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Phan Thiet Travel
Guide
Phan
Thiet - Mui Ne travel information
Attractions
Restaurants in
Phan Thiet
Hotels in Phan Thiet
Transportations
Further south, and just 200km
north of Ho Chi Minh City, is the small fishing town of
Phan Thiet.
While Phan Thiet is a pleasant
enough town, the real attraction is the nearby Mui Ne
Peninsula and its 10km of sandy beaches
and coconut groves. Many attractive small-scale beach resorts
have opened up in recent years amongst the palm trees of Mui Ne
and it has become a popular place to rest up for a few days.
At the end of the peninsula near
to the fishing village are some enormous sand dunes
that look as if they belong in the Sahara rather than southern
Vietnam.
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Attractions
Mui Ne
Mui Ne is located 24 km north-east of the town of Phan Thiet. It
is a fishing village as well as a familiar tourism area in Binh
Thuan Province.
It
is found on Highway No. 706, and features sweeping sand dunes
and beautiful rows of palm trees. The beach is shallow and
sloped, the water is clean and blue and the sun rarely hides
behind clouds.
There are desolate and primeval beaches that have never
witnessed human exploitation as well as imposing landscapes.
There is also Doi Cat (Sand Hill), which has long been a
creative subject of artistic photographs and paintings.
Besides beaches and sand dunes, there are also beautiful
landscapes such as Suoi Tien (Fairy Spring), the Ong Hoang
Building and the Poshanu Cham Tower.
Mui
Ne has long been considered the "Hawaii" of Vietnam. It boasts
shady roads under coconut trees, a beautiful beach and cliffs
battered by the waves of the sea. The typical scenery of Mui Ne
lies in the moving lines of golden sand caused by the wind and
when they are seen from afar they look like moving waves.
The
scenery looks more fascinating at dawn, when young Cham girls in
green dresses go to work. That's why no photographer fails to
visit this area.
Mui
Ne is an ideal place for rest and relaxation. Visitors can
certainly enjoy swimming in the blue water of the sea, climbing
the sand dunes or relaxing by a swimming pool. In fact this
oasis entertaiment people of all ages, and furthermore, provides
an endless inspiration to the artists' creation.
Historical &
Cultural Sites
Ke Ga Light House
Ke Ga light house
was completed in February 1897 by French architect Snavat. It is
65m above the sea level and has 184 steel spiral steps leading
to the top of the tower. The signal light for ships is 2,000W in
capacity. The length of each tower base is more than 20 m, and
the side of the square house is 40 m wide.
The light house on Ke Ga Island, together with the surrounding
scenery, makes up a magnificent landscape and impresses many
visitors.
The lying Buddha
The Buddhist statue
“Buddha joining into Nirvana”, or “The lying Buddha”, 49 metres
long, was sculptured in 1962 on Ta Cu Mountain. It is in the
cultural complex including Linh Son Truong Tho and Linh Son Long
Doan Pagodas (built in the late 19th century) in Tan Lap
village, South Ham Thuan District, about 30 km to the South-West
of Phan Thiet City.
Thuy Tu
Temple
Van Thuy Tu (Thuy Tu Temple) is located on Ngu Ong (fisherman)
Road in Duc Thang Precinct, Phan Thiet City. Thu Tu fisherman
built it in 1762 to worship the Whale. Its architecture is in
the shape of the Tam (third “ ”) letter with its front side
facing East. At first, it was built near Van estuary close to
the coast. There are nearly 100 whale skeletons and other
species of fish of the same family are worshipped, more than
half of which are 100-150 years old. In the framework of the
temple, there is a large burial ground for dead whales, which
sometimes get stranded on the shore. Van Thuy Tu is one of the
ancient relics having many high by the Nguyen Kings.
Poshanu Towers
Poshanu Towers, 7 km
to the North–East of Phan Thiet City, are located on Ong Hoang
(Mr. Heaven) Hill. Built by the Cham people in the late 8th
century, this group of towers worships the Shiva Genie, who is
highly respected by the Cham. Beside these three towers, there
was once a temple, but it has been buried in the ground for more
than 300 years. Inside the main tower, there is an altar, on
which a couple of Liga-Yoni, a symbol of the existence of the
Shiva Genie, is worshipped.
Podam Cham Tower
The group of Pô Dam Cham tower temples are located at the foot
of Ong Xiem mountain belonging to the locality of Phu Lac
commune - Tuy Phong district - Binhthuan province, about 11.0 Km
North West of Phan Thiet city. The building techniques as well
as the architectural art are similar to Poshanu tower temple
group's, this group had the epoch from half the end of the
eighth century to the beginning of the ninth century and they
belong to Hoa Lai art and architectural style.
Podam Tower is the place where Cham people living in Phu
Lac and its nearby areas carry out the rituals to worship the Cham
Kings every year. Nowadays, the King's Descendant's family
ancestries have still preserved 8 nominations granted to PôDam
King by Nguyên King’s Dynasties from Minh Mang to Khai Dinh.
They have been kept specally as the family ancestry's precious properties and the King’s
Descendant’s
responsibility. This place of historical interest was classified
as the National Art - Architectural one in 1996.
Natural
Landscape sites
Fairies’ Stream
Suoi Tien (Fairies’ Stream) is a natural beauty
spot with a magnificent mountain-water view, a
primitive environment untouched by human beings.
Standing near a small stream with clear clean
water is an imposing mountain of white and red
colors created by the sand and soil, and caves
and cliffs, which are unique and
strange-looking. This is an ideal place for
picnics. The site is on the way to Mui Ne, about
15 km to the North-East Phan Thiet
City.
Ganh Son
Ganh
Son (cliff) in Chi Cong Village, Tuy Phong
District landscape that nature has endowed to
Binhthuan Province. The red soil and lava along
the coast, which have been eroded by the rain,
wind and sea waves over a long period of time,
have formed different caves and strange-looking
images. In the quiet, early morning of late
afternoon, from Ganh Son you can see the
panoramic view of a busy fishing village.
Doi Duong Beach
Beside such famous beaches
in Binhthuan as On Dia, Bai Truoc, Bai Sau, Mui
Ne . .. Doi Duong Beach is one of the ideal
places with pure and fresh environment. The wide
beach stretches tens of kilometers with white
and low sand gradually sloping towards the sea
and then blending with the blue water.
Factually, this is an attraction to visitors for
sightseeing and sea- bathing on their long
journeys.
Hon Rom
Calm winds sing lullabies unceasingly under cool
shadows of coconuts trees sagging under the
weight of their fruit. White sand dunes follow
the yellow ones. The dunes keep changing their
shapes as a result of wind blowing. All set up a
wild attraction, inviting tourists to this
well-known field resort.
Tourists often come here to sightsee and
discover the unique beauty of the sand dunes.
Newly built bamboo cottages on sand dunes and
new forms of entertainment such as sand surfing,
sea-bathing, fire burning outside camps, or
boarding on fishing boats add greater charm to
the resort.
Bau Trang
Bau Trang (white lake) is a famous land-space in
Hong Lam Hamlet, Hoa Thang Village, Bac Binh
District, about 65 km North East of Phan Thiet
City. It is a fresh-water lake formed long ago
and located amid the endless sand hills. Bau
Trang is divided into two parts by a sand hii,
which are called Bau Ong (Mister Lake) and Bau
Ba (Lady lake). Bau Trang is large and is 19
metres deep at its deepest spot. Around the lake
lotuses are growing.
Cau Isle
Cau isle is a young island
rising in the sea, about 9 km from the seashore,
it is possible to come to this isle from several
different points such as Phuoc The commune, Vinh
Hao commune, Binh Thanh or from Ca Na. The time
depends on each wharf but on average, it takes
about 40 minutes to come to this island by
motorized sampan. Cau isle is about 119 km North
East of Phan Thiet City. Cau isle has the length
of over 1500 meters and the largest place is
nearly 700 meters and the highest one is more
than 7 meters. From the main land, it looks like
a big warship. The whole island is surrounded by
ten thousands of rocks with many different and
shapes, they look like packs of animals of many
big and small kinds, it is really interesting
when having a condition to observe the whole
island carefully.
Around this isle, the
water is always clear and blue; when the tide is
low, on the seashore we can see numerous
beautiful oyster shells and snail shells
fascinating lots of tourists and travelers.
Around the island, there are many kinds of
living sea animals and good seamen with simple
tools can also find fresh seafood. On the isle,
there are shallow wells for fresh water.
Although the water amount is small, it is the
sort of permanent leaking water - the ancient
book called them "Fairy Wells". Nowadays, Cau
Isle has been planned to be a sea-creature
preserving area with a lot of promising
prospects on ecological tourism in the future.
Phan Thiet Market
A large but pretty standard
central market in town. It's certainly worth a wander and is the
place to pick up a bottle of locally made nuoc mam (fish
sauce). Go early for the bringing-in of the day's catch, and
don't forget your camera.
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The Sailing Club
24 Nguyen Dinh
Chieu street - Ham Tien Mui Ne - Phan Thiet -
Tel: (84-62) 847 440 |
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The Clubhouse - Ocean Dunes Club
01 Ton Duc Thang
- Phan Thiet. Tel: (84-62) 823 366 |
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JIBE'S RESTAURANT
Km 13.5 Ham Tien-
Mui Ne- Phan Thiet- Tel: (84-62) 847 405
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Seahorse
Novotel Coralia
Ocean Dunes Resort, Phan Thiet. Tel: 822 393
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Cafes & Bars
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PARADISE BEACH CLUB
Coco Beach Resort
Km 12.5 Ham Tien Mui Ne Phan Thiet Tel: (84-62)
847 111-3 |
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ROBINSON HUT
Novotel Ocean
Dunes 1 Ton Duc Thang Phan Thiet Tel: (84-62)
822 393 |
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Coco Cafe
Km 13.5 Ham Tien
- Mui Ne - Phan Thiet. Tel: (84-62) 847 195
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Luna D'Atunno
Km 12 Ham Tien
Ward, Mui Ne, Phan Thiet. Tel: (84-62) 847 591
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Transportations
Getting there
By bus
Every hour from Mien Dong
Bus Station, 292 Dinh Bo Linh, ward 26, Binh Thanh
District, the ticket is VND 45,000
By train
Two daily from HCM city,
VND70,000 , Phan Thiet railway is at 1 Hoang Hoa Tham,
tel:821-161
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