Dalat Cathedral

Dalat Cathedral

Location: Dalat Cathedral is located on Tran Phu Road, near the Dalat Novotel Hotel, Dalat City, Lam Dong Province.
Characteristics: The cathedral looks like a European cathedral from the Middle Ages with its many stained glass windows and 47m tower.

The cathedral was built between 1931 and 1942. This cathedral was used by the French and other Europeans who used to live in Dalat or to spend holiday there.

Masses are held from Monday to Saturday at 5.30am and 5.15pm, and Sunday at 5.30am, 7am, and 4pm.

Author: vietnamtourism.com

Dalat’s architecture on show

Dalat is known as The City of Flowers. But an array of architectural styles of a variety of buildings, particularly pagodas and churches, make the mountain resort town even more interesting.

Residents take pride in Dalat Cathedral, which harks back to 1931 and which is topped by a rooster and is, therefore, locally called the Chicken Cathedral. Windows have 70 stained glass panes brought from France, bringing a hint of medieval Europe to the church. Its bell tower can be seen from around the city.

Dalat University, set in a pine forest, is a picturesque combination of architectural constructions. Small paths on the campus are named tender­ly: Thong Reo (Whistling pine), Anh Dao (Cherry) and Huong Duong (Sunflower).

Most tourists to the city want photographs of the railway station, which was built in 1938. It is roofed with red tiles and surrounded with stone walls.

The city is also famed for three palaces that were used for heads of state during their holidays.

Dalat is proud of having many old villas. The villa owners seemed to com­pete with each other in the number of fireplaces installed. A family would be deemed rich according to the number of fireplaces they had in the rooms of the house.

Author: Chao

Da Lat Flower Festival

Da Lat is due to organise a flower festival for the first time in Vietnam. Nearly 600 hotels with more than 7,000 rooms in the city have been booked. Tuoi Tre reporter had an interview with Mr Nguyen Vu Hoang, director of the festival.

Mr Hoang said:

Everything in Da Lat gets involved in flowers from December 18-26. Flowers will be seen everywhere in main streets where the festival takes place. Tens of cars decorated with flowers will appear in streets. People will be made up with flowers.








The city’s authority will organise a wedding party for 100 couples amid a forest of flowers, a competition to arrange flowers and a flower seminar and exhibition. The appearance of flowers will be the greetings on behalf of Da Lat people.

The opening ceremony of the festival will be held on December 25. The ceremony will focus on honouring beauty of flowers in a natural way.

Some open-air stages for extra activities will be decorated with flowers and singers will also sing songs about flowers.

About the aim of the festival, Mr Hoang said:

The festival is aimed at creating a tourism product in order to attract tourists to the city. I hope the festival will be held on an international scale in the future and it will become flesh and blood of the Da Lat people.

Author: nhandan.com.vn

DALAT - THE CITY OF ENTERNAL SPRING

dalat-the flowers city

In 1893, Dr Alexandre Yersin, a protégé of Louis Pasteur decided to leave his ship docked at Nha Trang to explore the central highlands of Vietnam and stumbled across Dalat. Quickly he spread the word about this evergreen filled region dotted with lakes and waterfalls. In 1912 when the city had established itself it was already popular with Europeans as a cool retreat from the sweltering heat of the coastal plains and the Mekong Delta.

Those early tourists would amuze themsleves boating on the lake, playing tennis, stalokng the forests in search of big game and since the 1920, playing a round or two of golf. Many of the French colonialists built vacation homes in Dalat and these villas remain standing today in all their architectural splendour though lack the tender loving care of their
original owners.

Dalat stands 1,500 m above sea-level in the Lang Bain Highlands of Central Vietnam, 320 kms northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.

Author: pacificvietnam.com

Dalat Cathedral

Dalat Cathedral

Location: Dalat Cathedral is located on Tran Phu Road, near the Dalat Novotel Hotel, Dalat City, Lam Dong Province.
Characteristics: The cathedral looks like a European cathedral from the Middle Ages with its many stained glass windows and 47m tower.

The cathedral was built between 1931 and 1942. This cathedral was used by the French and other Europeans who used to live in Dalat or to spend holiday there.

Masses are held from Monday to Saturday at 5.30am and 5.15pm, and Sunday at 5.30am, 7am, and 4pm.

Author: vietnamtourism.com

Dalat Vietnam Information

Da Lat, the flower's city

Dalat is located in Lam Dong province, approximately 200 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. At an elevation of 1,500 m, Dalat bears the look of an Old French city. It was founded in 1897 when Doctor Alexandre Yersin recommended that the area be developed as a resort town

Dalat has many natural and artificial lakes such as Ho Xuan Huong, Than Tho, Da Thien, and Tuyen Lam bordered by lines of pine trees, which are a well-known feature of Dalat Vietnam.

A trip to Dalat is not complete until one goes to the Dalat Flower Gardens. The temperate climate of Dalat is suitable for flowers such as orchids, roses, lilies, and camellias.

Nowadays, tourists not only limit themselves to Dalat; they also visit the area of Langbian Highland and the ethnic minorities. Langbian Mountain’s highest peak at 2,165 m is very tempting for climbers. From Lom Bieng Klo peak, one can see endless green mountains reflecting the silver rays of the sun. Many tours are organized in the area, including parachuting and climbing.

Author: www.footprintsvietnam.com