in da nang was to see the marble mountain thing , a day trip.

Then another day trip to bana hills. Uhm it’s like going to vietnam’s Bukit tinggi. They employed like a bunch of white people to do performance. Queue to sit the cable car was super long. Everything and every where also need to queue. Packed with noisy locals. All like to cut queue .The indoor theme park also cacat to the max. Non of the rides worth sitting. I remember joining a queue cuz we saw many people queueing up, we thought it’s a good ride. Padahal, it’s just a 30 seconds “horror ride”. The set up is like something my school library would do for library week. That place was a major turn off for me.

Then another day to chill. Went to one of the main beaches , forgot what it’s called. Holy shit , the beach is packed like sardine. I swear I’ve never seen so many fully clothed people on the beach before. Quite scary.

Da nang wasn’t pleasant for me. Sorry

Uber and grab not really that cheap also. And cars quite limited. If you got 10+ people, I think it would be more economical to rent a van with driver for a day

Damn not worth it man. I paid like rm180 for a days trips inclusive of everything. That whole place is so damn artificial with a bunch of sad looking underpaid white people performing. Cable car queue was super long. Just long queues for everythin la. The indoor theme park is so damn shitty too. The pictures of the place looks really nice online cuz it’s empty . In real life the whole place is hoarded with tons of locals + China People. I remember there was like a beautiful garden with flowers, the whole ambiance was destroyed by them and their selfie sticks. Damn annoying

Quite a turn off. I wouldn’t recommend it .

Tq for your review on Da Nang Hope my trip is gonna be alright XD

I've just got back from 5d4n Hoi an/Hue this CNY.
Feel free to ask me if you have any questions.

Overall I'd consider this trip quite relaxing~

Oh and for any of you planning to go vietnam, always remember their traffic light rules.
1) Green = I can go
2) Yellow = I can go
3) Red = I still can go !

XDD.. There's even t-shirt printed like this for sale XD

Hi all, lemme give you some ideas from my recent Hoi An trip.

In total I went there for 5d4n (14th - 18th Feb).

Day 1:
-Arrive airport (12-1PM local time)
-Proceed to check-in hotel in Hoi An Town.
-Went out walking around the town for lunch and light bites.
-You must try the Banh Mi (Baguette) there, one of the best food I had there. I forgotten the name of it, but its near the same row of shops with "Highland Coffee" corner shop, across BeBe tailor.
Although TBH, only some of the food there is really nice. According to my sister who had been to HCMC, there are more choices and nice food in HCMC.
-Had vietnamese coffee in Mango Mango restaurant in town, must drink if you like vietnamese coffee.
-Continue strolling around the ancient town, chillax in of the the restaurants and proceed to night market before back hotel.

Day 2:
-Early departure for Hue trip. It's a 2-3 hrs drive from Hoi An therefore its going to take an entire day trip if you do not stay in Hue.
-Dropped by Marble Mountain for a quick stop, but found unable to cover all due to time so we just take the elevator up and have some quick snaps and left.
-If you like cave built temple, I think you can take a longer time here.
-Proceed to Hue, we used the scenic route, looks nice but can be skipped if you're not into the scenic coastal view as its zigzagy and narrow so not recommended for those motionsick people.
-Hue Citadel is a must (for me coz I like ancient buildings, very china-esque palace).
-Lunch in some local kopitiam due to CNY/Tet eve, so not much is open.
-Thien Mu Pagoda can be skipped, not very impressive.
-Khai Dinh tomb. It's expensive entrance fees, ard 100K VND/pax iianm. I think not really worth the price as there's not much to see.
-Never had enough time to go for Ming Manh, and Tu Duc tomb sadly.
-Back to Hoi An town for dinner and back hotel.

Day 3(CNY/TET actual day):
-Most hotels there provides bicycle as it is a good way to explore the small town.
-We went for cycling around the ancient town.
-Not much is open during the day as it was their CNY.
-Had chicken rice which is nice at 'Com Linh'. You should try.
-Had Coffee at "Hoi An Roastery". They have 4-5 outlets around town with some in strategic location. Can try albeit I feel the Mango Mango one is nicer.
-Chill around town till night, and went to night market for some shopping.

Day 4:
-Cycle to town again, looking for artworks and souvenirs and last day shopping.
-Had coffee in Highlands Coffee chain (its like their local starbucks with their fraps). Nothing special, better of stick with vietnamese coffee.
-Evening chill in "The Deck" in Hotel Royal Hoi An by Sofitel, one of the only 2 5 stars hotel in Hoi An iianm. Basically its a sky bar overlooking the ancient town. Drinks are not too expensive, can consider if too much time and no where to go XD.
-Had dinner and chill again in ancient town before heading back.

Day 5:
Morning departure to airport and leave.


***Other info :

Street Food :
U will see alot of repetitive stalls selling
1)Banana pancake
2)Vietnamese rice paper
3)Banh Mi
4)Rolled Ice Cream
5)Others

You should try the rice paper, among the nice street food.
Banana pancake is average.
Never tried Ice Cream as the temp was ard 16-20 deg at night, so we had beers and alchohols instead.
Tried 3 different Banh Mi stalls but none beat the one on the first day.
There are other foods like lok lok style, but we dare not try due to hygiene and we are not sure what are some of those meat.

Vietnamese Coffee :
Must drink daily for coffee lovers, so much kick and kao.
FYI, we had 2-3 cups of their coffees every day without miss. xD
Order them with milk, and iced.

Weather :
Daytime temp can go around 25-28, but night can be chilly and cold.
Not sure if its due to the season, better check your dates and their weather forecast.
Could use a jacket at night if its whole year long thingy.
The coldest I felt was around 16 deg with winds so I was kinda shivering while sitting down at the Irish pub chilling LEL.

Must Eat :
For me,
1) only the first day Banh Mi
2) rice paper
3) day 3 chicken rice
Other vietnamese food like pho, mi quang, fresh and fried spring rolls are average.

Market, Night Market :
ALWAYS ALWAYS bargain.
Tourist there was 90% korean, thus some vendors can even speak simple korean.

Tailor :
I thought to make a tailored suit but after finding out the price, it wasnt within my budget thus i skipped.
Average price is around USD130 and above depending on the materials u choose.


***

Suggestions :
-You should try to stay at least 1 night in Hue, to really discover everthing interesting there.
-My Son champa ruins can be skipped if you had visited Angkor Wat, or planned to. I never been there but research show its just a small ruin, not worth to spend that amount of money and time.
-You should also try to stay 1 or 2 nights in Danang if you like beaches and sun. They have a really long coastline and sunny sun. More varieties of food too as we saw them when we passed by the city.

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I might've missed out some details, but if u have any more questions feel free to ask !

How is the service at the airport custom?

Arrival processing was slow maybe due to lunch hour timing, there was only about 2 counters opened at first, then another 2-3 after the officers are back from lunch.
But by the time they are back, half the plane's passenger has gone through.

As for departure, it is recommended that you reach at least 2 hours before departure time for safety measures.
The queue for checking in luggage was at least 45 mins - 1hr due to high traffic tourists especially form Korea.
And you have to add another 15-20 mins for security checkpoint. (Due to high security measures, even shoes have to be removed, my birkenstock was also asked to be removed).

what hotel did u stayed in when you're at hoi an?
theres way more food to eat in hoi an/hue
many food originated from there actually

I stayed in Le Pavillion Hoi An Luxury Resort and Spa.
Yes there are more local foods but we did not try much of the street stalls during daytime. xD

But as for the food comparison, it was my sister who told me there are more nice foods in HCMC than Hoi An.
I havent been to HCMC so I just listen.. haha

its true HCM have more but those food originated from hoi an/hue
thn being brought to the city like HCM
the original flavour would be at central vietnam

like bun cha is originated from hanoi, so it taste the best in hanoi and served differently too
each part of vietnam have their own different kind of food unlike the whole malaysia share the same food
thats the interesting part of vietnam

Oh yeah speaking of bun cha, we wanted to try one of the famous one in Hue but they were already closed for Tet.
Hahaha oh well.
Maybe you can tell more about their food for others to know.