Soc Trang is a favorite destination for many tourists recently. To tourism in Soc Trang , you’ll be immersed in the land of gentle beauty and vast rice fields, bustling floating markets buyers and sellers, temples Thai or Khmer architecture brings stunning.
Soc Trang tourist sites should not be missed
Nga Nam floating market
In the west of the river, outside Cai Rang floating market, Phong Dien market (Can Tho) or Cai Be floating market (Tien Giang) are also famous for having Nga Nam floating market. This is the market with the oldest river history. The market brings together all kinds of delicious and exotic dishes of the South West.
Nga Nam floating market is located in ward 1, Nga Nam town, Thanh Tri district, about 60km from the center of Soc Trang city.
The market usually starts at 3am and then lasts until about 8am to dissolve. If you travel to Soc Trang , want to visit the market and fully experience the feeling of floating on the bustling market, do not forget to set the bell to wake up a little early. Sitting on a canoe to walk around the market, you will be ‘entertained’ with rustic western dishes with extremely affordable prices such as porridge, noodles, noodles, coffee …
Nga Nam floating market brings together most of the produce that the West has.
Bat Pagoda
Doi Pagoda, built in the sixteenth century, is the oldest temple in Soc Trang. Located on Van Ngoc Chinh Street, Ward 3, Soc Trang City, Doi Pagoda stands out with the typical architecture of Nam Tong Buddhism in the South. The walls and columns in the temple are covered with characteristic gold. You will also encounter here typical motifs in Khmer architecture with many small towers on the roof of the pagoda, the gable head is carved with the delicate curving Naga snake image.
The characteristic golden color and delicate motifs make visitors overwhelmed.
Doi pagoda or Ma Toc pagoda, Mahatup pagoda is typical architectural complex in Khmer beliefs.
Coming to Doi pagoda, if you have more time, you should stay until the afternoon, when the sun is about to turn off, sunset falls, and the scenery around the temple becomes unusually ghostly with the sound of rustling wind. through each row of trees. This is also the time when the bats fly around in the sky before returning to their nest.
Many visitors like to watch the ghostly scenery of Doi Pagoda at sunset.
Khmer Museum
Khmer Museum is the place to display many precious artifacts, reflecting the material and spiritual cultural life of the Khmer people through many generations such as costumes, architecture of houses, pagodas, musical instruments … Visitors to the museum have the opportunity to learn carefully about the Khmer community. Khmer Museum has a typical Khmer-style temple architecture and is very easy to find because it is located opposite Khleang Pagoda in Soc Trang city, Soc Trang province.
The place to preserve many traditional cultural beauty of the Khmer people.
Tan Long stork garden
Domestic and foreign tourists when traveling to Soc Trang like to visit Tan Long stork garden because this is an area where there are many types of storks. Tan Long stork garden has an area of more than 1.5 hectares and is covered by coconut canopies, bamboo groves, lush green trees, so it attracts thousands of storks and cauldrons to live here with all kinds such as ivory storks, storks, gongs, … There is an observatory over 10 meters high so you can see the whole stork garden and admire the view of each herd of storks gathering the whole garden in the early morning.
Tan Long stork garden is an attractive eco-tourist destination in Soc Trang.
My Phuoc alcohol
Con My Phuoc is located in the middle of Hau river, in Nhon My commune, Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province. My Phuoc is also known as Cong Dien islet or Mud alcohol is famous for its lush and lush fruit gardens with juicy fruits that cool visitors like sapodilla, mango, durian, citrus, longan. .
Come here, in addition to enjoying the specialties of the country, do not forget to walk around to catch the cool breeze blowing in from the river, enjoy the fresh climate and explore the daily life of the people. garden.
Kh’leang pagoda
Kh’leang Pagoda is the oldest temple in Soc Trang province. The pagoda has a lifespan of up to 500 years when it was built around 1553. The pagoda with the Khmer has a very sacred meaning. Not only a place to celebrate important religious ceremonies, Kh’leang pagoda also preserves many Buddhist teachings, where many cultural festivals take place typical of the Khmer people. Legend has it that Kh’leang pagoda was the first pagoda built in the area in 1532. At that time it was still surrounded by a wasteland, sparsely populated, the pagoda was also built with simple materials like bamboo. , wood, leaves, and from voluntary contributions from local residents. On April 27, 1990, Kh’leang Pagoda was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national architectural monument.
Kh’leang Pagoda – an ancient temple of Soc Trang promises to bring you the concept images