DALAT TRAVEL BLOG
Dalat Travel Blog updates frequently about feelings, latest events, travel activities and cultural informations in Dalat city, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
The Fireplaces in Dalat Vietnam
Although Dr Alexandre Yersin had discovered Dalat since 1893 and almost immediately many French architects had made plans to build villas and houses in the newly-discovered city, only until 1910 had the first Inn, forerunner of Hotel du Lac, been built; then, in the 1920s Palace Hotel was built, [read more...]
Dalat Tourism Development Associated with Flower Villages
It is not coincidental that Da Lat is lovingly given lots of names by friends and domestic & international tourists, of which the most intimate and closest name is perhaps “the City of a a Thousand Flowers”; for flowers have been closely associated City for with Da Lat founding and [read more...]
The 5th Dalat Flower Festival in 2013 – Four Events in One
In the first week of May 2013, Lam Dong People's Committee and representatives of relevant departments and branches in the province had a working meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss programs of major Cultural - Tourism Events to be held in Dalat, Lam Dong by the end of this [read more...]
The 9th ANFPWG on Coffee & The 8th ANFPWG on Tea in Dalat
Dalat/Vietnam has organized the 9th Meeting of ASEAN National Focal Point Working Group (ANFPWG) on Coffee on June 12th, 2013 and the 8th ASEAN National Focal Point Working Group (ANFPWG) on Tea on June 13th, 2013 in Dalat city. The meeting was attended by approximately 50 participants, consisting [read more...]
Green Dalat – Đà Lạt Xanh – A love song of Dalat
Green Dalat with your pink footprints. Sunny Dalat is adorned by beautiful girls. Dreamy Dalat haze billowing waves. An incipient Love is opened with bright eyes. Bright smile you have another dream in life. How much new wowing fun through your memories. Saigon afar, Are you waiting [read more...]
Cultural beauty in Bok Bơ Mung Festival of Chu Ru ethnic group
Among many traditional and customary rituals of Churu ethnic minority people - one of the three indigenous peoples, are several agricultura ceremonies such as: Dike Genie worship. Paddy plant Genie rice when seeds are sown, New Rice Crop celebration, Post-harvest celebration, etc. The most [read more...]
Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary 2013 in Dalat
Today 19th April 2013, is also the 10th of Lunar March, let's go to Hung Kings Temple for the Hung King’s death anniversary and enjoy within a lot of festival activities. About Hung Kings' Festival at CLICK HERE One of the Hung Kings Temples at the site Ten kilometers from Dalat City on the [read more...]
The 7th Gong Cultural Festival in 2013
The 7th Gong Cultural Festival will be taken place in 2 days: April 26th and 27th, 2013 in Cat Tien District. This is one of typical events of lamdong province which is performed by Ma ethnic minority group. The Frestival will be held with many interesting activities. Especially, the closing [read more...]
Family Meals, the culture of Dalat people
In Dalat, in both the center and suburbs, most families still keep family meals, which is considered as unstated convention in daily life. Family meals are the time for all family members to show their love to each other. Besides keeping happiness in this busy life, family meals play an important [read more...]
Dalat’s Cherry Blossom welcome the Spring
On each spring, over the ramps & corners of Dalat glowing pink flowers typical of the temperate highland, which is cherry blossom. No one knows when, many people have become familiar with the name “Dalat is the city of cherry blossom". In many months, cherry blossom almost bare of leaves [read more...]
K’Ho People are preserving textile industry in Lam Dong
Weaving fabric has been a traditional handicraft of K’ho ethnic people in Lam Dong province for a long time, which plays an important part in material and spiritual life of K’ho tribe. Weaving fabric of K’ho not only supplies products to meet the demand of life, but it can also represent and [read more...]
Dalat Easy Riders
Interview of Dalat Esay Riders Ms. Minh Tam, cafe owner at No.70 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Dalat friendly welcome us by about the transportation of the region is famous for tourism. She is not an easy rider, but perhaps to learn about the team easy rider born early, starting from her café [read more...]
The 120th Birthday of Dalat city
Dalat city is begining a new year with a lot of busy preparations for its 120th birthday. Through 120 years of development, Dalat experienced numerous ups and downs, happy and sad events… in order to achieve current reputations as the city of thousand pine trees, flowers and thousand things [read more...]
Dalat has 2 Winners of The 2012 Gold Circle Awards
Although Dalat city is famous for tourist industry in Vietnam, but after Gold Circle Awards were announced which made the disappointment to many accommodation suppliers of Dalat. As per this announcement, Dalat has just 2 winners : Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Dalat Plaza [read more...]
The Life of the Lach Ethnic People in 1950s
The valued pictures of the Lach ethnic people who lived in the land of Da Lat today were recorded exactly 60 years ago by the amateur photographer Mr. Le Phi (82 years old, currently residing in Hai Ba Trung Street, Da Lat City). Mr. Phi said that Lach ethnic people were the first ethnic minority [read more...]
The 4th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in 2013
Viet Nam is the second largest coffee producer of the world after Brazil. In recent years, coffee has become the key product in Daklak - the central Highland province. Next year, The 4th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will take place in Buon Ma Thuot city, Daklak province, Vietnam on 9th - 12th [read more...]
The Lam Dong Tea Cultural Week in 2012
Lam Dong Tea Cultural Week in 2012 under the theme "fragrance of plateau" take place from Dec 21st 2012 to Dec 28th 2012 in Bao Loc city and extend: Da Lat City, Bao Lam district, Di Linh district. The program as follows: Main Programs of Lam Dong Tea Cultural Week in 2012: 1. [read more...]
The Heritage Tourism in Dalat Vietnam
Dalat attracts tourists by not only its natural landscape but also its typical heritages which have been preserved in the city. Heritage of French architecture in Dalat Dalat is considered as “Le petit Paris” thanks to its public constructions (of about 1,500 villas in the city) which [read more...]
Heritage of Ancient European Architecture in Dalat city
If Hanoi Capital is still maintained by some 1,500 homes - villas French architecture of previous 1975. Dalat City was discovered and established by the French exceeded over 2,500 residences & villas bearing European architectural style mark the end of the nineteenth century. The magnificent [read more...]
Ma Ethnic People’s View of Traditional Beauty
People make jewelry and custom in order to honor their beauty. However, the concept of beauty differs from time to time and from region to region. Long ago, in order to look more beauty, Ma ethnic people in Lam Dong province - Vietnam would “flatten their teeth and elongate their ears”; these [read more...]