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Dalat, also Da Lat, located in the South Central Highlands of Vietnam, was originally the playground of the French who built villas in the clear mountain air to escape the heat and humidity of the coast and of Saigon.
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Dalat
In the Truong Son Mountains at 1500 meters (4900 feet) above sea level, Dalat is a favorite place to escape the heat of Southern Vietnam. Alpine forests and cool waterfalls, golf and orchid gardens Temperate climate can be cool at night.
Tourist Office : 4 Tran Quoc Toan St. tel. 63-822520.
Attractions:
Central Market, for food and clothes.
Xuan Huong Lake in the centre of town.
Golf Course, north of the lake near the Flower Gardens.
Lots of other waterfalls in the area.
Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku and Kon Tum are the three main towns in the western highlands area. There are lots of interesting villages and scenery. Montagnard hill people live in this area.
Warnings:
Around Buo Ma Thuot police may force you to buy an uneccessary permit for heaps of dollars.
Coming & Going:
AIR: to/from Saigon twice a week for US$40 one way.
BUS: from Saigon, buy a ticket at the cafes in Pham Ngu Lao St. Saigon. From Dalat you can go to Nha Trang US$8.
Most local and foreign travellers arrive in Dalat by bus,
particularly on the famous Sinh Cafe Hanoi-HCMC bus route.
From Nha Trang, the bus ride is about 5 hours, with the obligatory stop at a dilapidated Chaam temple/tourist site.
From Ho Chi Minh City, the bus ride is also about 5 hours.
Getting Around:
Many Tour Guides will hassle you when you arrive.
A motorcycle tour for a day is around US$8.
You can also rent a motorbike by the day.

ATTRACTIONS:
Ho Xuan Huong aka Xuan Huong lake, center of town.
Open daily, all hours. No admission fee but rental fees vary if you want to boat.
Approximately 5km in diameter, this lake was made after two dams on the Camly river were destroyed during a storm in the 1930s.
Now, Xuan Huong lake is one of the main draws of Da Lat, and you can see honeymooners and locals strolling its banks.
Many nice hotels have a view of the lake.

Thung Lung Tinh Yeu aka Valley of Love,, Phu Duong Thien Vong street.
Open daily until 5PM. Admission fee under USD1. About 5km outside of town, the Valley of Love is common stop on Dalat tours and is very popular with honeymooners.
The Valley of Love is also a great spot for canyoning. See contact info below for canyoning operators.

Lake of Sorrow or Lake of Sighs,, 5km northeast of town on Ho Xuan Huong road. Admission fee under USD1. The Lake of Sorrow is another common destination in Dalat. The Lake of Sorrow is so-named because of a tale of two lovers, one who committed suicide after the other was called up to serve in the army. The exact tale changes depending on the age and gender of the storyteller! Tuyen Lam Lake,, 5km south of town on highway 20.
Its clean green waters flow from the beautiful Tia Spring and from the Da Tam River, which flows down from Voi mountain.
Its waters stretch over an immense 350 hectares and because of its various sources, Tuyen Lam is known as the lake where rivers, springs and forests meet.
The lake was built in the 80s. It is one of the largest and most beautiful lakes in town.
The other side of the lake is the Voi mountain which is a good place for hiking.

Prenn Falls,, At the foot of Prenn Pass, about 10km outside of town.
Open daily until 5PM. Admission fee under USD1.
A very common stop on a typical Dalat tour, Prenn Falls is quite beautiful but is a lot more fun when you're hiking it than just taking pictures of it.

Pongour Falls,, 30km south of town on highway 20.
NIGHTLIFE
Larry's Bar, 12 Tran Phu (at the basement of the Sofitel Dalat Palace Hotel).
Open every night. The Sofitel Dalat Palace was championed/refurbished by Larry Hillblom, (also infamous for his lascivious proclivities for very young SE Asian/Pacific Island women),
who saved the palace from obscurity and demolition and who also happened to have lots of American dollars to spend as one of the founders of DHL.
Hillblom died just days after the hotel re-opened in 1995.
Larry's Bar pays homage to Larry's Brit(?) (Born in Kingsburg, California) background.
Library-style with dark wood paneling, darts and lots of good beer and nuts available.
Interesting place to relax after a day of biking or hiking.

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