So Hot!In the heat of summer, do you want to go somewhere to avoid the sweltering heat? I ‘m sure thats you want. So I have a place where the weather is quite cold with beautiful landscapes, it will make you forgot the heat of summer to take a rest for yourself.

That is SAPA!

WELCOME TO SAPATHE CITY IN FOG

Sapa is a town of Lao Cai province in the north mountains, located at an altitude of 1500m - 1600m in Lo Suay Tong slopes. Sapa center is 37km from Lao Cai city southwest, on highway 4D from Lai Chau to Lao Cai.

INFORMATION

Sapa has an average altitude of 1200m - 1800m, also has tilt and sloping terrain in the southwest to the northeast. The highest point is 3143m high peak Fansipan and the lowest high is Bo spring 400m above sea level.

TERRAIN

The average temperature in the summer 18-20 degrees C, 10-12 degrees C in the winter. Weather is quite cold, fog shrouded many towns, the occasional snowfall.

CLIMATE

Sapa has many beautiful scenic like Silver Waterfall, Rattan Bridge, Ham Rong mountain, ... Along with the scenic peaks, the wavy terraces. The historic in Sapa are French characterized.

LANDSCAPE

In Sapa consists of 8 main ethnic Kinh, H'mong, Dao, Tay, Kinh, Day, Xa Pho and Chinese. The ethnic people live mainly on agriculture, forestry and handicrafts, and commercial services. Most people are living in Sapa Muong Hoa valley.

RESIDENTS

Sapa has many unique festivals as the Sweep Village Festival, Nao Cong festival, or Tet dance festival,...

If you go to Sapa in summer, you can get involved in Nao Cong festival held on the 6th lunar month every year.

FESTIVAL

Sa Pa is not only famous land by beautiful natural scenery, the fresh cool climate, but also is home to many dishes flavor mountains as the town pork and fresh vegetables, Sapa ‘s sturgeon,... many tourists are particularly preferred.

DELICIOUS FOODS

You can go to Sapa by three ways:

By train: From Hanoi it is a 9-hour train journey to Sapa. Ticket prices for a bed is 430k – 525k. For a soft seat, expect to pay 220k for one-way. The train ends at Lao Cai. From there, dozens of shuttle buses will be waiting outside the station to take you the remaining distance to Sapa, usually at a 'fixed' rate of 50,000 dong. The ride is about an hour of beautiful views (if the weather is good, it may be an hour of fog at other times) more than 1000 meters up into the mountains.

TRANSPORTATION

By bus: Bus station in Sapa is in the centre, near the lake. Sleeping buses to Hanoi cost 300000 dong . Most buses you can book through travel agents for almost the same price.

TRANSPORTATION

By motorcycles, bikes: Sapa can also be reached by motorcycle from Hanoi by a variety of routes. The most direct route takes at least ten hours for first time riders. Bikes can be rented in Hanoi for unguided passage, or local guides can lead the way. Along the way be sure to top up with fuel regularly, as petrol stations sometimes prove few and far between.

TRANSPORTATION

A near-endless supply of cheap rooms are available in the touristy area down the hill from the town centre. In Sapa town, there are many hotels, motels that you can stay there. The price of one night is about 200k – 600k/room.

HOTEL, MOTEL

-The prices are awefully cheap in comparison to other locations like: Moc Chau, Mai Chau…

-The scenery surounding Sapa itself is marvelous

- It’s weather is simply sublime: hot, sunny, simply great tourist conditions

- The history surrounding Sapa is rich and plentiful. Perfect for the inner historian in you

REASONS