Traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh is one of the interesting experiences when coming to the mining land. If Co To is too famous in Quang Ninh tourism industry, Van Don still contains many unknowns, promising to bring many surprises to tourists.
Van Don tourist destination Quang Ninh is an island district located about 50km from Ha Long city center. This place possesses a large number of destinations with wild beauty, including mountains, seas, and many beautiful beaches and mysterious caves. In addition, the cuisine in Van Don is also highly appreciated for both freshness and nutritional content.
Highway to Van Don, Quang Ninh (Source: VOV)
1. When is the best time to travel to Van Don in Quang Ninh?
It seems that traveling to Van Don in Quang Ninh is beautiful in any season, because not only does it have favorable weather, but Van Don also has endless mountains, as beautiful as a watercolor painting, extremely attractive.
According to many tourists’ experiences traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh, Van Don Island is best in the summer . At this time, the island stands out and is attractive with images of clear blue sea water, long stretches of fine white sand, shiny golden sunshine and lush coastal vegetation, making visitors feel energized. Extreme, full of life.
Traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh, check-in to the famous Quan Lan wind tunnel (Source: Collected)
For tourists who love the bustling atmosphere of festivals or want to learn about traditional cultural values on the island, they can come to Van Don in the 6th lunar month. From the 10th to the 20th of the 6th lunar month is the time of the Quan Lan festival , a festival with the purpose of praising the national heroes who died in the fierce war against the Mongol army.
2. Means of transportation to Van Don, Quang Ninh?
The distance from Hanoi to Van Don, Quang Ninh is about 220km. Therefore, visitors can choose one of the following means of transport:
- Motorbike: This is a suitable vehicle for tourists who love backpacking, like to experience and explore on their own throughout the journey. The road from Hanoi to Van Don is also quite beautiful and not too far, so visitors can completely make their own schedule and drive to Van Don, Quang Ninh with friends.
- Private car: It will take about 4 – 5 hours to drive by car from Hanoi to Van Don. Using a private car to travel to Van Don, Quang Ninh is also a means to help tourists be proactive during the whole trip.
- Bus: In addition, visitors can also choose the prestigious Van Don bus from Hanoi to Cua Ong. Then take a taxi or motorbike taxi to get to Van Don at a cost of 200,000 VND – 250,000 VND.
Self-driving Van Don Quang Ninh (Source: Pinterest)
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3. Where to play when traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh?
Van Don Quang Ninh tourist area not only welcomes tourists with beautiful beaches, but also has spiritual and cultural tourist destinations for visitors to calm down in a peaceful, sacred space.
3.1. Quan Lan Beach – One of the famous Van Don tourist destinations
Extremely chill virtual living corner in Quan Lan Van Don, Quang Ninh (Source: Collected)
What is beautiful about Van Don Quang Ninh? Van Don Quang Ninh has Quan Lan beach located in Bai Tu Long Bay with wild beauty and fresh, pure air. Quan Lan beach is located in Minh Chau island commune and Quan Lan commune, Van Don district. This is one of the hottest tourist destinations in Quang Ninh province in recent years.
3.2. Quan Lan Communal House
Ancient Quan Lan Communal House (Source: Vietnam Law Newspaper)
Van Don Quang Ninh tourist attractions – Quan Lan communal house is a communal house built to worship the Tran Dynasty general – Tran Khanh Du. This is a general who made great contributions in the resistance war against the Mongol invaders. In addition, Quan Lan communal house also worships Duong Khong Lo and the Four Holy Mothers, deities admired and admired by local people.
3.3. Traveling to Van Don, visit Ngoc Vung Island
Traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh, visiting Ngoc Vung Island (Source: _sav_ant)
If you come to Van Don, Quang Ninh, don’t forget to visit the beautiful Ngoc Vung Island! This place has many beaches with beautiful scenery, smooth white sand beaches, pleasant weather and peaceful space. The beaches on Ngoc Vung Island are not known to many people, so they are especially suitable for tourists who are looking for a beach that is both beautiful and quiet.
3.4. Long Beach – Viet My Beach
Bai Dai or Viet My beach in Van Don (Source: hoada241091)
Bai Dai Van Don tourist area in Quang Ninh or Viet My beach is a place with a very beautiful artificial beach. After playing, entertaining and swimming, visitors can enjoy delicious “awesome” dishes here. The dishes at Bai Dai are considered by many diners to be quite delicious and the price is very cheap.
3.5. Cai Bau Pagoda is one of the beautiful Van Don tourist destinations
Traveling to Van Don Island, Quang Ninh, stopping at Cai Bau Pagoda (Source: diemdiem6611)
Cai Bau Pagoda or Truc Lam Giac Tam Zen Monastery is one of the tourist attractions in Van Don built on the foundation of Phuc Linh Tu Pagoda. This pagoda dates back to the Tran dynasty, more than 700 years ago. This is also one of the famous beautiful spiritual tourist destinations on Van Don island.
3.6. Son Hao Beach
Son Hao Beach – Van Don Beach Quang Ninh (Source: we25.vn)
Son Hao is a beach located between Quan Lan beach and Minh Chau beach. This is a beach with slightly steep terrain and quite clear sea water. However, when the sea level rises, Son Hao beach shrinks and becomes quite small. Therefore, tourists traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh need to pay attention to this and choose the appropriate time, when the sea level has not yet risen, to have fun and swim at Son Hao beach.
3.7. Moon Rock Beach is an attractive Van Don tourist destination for tourists
The amazing Moon Rock Beach in Van Don tourist area, Quang Ninh (Source: Collected)
Moon rock beach or round rock beach, sky rock beach… is a name that is too familiar to many tourists when traveling to Va Don, Quang Ninh. The rocky beach is located in Son Hao village, Quan Lan commune, nearly 1km long and hundreds of meters wide, stretching from the water’s edge to the foot of the hill. This place is famous for the image of a beach with thousands of smooth, round and oval stones that resemble the moon and sun.
4. What delicious food to eat when traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh?
When talking about delicious dishes when traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh , it is impossible not to mention the fresh seafood and specialty cakes of the sea and islands in the mining land. These dishes are both suitable for enjoying on the spot and are also meaningful gifts for relatives and friends after a vacation filled with exciting experiences.
4.1. Fresh seafood at Van Don market, Quang Ninh
Fresh sea worms on Van Don island (Source: Collected)
Famous fresh seafood that visitors can find and buy at Van Don market in Quang Ninh includes squid, oysters, geoduck,… and especially sea worms. Dishes made from these types of seafood are not only delicious but also have high nutritional value. Therefore, visitors should buy seafood at Van Don market and prepare it themselves or go to restaurants in the area to enjoy it.
4.2. Squid patties
Delicious and attractive squid rolls, a specialty of Quang Ninh (Source: Collected)
Squid patties are not only found in Van Don Quang Ninh tourist area, but squid patties here are especially more delicious. The secret to making Van Don squid rolls special is that the squid used to make the rolls is selected from fresh squid that fishermen catch directly in the Ha Long sea area. Van Don Quang Ninh squid rolls are often eaten with white sticky rice, sticky rice or rice rolls.
4.3. Enjoy sea horseshoe crab when traveling to Van Don
Fragrant grilled sea horseshoe crab (Source: Collected)
Another attractive Van Don Quang Ninh seafood is horseshoe crab. There are many delicious dishes made from sam sea crab such as sam salad, stir-fried sweet and sour sam crab, crab blood pudding, stir-fried sam crab with lemongrass and chili, steamed sam crab, grilled sam crab cartilage, stir-fried sam crab with vermicelli, crispy fried sam crab eggs, stir-fried sam crab eggs with leaves. guise… All of these dishes are very appetizing and easy to eat, so try to enjoy them once when you have the opportunity to come to Van Don!
4.4. Nodding cake – Van Don specialty
Buy nodding cake as a gift when traveling to Van Don island (Source: Collected)
Nodding rice cake is made from rice flour, rolled into a cylinder, eaten with fish sauce boiled in chicken fat and fragrant fried onions. This is a simple, rustic dish but has become a specialty of Quang Ninh. Tourists traveling to Van Don, Quang Ninh can visit Tien Yen town to enjoy and buy nodding cakes as gifts.
A memorable journey with many interesting experiences awaits you in the beautiful Van Don island district, what are you waiting for, pack your backpack and hit the road! Hopefully the information shared above will be useful for you on your upcoming trip to Van Don.