Sapa Travel Guide: Most Useful Experiences

Sapa is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the North. However, those who come here for the first time may encounter difficulties if they do not have enough necessary experience. The following article is a Sapa travel guide that you should save immediately if you want the most complete and meaningful trip.

1. A brief introduction to Sapa

With a truly impressive location, located at the foot of the majestic Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Sapa is one of the tourist destinations in the North of our country that makes many people flutter. Only 5-6 hours from Hanoi by highway with a bus and a cool, pleasant climate all year round, Sapa is truly an ideal destination. In addition to the terraced fields in the ripe rice season, Sapa also attracts visitors thanks to the beauty of many other destinations.

2. Four seasons of Sapa: Which season is the best to travel?

Overview of Sapa tourism can be traveled all year round because the climate is cool all year round. In particular, you can easily come to Sapa at any time but just avoid the rainy season from June to early August, because the weather is quite extreme and can cause flash floods, landslides, etc.

Specifically, the best times to travel to Sapa are from February to May, which is the spring of Sapa. This is when the whole city becomes brilliant with hundreds of blooming flowers such as cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, plum blossoms, etc. Or summer, from June to August, is the time when tourists come to Sapa to escape the heat and admire the cool green terraced fields. At the same time, don’t forget the autumn season from September to November because the place is charming in the golden color of ripe rice and the weather gradually gets colder.

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3. Sapa Travel Guide: Instructions on how to get to Sapa

Sapa Travel Guide give you a suitable idea that you can book a limousine from Hanoi to Sapa or a bus from My Dinh station for 230,000 – 350,000 VND per person, depending on the seat class. Travel time is about 5 – 6 hours.

Or you can take the train, you choose the Hanoi – Lao Cai route, after about 7 – 9 hours of travel with a ticket price from 160,000 to 800,000 VND depending on the seat class and train type. Then take a bus or taxi to the center of Sa Pa.

In addition, if you drive yourself, you take the Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway, then turn onto road 4D to Sa Pa. Travel time is about 5 – 6 hours.

4. Where to stay in Sapa? Suggestions for suitable places

Sa Pa has all kinds of accommodation for you to choose from: motels, homestays in villages, hostels, cheap hotels, to 4-5 star hotels, luxury resorts located separately. 

Following Sapa Travel Guide, if you choose homestays, hostels, go to villages such as Cat Cat, Lao Chai, Ta Van to enjoy the peaceful space of the Northwest mountains and forests. Dorm room prices start from 100,000 VND per person, double bungalow room prices start from 500,000 VND.

5. Sapa Travel Guide: Where to go for fun in Sapa?

You can spend about 3 days and 2 nights exploring the famous destinations in Sa Pa. Here are the great places you cannot miss in Sapa Travel Guide:

5.1 Ham Rong Mountain

With its magical and mysterious scenery, Ham Rong Mountain attracts a large number of tourists whether it is spring, summer or autumn. The lowest point of the mountain is 1,450m, and the highest peak is over 1,800m, giving you a perfect view that cannot be missed. From the top of the mountain, you can see most of the famous tourist attractions of Sa Pa town such as Muong Hoa valley, Ta Van village, Cat Cat village…

Ham Rong Mountain is suitable for organizing a picnic, combining eating and shopping, sightseeing because on the way up the mountain there are countless shops and beautiful flower gardens. The entrance fee to the Ham Rong Mountain tourist area is 70,000 VND for adults and 30,000 VND for children.

5.2 Sa Pa Stone Church

After going to Ham Rong Mountain, Sapa Travel Guide show that you return to the town center not far away to visit Sapa Stone Church. This is a symbolic work of the mountain town, started in 1895, with a strong religious style. The church was built in the shape of a cross in the Gothic style, expressed in the roof, bell tower, arches… all in the shape of a pyramid, creating a graceful and airy look for the work.

5.3 Cat Cat Village

Cat Cat Village is located 2 km from the center of Sa Pa, so you can easily visit here and don’t forget to choose trekking or motorbike for the best experience. This is a peaceful Mong village, still preserving many customs and traditional crafts such as weaving, silver carving, jewelry making…

The road to the village is quite beautiful, you will pass through winding hairpin bends, on both sides are terraced fields with ethnic roofs peeking out. As well as visiting the village, in addition to learning about the Mong people’s life, you also have the opportunity to buy handicrafts as gifts, enjoy local products. The entrance ticket to Cat Cat Village is 50,000 VND per person.

5.4 Fansipan Peak

To reach Fansipan Peak without too much effort, take the cable car and the mountain train. In the morning, you line up to buy tickets at the mountain train station opposite Sapa town square. The cable car ticket costs 715,000 VND per adult, 525,000 VND per child, the mountain train ticket costs 99,000 VND per person.

Those who like to walk can leisurely climb the stairs and visit the spiritual complex on Fansipan, including Kim Son Bao Thang Tu, an 11-storey tower, a bronze statue of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, and the largest bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha in Vietnam…

With the information in the Sapa travel guide, we hope that readers can have the most meaningful trip. Don’t forget to read other useful content on the website to have more useful knowledge.