48 hours to check-in Phan Thiet

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BINH THUAN – Visitors can swim in Mui Ne beach, ride a motorbike on Cat Vang hill, watch shows about an old fishing village, explore a giant wine cellar.

From Ho Chi Minh City, it takes about 4 hours to move to Binh Thuan. Arriving in Phan Thiet, tourists will have a rest for lunch and then stop at the first point which is RD Wine Castle located in the 5-star Sea Links City resort complex in Quarter 1, Ham Tien ward, Phan Thiet city. With a campus of 12,000 m2, this is one of the first and largest wine cellars in Vietnam. Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

RD Wine Castle has medieval European architecture with large squares, ancient domes, watchtowers, inside are galleries and wine enjoyment, wine storage cellars.

Here visitors are introduced to the closed production process, bottling and enjoying one of the world-famous wines originating from the Napa Valley, California, USA .Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

The next destination is Golden Cat Hill, or Cat Bay Hill in Quarter 5, Mui Ne Ward, Phan Thiet City. Golden Sand Dunes is one of the beautiful areas and attracts many visitors due to the shape and color of the sand changes depending on the time. This place is considered a unique sand hill in Vietnam originating from an ancient iron mine that has existed for hundreds of years. Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

Visitors to the Golden Sand hill can play sand skiing, ride motorbikes on the sand, take pictures, ride a car on the sand … The topographic change along with the characteristic sand color here will help visitors create many pictures. lively souvenir.

In addition, on beautiful days, visitors can capture the entire sunset on the sand hill, the scene that makes people feel lost in the “sub-Saharan desert”. Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

After returning from the sand dunes to the city for dinner, visitors will enjoy the Fishermen show “Legend of the Fishing Village”. This is a performance program with a unique art space about the cultural interference between the Kinh and Cham ethnic groups in Phan Thiet. 

The program content was inspired by Phan Thiet fishing village in 1762. Fishermen show at Lang Chai Theater, 360 Nguyen Thong, Phan Thiet city. Tickets are 300,000 VND per person. That evening, tourists stay overnight at hotel in Mui Ne. Photo: fishermen show

The next morning, tourists have breakfast, free swimming in Mui Ne then depart to visit Bau Trang. This road, about 60 km from Phan Thiet city, is the most impressive and desirable coastal road in Vietnam. Photo: Minh Hieu / wikitravel

Bau Trang is a freshwater lake but blue water is like sea water, Bau means lake and in Bau Trang area there are two lakes, Bau Ba and Bau Ong. Between the two lakes is a white sand dune separating. In the next lotus season, one of the two lakes will be covered with flowers and rich flora such as perch, snakehead, catfish, grass carp … In addition, this lotus pond is also a place for wedding photography and check-in for young people. famous in Mui Ne. Photo: Minh Hieu / wikitravel

The final destination in the 2-day journey to discover Binh Thuan is the Xua Fishing Village Museum . The museum is located at the same site where the Fishermen Show takes place, with an area of ​​1,600 square meters and 14 different interactive theme areas. 

This is an interactive space that recreates the fishing village of Mui Ne with a history of 300 years of making traditional fish sauce. Entrance fee is 100,000 VND per person. Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

Entering the museum space, visitors learn about the sea salt making process, visit Phan Thiet old town, hamlet, tents of old fish sauce households, watch the 3D sea and experience the old fishing village market with abacus, scale …

Before going back to Ho Chi Minh City, visitors can stop buying specialties from Phan Thiet at Organik Farm – Hello Muine, such as pure rin fish sauce, a sunny squid, dried fish, pineapple, dragon fruit juice … Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An

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