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Jul 13, 2017 / 10:01

Five most checked-in sites in Da Lat

It’s popular with Da Lat travelers to explore and check-in iconic sites such as: Greenhouse Coffee shop, Australia Friendly zoo or Wine Bucket Homestay…

 

Greenhouse Coffee shop
Lying among Da Lat flower planting zone, the coffee shop raised from 4 glass walls. Visitors come here to pose photo, take selfie and post on their social media.
From inside the coffee shop, you can still eye the surrounding flower garden. It looks like you are overcrowded by a large flower forest – an amazing experience.
On day, traveler can watch the sky via glass walls. And at night, surrounding flower houses are lightened up, creating a vivid scene. The shop is at Trai Mat, Hung Vuong Road, Da Lat city.
Australia zoo
The zoo is located 40km from Da Lat city, in Da Nhim commune, Lac Duong prefecture with friendly model, full of unique wild animal species such as cotton goat, spotted goat, Pony horse, hump-free camel, ear-fold rabbit, serin bird, kangaroo…
The entry ticket is 100.000 VNĐ (about US$ 5). If go in team, you should book in advance since the zoo just accepts specific number of daily visitors to preserve the animal habitat.
Coffee, snack are served conveniently for travelers. The camping zone nearby are in much demand, as a way to indulge in nature.
Maple leaf house
The 132 roof-house imitating maple leaves has been launched since the late May, 2017. Some visitors shared that this fresh attraction couldn’t be missed when you come to Da Lat.
In addition to more than 2000 maple trees, 500 cherry trees and other numerous kinds of plants, the site also impresses visitor with architecture inspired from heavenly garden with mushroom house, dreaming spring and flower road.
Especially underground bar and hostel for visitor also make the point. The sightseeing ticket fee is 35.000 VNĐ (US$ 2) for foreigners, 25.000 VNĐ (US$ 1) for locals and 15.000 VNĐ (80cents) for children.
Wine Bucket Homestay
The accommodation with numerous apartments in shape of wine bucket lies in the valley with area of over 1.000 sq meters. It’s surrounded by small hills and gardens.
The room walls are made out of concrete and painted imitating wood-cover, looking like huge wine buckets with wide range of heights.  The big “buckets” have 3 floors while the small ones have 2 floors.
Each bucket house spends the diameter of 2,2-4,5meters. The simple inferior architecture encourages visitor to enjoy outside area. Couple apartments are priced at 350.000/night/ person (US$ 16) and 150.000 (US$ 8)/night/person for group apartment.
Visitors go in team can enjoy nightlife entertainments such as camping fire and BBQ.
 
Tuyệt tình cốc (Hopeless lake)
The lake in Suoi Can Village, Lat Commune, Lac Duong prefecture used to be a stone mine.
With deep green color, the lake is located 50km from Da Lat center and is compared to “Tuyet Tinh Coc” – famous site in  the film “The Return of the Condor Heroes” (China).  Visitors are attracted by the aboriginal stroke here.