As one of the “most famous” sea paradises in Vietnam, Nha Trang is always a place that both domestic and foreign tourists remember when suddenly “craving” the blue and white sea. Let Traveloka tell you a set of Nha Trang travel tips for you to be free to travel for a “escape” trip to this beautiful coastal city!
Nha Trang has the most perfect conditions to become a sea paradise, worthy of the top tourist destination indispensable in Vietnam. Not only has long clear blue beaches, several dozen large and small islands that remain unspoiled, Nha Trang is also an ideal destination for those who love culture – history as the land of the Champa dynasty. flourishing in the past. What is better than a trip to Nha Trang for days craving the sea breeze and looking forward to immersing yourself in the blue water.
1. The best time to travel to Nha Trang
Located in the South Central region, Nha Trang has the main climate type that is rainy and sunny seasons. But the biggest advantage of this city is the long sunny season during the first eight months of the year, and the temperature difference is not high. Too perfect for those who love the blue sea.
From September to December is the rainy season of Nha Trang, peaking in October and November. At this time, the city is heavily rained, and often affected by storms. The advice is that those who have self-sufficient travel to Nha Trang during this time should preview the weather situation to schedule the most suitable island.
In particular, Nha Trang also has many festivals taking place all year round. If you are interested in the local culture, you do not want to miss these occasions.
- Nha Trang Sea Festival: Held in the summer of odd years, this is the event that attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.
- Thap Ba festival : is an important festival of the Cham people commemorating the goddess Mother of the Land. Thap Ba festival takes place every 20-23 of the lunar year with many sacred activities such as bathing ceremony, dressing ceremony, worshiping ceremony …
2. Transportation to Nha Trang
By plane
Nha Trang belongs to Khanh Hoa – where Cam Ranh airport is located – so it is very convenient for those who like to travel to Nha Trang by themselves without spending too much time traveling. You can fly to Nha Trang from major cities in only 1-2 hours.
- Flight Hanoi – Nha Trang will take 1 hour and 55 minutes with a ticket price of about 850,000 – 2,000,000 VND / trip
- Bay TP. HCM – Nha Trang will only need 1 hour, the fare is about 400,000 – 1,300,000 VND / time
- Flying Da Nang – Nha Trang takes about 1 hour, the fare is from 600,000 – 1,600,000 VND / time
Cam Ranh Airport is 35km from Nha Trang center, with two main means of transportation for tourists:
- Taxi: A taxi into the city costs 200,000 – 350,000 VND, chyaj in 45 minutes. In the airport, the only option is Airport Taxi. If you want to go by other carriers, you will have to move out.
- Bus: There are three types of buses to transfer passengers from the airport to Nha Trang: airport transfer bus (65,000 VND / trip), Phuong Trang bus (40,000 – 50,000 VND / trip), and Dat Moi company bus (30,000 – 50,000 VND / trip).
By train
If you want to experience the feeling of sitting on a rolling train, the train is also an interesting means to travel to Nha Trang. There are many train routes to Nha Trang, with many different prices.
- Train Saigon – Nha Trang: Departing from Saigon, you just need to go straight to SN4 to reach Nha Trang. The train only stops at Bien Hoa and Thap Cham, so it does not take much time.
- North-South train: For those departing from other provinces, they can take the North-South train. You can see train code and running time information here .
- 5-star train: Just launched not long ago, the SNT2 train will give you the most comfortable time traveling by train.
One point to note is that you should depart at 19:00 – 20:00 to arrive in Nha Trang around 5:00 am. That is enough to recharge and keep the strength “tossing around” Nha Trang.
In addition, if you are a student, do not forget to bring your student card when buying tickets to get discounts.
By passenger car
Nha Trang is not too far from Saigon, so tourists often choose a night trip, sleep for a night. The car companies running the Saigon – Nha Trang route are Phuong Trang, Mai Linh, Kumho, Hoang Long, Sinh Café … The journey lasts about 8 – 10 hours and costs 170,000 – 220,000 VND / way.
And certainly going further from Hanoi will take 26-30 hours. Hoang Long is a popular name running this route with fares from 500,000 to 600,000 VND / time.
3. Discover Nha Trang by any means here?
As a famous tourist city, there are many means for you to choose for a self-sufficient tour of Nha Trang.
- Motorbike: Motorbike rental in Nha Trang is quite varied from 60,000 – 150,000 VND / day. You can contact Nha Trang hotels directly or contact private car rental services.
- Taxi: The most popular taxi companies in Nha Trang are Mai Linh (phone number: 0258.3.811.811), Taxi Airport (phone number: 0258.3.528.528), Taxi Asia (phone number: 0258.35.35.35.35), Taxi Nha Trang (Telephone number: 0258.3.81.81.81), Emasco (Telephone: 0258.3.51.51.51)
- Cyclo: Nha Trang city has another interesting means for you to visit the city. It is cyclo. A 1 hour and 30 minute stroll around popular locations costs 500,000 VND, including a meal.
4. Places not to be missed when traveling to Nha Trang
The most famous places
Nha Trang beach
Owning a coastline of more than 7 km, Nha Trang beach is beautiful with curvy shape, clear water, fine sand. The biggest advantage is that Nha Trang beach is located in the city center, just a few steps to reach the sea.
Along the beach, Tran Phu Street is home to resorts, hotels and sea sports activities such as water motor, surfing, skydiving …
Vinpearl Land (Hon Tre island)
The most famous amusement park – resort in Nha Trang is none other than Vinpearl Land. “Taking over” Hon Tre island, you will be able to take the cable car over the sea to get to Vinpearl Land.
And when you have come to Vinpearl Land, do not worry, there are enough indoor, outdoor, water park, water music program every night to be invested with great investment. For those who want to stay overnight here, luxury resorts and restaurants in Vinpearl are ready to serve you.
- The most popular games at Vinpearl Land Nha Trang: Van Hoa Hill, Sky Wheel, Floating Floating Park, Aquarium …
- Round-trip cable car fare and games: 800,000 VND / adult, 700,000 VND / child from 1m – 1.4m
- Opening hours: 8:00 – 21:00
Dam Market
Saigon has Ben Thanh market, Nha Trang has Dam market. This hundred-year-old market is home to all sorts of attractive dishes, local specialties, and is the ideal address for those who want to buy souvenirs while traveling to Nha Trang.
- Address: Ben Cho, Van Thanh Ward
- Opening hours: 7:00 – 18:00
Mud bath in Nha Trang
One of the activities that tourists cannot miss when coming to Nha Trang is mud bath. This is a kind of relaxation, beauty, using natural mineral mud to beautify and restore health. The mineral mud bathing resorts also have hot mineral bath services, spa massage pool … spoiled for you to spend a long day relaxing.
Popular mud bathing spots in Nha Trang:
- Thap Ba hot spring: 12 Ngoc Son, Ngoc Hiep, TP. Nha Trang
- Hot Spring I – Resort: Group 19, Xuan Ngoc Village, Vinh Ngoc Commune, City. Nha Trang
- Hundred Egg Tourist Area: Nguyen Tat Thanh Avenue, City. Nha Trang
Charming islands in Nha Trang
Nha Trang is known as the island paradise. And it is a shortcoming when traveling to Nha Trang but overlooking the beautiful islands here.
The easiest way to see the islands in Nha Trang is to sign up for a day tour. The tour will combine fun in 3-4 islands, with seafood meals, so this way is quite suitable for those who travel Nha Trang on their own. If you only want to go to 1-2 favorite islands, there is a private boat service that takes you to the island.
Hon Chong – Hon Wife
Not far from the coast of Nha Trang, Hon Chong is most famous for its characteristic shape. In Hon Chong there is a giant 5-finger handprint, associated with many interesting legends.
Right near Hon Chong there is another rock cluster named Hon Vo, shaped like a woman looking to the sea waiting for her husband, so it was named like that.
- Address: Hon Chong hamlet, Vinh Phuoc ward
- Ticket price: 22,000 VND / ticket
Hon Mun
For those who love nature, do not miss Hon Mun, because this is a marine reserve recognized by WWF with a diverse ecosystem and a multitude of coral reefs of all kinds.
And the most interesting activity when coming to Hon Mun is also scuba diving or coral reef viewing.
- Address: P. Vinh Nguyen, City. Nha Trang (about 10 km from Cau Da port and 45 minutes by boat)
- Prices of ships to the island: 300,000 VND / canoe ticket, 250,000 VND / boat ticket
- Price of a bottom boat for a coral viewing platform: VND 60,000 / trip
- Scuba diving price in Hon Mun: 500,000 VND / time / person Vietnam, 750,000 VND / time / foreign person
Hon Mot
As the smallest island in Nha Trang Bay, Hon Mot is less than 1 square kilometer wide with 200 inhabitants. But Hon Mot is really “small but martial”, also has many colorful coral reefs. Especially, due to its location closer to the shore than Hon Mun, Hon Mot is suitable for those who like to watch coral but are not too good at scuba diving.
- Address: P. Vinh Nguyen, City. Nha Trang (about 9 km from the shore)
Hon Tam
The popularity of Hon Tam can be compared to Hon Mun, in the top of the most beautiful islands that cannot be missed when traveling to Nha Trang. With a long beach, smooth waves, Hon Tam owns a high-class resort, with a full range of exciting sea sports such as canoe, flyboard, sea walking …
- Address: P. Vinh Nguyen, City. Nha Trang (7 km from the city)
- Ticket price for Thuy Kim Son tourist area (Hon Tam):
- Round trip canoe tickets, games, lunch buffet: 580,000 VND / adult, 430,000 VND / child
- Tickets to visit; 360,000 VND / adult, 250,000 VND / child
- Games, interesting places in Hon Tam: swimming, water motor, kayaking, flyboard, sea walking, parachute …
Hon Mieu
Hon Mieu is home to Tri Nguyen Aquarium with more than 100 rich marine species. Built in 1971, the aquarium has a prominent fossil ship shape, both indoor and outdoor scales.
- Famous spots in Hon Mieu: Thuy Cung, Bai Soi, Bai Tranh, fishing village
- Address: Hamlet Tri Nguyen, Ward Vinh Nguyen, City. Nha Trang
- Aquarium ticket price: 90,000 VND / adult, 60,000 VND / child
Hon Noi (Yen Island)
Yen Island is one of the places with a unique double beach in Vietnam. But due to the management of Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company, you will have to buy a tour to visit, not self-sufficient travel like other locations.
- Tour price: 350,000 VND / person / day
- Time to visit: April – September (other time is the hurricane season so there are no boats to the island)
Tu Binh
Tu Binh is the common name of four islands, Binh Ba, Binh Lap, Binh Tien, and Binh Hung, in Khanh Hoa province. Emerging as a trend with backpackers, Tu Binh is loved by its wildness, although there are not many tourism services, but nothing, just blue sea with white sand is enough.
Ninh Van Bay
If you want to leave the bustling city, relax in the middle of the blue sea, go to Ninh Van Bay, a resort paradise just 60km from Nha Trang.
- How to go: From Nha Trang, take the coastal highway 1A to Ninh Hoa, turn on Highway 26B. At the end of TL625D road, through Ninh Phuoc, Ninh Tinh is coming.
- Activities not to be missed in Ninh Van: swimming and relaxing at resorts, playing sports on the sea, walking the sea early in the morning watching fishing boats …
A cultural tourist destination in Nha Trang
Mountain Church
As the Cathedral Church of Nha Trang, the name of the Mountain Church or Stone Church is more familiar to local residents. The church was built of stone, according to Gothic architecture, looks like an ancient castle when viewed from afar.
- Address: 19 Nguyen Trai, Phuoc Tien Ward
- Opening hours: 5:30 – 17:00 daily
Long Son Pagoda
Possessing the largest outdoor statue of Kim Than Buddha in Vietnam, Long Son Pagoda is a familiar place when traveling to Nha Trang on your own. The way to the Buddhist ceremony place is 200 steps on Trai Thuy hill. In particular, at the 44th rank, there are also Buddha statues entering nirvana and reliefs of 49 disciples who are reciting Buddha’s name.
- Address: October 20, 23 Street, Phuong Son Ward
Ponagar tower
As one of the largest remaining Cham relic clusters, Ponagar Tower is a testament to the prosperous period of a lost civilization. The shrine of the goddess that makes up the Earth Po Ina Nagar, was built before the 10th century and still retains the most outstanding features to this day.
- Address: Hai Thang Tu Street, Vinh Phuoc Ward
- Opening hours: 6:00 – 18:00
- Ticket price: 22,000 VND / person
Nha Trang Oceanography Institute
For those who love to study marine species, Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography is the address you should not miss for your journey. Besides hundreds of specimens, this place also displays giant whale skeletons up to 26 meters long.
- Address: 01 Cau Da
- Opening hours: 6:00 – 18:00 every day
- Ticket price: 40,000 VND / ticket
5. Enjoy Nha Trang’s coastal cuisine
Fish cake soup
Traveling to Nha Trang, you can not ignore the specialty fish cakes. The people here often combine fish cake with many dishes, but the most famous is fish cake soup. Soup bowl is both fried and steamed; Chewy, sweet, delicious; Serve with bar broth is nothing great.
Places to try:
- Quan Ba Thua: 55 Yersin
- Quan Nguyen Loan: 123 Ngo Gia Tu
- Quan Phuc: 53 Van Don
Vermicelli with pickled fish leaves
Not only Nha Trang, pickled fish leaf vermicelli is the “national dish” of Khanh Hoa. In general, pickled fish leaf vermicelli is quite similar to fish cake soup, the only difference is that the specialty of noodle soup is used instead of banh canh. A bowl of vermicelli with full flavor will have thin chewy noodles, fried fish cakes, a little cilantro, served with raw vegetables.
Places to try:
- Quan Nam Beo: B2 Phan Boi Chau apartment building (near Dam market)
- Bang Bang Restaurant: 06 Han Thuyen
- 87 Yersin
Noodles jellyfish
Another famous noodle dish of Nha Trang is the jelly noodle. Fresh jellyfish has just been caught, just blanching, filled with noodles. When eating, you will feel the jellyfish chewy crunchy, crispy, but still sweet. Some places also add fish ball to the dish more diverse.
Places to try:
- Quan Nam Beo: B2 Phan Boi Chau apartment building (near Dam market)
- Quan Nguyen Loan: 123 Ngo Gia Tu
- 87 Yersin
Baked rolls
No one knows where grilled spring rolls started, just knowing that traveling to Nha Trang is self-sufficient without eating Ninh Hoa grilled spring rolls is a big mistake. Nem is eaten as a roll, with fried rice paper, raw vegetables and meat sauce – fatty peanuts.
Places to try:
- Dang Van Quyen Restaurant: 16B Lan Ong, or Phan Boi Chau – Han Thuyen fork
- Ngoc Tien Restaurant: 59 Le Thanh Phuong
- Nha Trang Restaurant: 39 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai
Can cake
Its appearance is quite similar to banh khot, but banh can has a completely different taste. The main ingredients are rice flour, eggs, shrimp, squid … The most special of the cake is the sauce, which is a mixture of sweet fish sauce, fish sauce, pork belly, onion fat …
Places to try:
- 151 Hoang Van Thu
- 165 Nguyen Trai (near Nguyen Trai – Cao Ba Quat junction)
- Co Tu Restaurant: 7A Thap Ba (opposite Ponagar Tower)
Lac Canh Cow
Not really a specialty of the coastal city, but Lac Canh beef seems to be a brand that no one wants to miss when traveling to Nha Trang. The consistent appeal of this 40-year-old “beef specialty” is that the beef is grilled from charcoal, rich, and served with raw vegetables is no match.
- Recommended address: 44 Nguyen Binh Khiem, City. Nha Trang
seafood
Finally, going to the beach, why can we lack seafood. Not only fresh, but this city also has a variety of cheap and varied seafood.
Places to try:
- Budget seafood: 06 Ngo Sy Lien
- Long Vu Quan: 133 Thap Ba
- Restaurants along Bo Ke Street
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6. Choose where to go to Nha Trang
Nha Trang Hotel
In the top of the most famous beach tourism cities in Vietnam, hotels in Nha Trang are extremely diverse and growing. For the most convenience, Nha Trang tourists self-sufficient often choose hotels near the beach, on Tran Phu Street and only need less than 5 minutes to set foot in the sea. The names such as Aroma Nha Trang Boutique Hotel , Tristar Hotel Nha Trang , Cicilia Hotels & Spa have quite good quality, comfortable service, reasonable price.
Resort Nha Trang
If you are looking for a maximum vacation in one of the most beautiful coastal cities in Vietnam, why not choose a resort in Nha Trang. Possessing a prime location overlooking the sea, taken care of by the highest quality services, you will enjoy the best at Whale Island Resort , Champa Island Nha Trang Resort Hotel & Spa , Merperla Hon Tam Resort , InterContinential Nha Trang , …
Homestay and hostel in Nha Trang
And of course, Nha Trang also has no shortage of affordable homestays, hostels, serving young people or tourists who love the form of backpacking. Choosing to stop at homestays in Nha Trang, you will have the opportunity to make new friends, and save beautiful memories of this friendly, vibrant city. Some options for you are Tabalo Hostel , Ccasa Hostel , Tabana Hostel …
7. Nha Trang tourism self-sufficient and what you need to know
- In the summer, festive season, Nha Trang is extremely crowded with tourists. If you want to travel to Nha Trang on your own on this occasion, you should book your hotel room in advance to ensure your favorite resting place.
- Although the weather is not harsh, when traveling to Nha Trang, you should still prepare a full hat, sunglasses, jacket, sunscreen … for protection.
- Do not forget to prepare beach sandals, sports shoes for the convenience of exploring.
- The famous specialties of Nha Trang are oats, dried types … You should buy oats at reputable centers, while other specialties can be easily found at Dam market.
Above are some shares from Nha Trang travel experiences for you to “pocket” before the trip. Don’t forget to fully enjoy this beautiful coastal city and save the most unforgettable memories!