Da Lat City - Click for Translated Text

Da Lat is the most important and the largest city in the Lam Dong Province in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500m above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau in the southern part of the Central Highlands region. It is also a very popular tourist destination in Vietnam.

Other names given to Da Lat

Da Lat unique scenery stretches hundreds of kilometer of pine woods, forming the name: “City of myriads of pines” with winding roads and an abundance of marigold, sunflowers and daisies blossoming in the winter. Da Lat’s climate is always cooler than the rest of southern Vietnam, particularly between November and January and mist covers the valleys almost year-round leading to another nickname "City of Eternal Spring."

Da Lat is also known as an area for scientific research in the fields of biotechnology and nuclear physics.

Vietnam’s source of groceries, produce, and flowers

With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies an abundant variety of produce, fruits, and vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, peaches, plum, and avocado. Its flower industry produces two typical flowers: hydrangea and golden everlasting, or immortelle. The sweet confectionery industry offers a wide range of mứt, a kind of fruit preserve or jam, made from strawberry, mulberry, plum, sweet potato, and persimmon.

Impressions by tourists

Da Lat is quite different from anywhere else in Vietnam. The weather here is comparable to the weather of the French Alps in springtime. This was certainly how the former colonists treated it by escaping from their chalets to enjoy the beautiful nature and the cooler climate in Da Lat.<

Rich with natural beauties and resources

Da Lat is small enough to remain charming, and the surrounding countryside is blessed with lakes, waterfalls, gardens, and evergreen forests. Silk, fruits, vegetables, and flowers are the best selling local products in South Vietnam. However, Da Lat's best contribution to the national economy is tourism: Da Lat attracts more than 800,000 domestic tourists and about 80,000 foreign tourists per year.

Best times for tourists

The average temperature in Da Lat, the City of Everlasting Spring is between 15°C and 24°C. In fact, Da Lat has only two seasons per year: the sunny season from December to March and the rainy season between April and November. The green scenery all around Da Lat turns to light brown at the end of the sunny season, and the temperature becomes mild. Even in the rainy season, the mornings are usually cool and dry for tourist activities, although it often rains in the late afternoon.

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