Places to visit in Da Nang, Vietnam
13 places to visit in Da Nang, Vietnam, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Sanctuary, Ba Na Hills and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Da Nang volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 4 Famous places to visit · 7 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Da Nang (2)
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Hoi An Ancient Town
A trading port that drew foreign merchants from the 15th to the 19th century, its streets still lined with more than a thousand preserved old houses. At its heart is the Japanese Bridge, and at night the riverside glows with silk lanterns.
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My Son Sanctuary
A jungle valley of ruined brick temples built by the kings of Champa between the 4th and 13th centuries. They were raised to Shiva, worshipped here above all as Bhadreshvara, and the site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Da Nang (4)
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Ba Na Hills
A hill station and resort in the Truong Son mountains west of Da Nang, reached by cable car. Up top are gardens, a mock French village and the gold bridge held up by two giant hands.
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Dragon Bridge
A steel bridge over the Han River whose arches take the shape of a dragon, said to be the largest dragon shaped steel bridge in the world. It is the centrepiece of the Da Nang riverfront at night, when it lights up in changing colours.
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Golden Bridge
A 150 metre gold footbridge high in the Ba Na Hills, looping almost back on itself above the forest. Two giant hands, made of fibreglass and wire mesh but built to look like weathered stone, appear to hold it up.
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Hai Van Pass
A winding road of about 21 kilometres over a spur of the Annamite Range where it runs into the sea between Da Nang and Hue. Its name means ocean cloud pass, after the sea mists that roll over it, and it once marked the frontier between Champa and Dai Viet.
Hidden gems in Da Nang (7)
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Cham Islands
A group of eight small islands off the coast, reached by boat from Cua Dai beach near Hoi An. They sit inside the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, and are known for clear water and coral.
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Japanese Covered Bridge
A small roofed footbridge with a temple built into it, said to have been raised by Japanese merchants in the late 16th century. Repaired and renovated many times since, it still links two halves of Hoi An's old trading town.
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Linh Ung Pagoda
A Buddhist pagoda on the slopes of the Son Tra peninsula, high above the Bay of Da Nang. Its great white statue of Quan Am, the bodhisattva of mercy, faces out to sea and can be seen from the beaches across the bay.
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Marble Mountains
Five marble and limestone hills rising from the flat coast south of Da Nang, each named for one of the five elements: metal, water, wood, fire and earth. Their caves and slopes hold pagodas and shrines, and stone carvers work at their feet.
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Museum of Cham Sculpture
A museum near the Han River given over to the stone carvings of the Cham, the Hindu kingdom that once ruled this coast. Gods, dancers and temple altars brought from ruined sanctuaries fill its open galleries.
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My Khe Beach
The long city beach of Da Nang, a wide sweep of pale sand on the East Sea between the Son Tra peninsula and the Marble Mountains. Early mornings bring swimmers and fishermen in round basket boats.
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Son Tra Peninsula
A forested mountain on its own peninsula, looking down on the Bay of Da Nang and the open sea. Known to American soldiers as Monkey Mountain, it shelters Tien Sa Beach and the city's port on its western side.
Collecting in Da Nang
What are the best places to visit in Da Nang?
LOQAH lists 13 places in Da Nang. The best known include Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Sanctuary, Ba Na Hills, Dragon Bridge and Golden Bridge. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Da Nang?
13, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Da Nang?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Da Nang before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Da Nang and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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