Market · Lâm Đồng
Đà Lạt Market
Đà Lạt Market is the multi-level central market building in the centre of Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng province.
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Vietnam•City
Đà Lạt
Đà Lạt is a highland city in Vietnam's Central Highlands, a mountain resort that the national tourism authority says French colonialists founded about a century ago; Wikidata describes it as the former city and capital of Lâm Đồng province. The authority names Xuân Hương Lake as the city's focal point, with the central market nearby and colonial architecture in its churches, art-deco hotels and railway station.
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Vietnam
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City
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Church · Lâm Đồng
St. Nicholas Cathedral, Đà Lạt
St. Nicholas Cathedral is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt, on Trần Phú street in central Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng province.
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Lake · Lâm Đồng
Xuân Hương Lake
Xuân Hương Lake is a lake in the centre of Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng province, bordered by paths.
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Historic site · Lâm Đồng
Đà Lạt Railway Station
Đà Lạt Railway Station is the city's colonial-era railway station, a dead-end station in Xuân Hương - Đà Lạt ward, Lâm Đồng province.
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Monastery · Phượng Hoàng hill, Lâm Đồng
Trúc Lâm Zen Monastery, Đà Lạt
The Trúc Lâm Zen monastery is a Buddhist monastery on Phượng Hoàng hill above Tuyền Lâm Lake, south of central Đà Lạt, with quarters for its monastic community and areas open to visitors.
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Church · Phường Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa
Christ the King Cathedral, Nha Trang
The Christ the King Cathedral (Nhà thờ Chính tòa Nha Trang, also called Nhà thờ Núi) is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Nha Trang at 31A Thái Nguyên in central Nha Trang, built from 1928 to 1933.
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Travel Guide01
Vietnam's seasons by region: north, centre and south, as official sources state them
Vietnam does not have one rainy season. The national tourism authority's month bands and the national hydro-meteorological forecasting centre's bulletins together show a north with a cold, drizzly winter, a central coast whose main rains come in autumn, and a south with a rainy season through the middle of the year. This article sets out what each body says, where they differ, and where official forecasts and storm warnings are published.
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Travel Guide02
Vietnam travel guide: where to base yourself
XTOUR plans Vietnam around the cities and towns you sleep in: Hanoi in the north, Hue and Hoi An or Da Nang in the centre, Ho Chi Minh City in the south, with Ha Long, Phong Nha and the Ninh Binh sites reached from a base. This guide says what each base is for, which sites linked to a base lie outside it, where official pages still use pre-2025 place names, and which XTOUR guide takes over.
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Destination information last verified: October 11, 2026
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