As the largest flower village in the West, one of the largest flower villages in Vietnam, Sa Dec flower village has long been an ideal tourist destination to attract tourists every Tet holiday, when only about 3 miles from Ho Chi Minh City. ride time. Today Vinlove will share with you some experiences when traveling to Sa Dec.
When should you go to Sa Dec?
Weather and climate in Dong Thap in general and Sa Dec, in particular, are divided into two seasons: rainy season and dry season. So the best time to come here is from December to April next year. Especially in the days close to the Lunar New Year, this is also an extremely suitable time to see flowers and breathe the spring air in Sa Dec, with immense flower fields of all kinds competing to bloom like a picture. Extremely colorful paintings attract a large number of tourists near and far.
Luggage to bring when coming to Sa Dec
Because Sa Dec Flower Village is located in the West with a two-season climate, rainy season and dry season, the time to visit Sa Dec flower village in spring is cool in the early morning, but it is very hot in the afternoon, and sometimes it rains in the morning. evening. So when you arrive in Sa Dec, you need to bring umbrellas, sunscreen, long-sleeved clothes, and hats to avoid heatstroke. The flower village area is limited to cars and motorbikes, so when you move into the gardens, you have to walk, so you need to prepare low shoes and sandals that are easy to move.
In the evening when staying at the Flower Village Homestay because it is in the West, it is characterized by many mosquitoes, surrounded by many trees and luxuriant flowers, so you need to prepare mosquito repellent if you do not want to be bitten by mosquitoes. .
Transportation to Sa Dec
Sa Dec is located not too far from Saigon, only about 140km and the road is also quite easy, so you can go by motorbike or bus. At the bus stations of Saigon every day, there are always many bus trips to Sa Dec with the average fare from 80,000 VND to 105,000 VND. need to worry about the running time. Some reputable car companies moving from Saigon to Sa Dec you can choose such as:
- Phuong Trang’s car
- Phu Vinh Long Car
- Loc Dien car
- Hue Nghia’s car
In addition, if you love backpacking, you can choose to move to Sa Dec by motorbike in the direction of Ho Chi Minh City to the West, to the foot of My Thuan bridge you turn right about 30km to Sa Dec city. From here, you ask the locals about the way to Tan Quy Dong flower village located on the banks of the Tien River, about 4km from the center of Sa Dec city.
Hotels and homestays in Sa Dec
Coming to Sa Dec, you will have many choices of accommodation, you can choose clean, airy hotels with reasonable prices in the center of Sa Dec city such as:
- Sa Dec Hotel – 108/5A, Hung Vuong Street, Sa Dec City, Dong Thap
- Hung Binh Hotel – 15 Provincial Road 23, An Hoa, Sa Dec City, Dong Thap
- Cat Moc Hotel – 82A Ton Duc Thang, An Hoa Ward, Sa Dec City, Dong Thap
- Bong Hong Hotel – 251 Nguyen Sinh Sac, Sa Dec City, Dong Thap
- Dieu Hien Hotel – 379 Tran Hung Dao, Sa Dec City, Dong Thap
For tourists who love to experience the life of local people, wake up early among the surrounding houses planted with flowers, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city to enjoy the quiet atmosphere of a flower village. If you are beautiful, you can choose to stay at famous Homestays in the flower village such as:
- Homestay Maison En Bambou Phong-le Vent – Khanh Hoa Hamlet, Tan Khanh Dong Commune, City. Sa Dec.
- Homestay The Frog Flower House – 43 Bui Thi Xuan, Tan My Hamlet, Tan Qui Dong Ward, City. Sa Dec, Dong Thap.
- Homestay Huynh Thuy Le Ancient House – 225A Nguyen Hue, Ward 2, City. Sa Dec
- Rose Homestay – 156 TL 848 Khanh Nhon hamlet, Tan Khanh Dong commune, City. Sa Dec, Dong Thap Province
Places to visit in Sa Dec
Some places to visit should not be missed when coming to Sa Dec:
- Coming to Sa Dec, you must visit the Flower Village once, this is the place that many people are most interested in when visiting Sa Dec. As soon as you set foot in the flower village, you will almost immediately be overwhelmed by hundreds of flowers blooming with thousands of colors like this.
- Happy Land Hung Thy Tourist Area: located inside the flower village, Happy Land Hung Thy is a combination of ornamental flower works and fun garden entertainment games. When coming here, in addition to taking pictures of the beautiful flower gardens, visitors can also participate in fun games such as cycling on the monkey bridge, swinging across the river, going to the monkey bridge, canoeing, swinging bridge…
- Huynh Thuy Le ancient house: an old house located on the Sa Giang river associated with the story of the famous Lover’s novel. The house was built in 1895 and restored in 1917. Huynh Thuy Le ancient house looks like a French villa on the outside, but inside it has a unique Chinese architectural design, showing the intersection. culturally evident since the early 20th century.
Food to enjoy in Sa Dec
Speaking of Sa Dec, there are many delicious dishes that you should not miss, first of all, it is about the famous Sa Dec noodle soup, with tough noodles and is considered one of the best places to have noodles. Vietnam. Address of famous noodle shops in Sa Dec for you to enjoy during your Sa Dec trip:
- Ba Sam noodle soup, 188 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 1, City. Sa Dec.
- Phu Thanh noodle soup, 75 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 1, City. Sa Dec.
- Co Lien noodle soup, 111 Tran Phu, Ward 1, City. Sa Dec.
The second dish is silkworm cake, delicious silkworm cake is sprinkled with greasy coconut milk, added raw vegetable skin, shumai, spring rolls, and a little sweet and sour fish sauce all blended together to make it difficult for you. may refuse.
You should also not miss the Sa Dec Flour Village Food area here which has a full range of folk cakes made from Sa Dec flour, every weekend here also serves a buffet of folk cakes of all kinds with ticket prices. only 50,000 VND / serving.
In addition, if you want to find snacks and desserts, you can go to Aunt Dung tea shop (Tran Phu street), Manh Dung smoothie (near Cai Son 2 bridge), Mai Kem Xiem snack shop (Tran Phu street). Phu), Ut Thom mixed rice paper (gate A of Sa Dec park).
What to buy as a gift when coming to Sa Dec?
When you come back to Sa Dec, don’t forget to buy gifts, you can choose to buy lovely flower pots of all kinds, stone lotuses, cacti in Sa Dec to bring back to your friends. Or you can go to Mrs. Nam Sa Dec’s noodle shop to buy bags of dried noodles made and packaged in Sa Dec with delicious chewy taste and bring them back as gifts.
And especially, don’t miss Sa Giang shrimp puff pastry, this is also an attractive specialty known not only at home and abroad. Sa Giang shrimp puff pastry is made from flour, minced shrimp meat with a little crushed pepper. The process of processing is also quite simple: the baker mixes all the ingredients together and then puts them in a long tubular cloth bag and steamed, when cooked, they slice the cake into small pieces. Sa Giang shrimp puff pastry is chewy, crispy, and spongy. This is an attractive gift for domestic and foreign tourists
Vinlove has just shared with you some Sa Dec travel experiences in just 1-2 days. Hopefully through the article will provide a lot of useful information for you to be able to visit Sa Dec tourism during the upcoming Tet holiday.