Church · Phường Sa Pa, Lào Cai
Sa Pa Stone Church
The Sa Pa stone church is the Catholic parish church of Sa Pa, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary and built in 1926 in the centre of the town, in the Diocese of Hưng Hóa.
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Vietnam•Town
Sa Pa
Sa Pa is a mountain town in Lào Cai province that Vietnam's tourism authority describes as standing at the head of a deep valley of rice terraces; the town-level unit was dissolved in 2025 and its centre is now the ward of Sa Pa.
Country
Vietnam
Type
Town
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Guides to Sa Pa
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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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