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Contents

Hotels

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General information in Quang Ninh Page 4

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Transportations

Food & drink Page 9 - 10

Beautiful destinations Page 11 - 12-

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Location Quang Ninh is located in the Northeast of Viet Nam, between the east longitude 106’ 26’ – 108’ 31’3” and north latitude 20’ 40’ – 21’40’. Its width from east to west is 195 km, from north to south is 120 km. To the north, it borders with Guangxi (China) and Lang Son. Quang Ninh province also borders Bac Giang and Hai Duong provinces to the west, Hai Phong to the south. Distance from Ha Noi to Quang Ninh is about 170km, with 3 or 4 hours by car.

Climate Quang Ninh’s climate is typical climate of North Viet Nam with four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. In summer, it is very hot and rainy but the on contrary it is cold and dry in winter.

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Yen tu pagoda

Famous Places Quang Ninh is famous for Ha Long Bay, a natural wonder of The world and nearly 500 historical monuments associated with many traditional festivals as Yen Tu Pagoda, Cua Ong Temple, Bach Dang River and so forth. These places play an important role in tourism development in Qu ang Ninh.

Whoever want to explore natural, let’s come to Quang Ninh! There are many wonderful things waiting for you.

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here are many ways to travel to Quang Ninh, but it is necessary for you to know which is the most convenient route to go there. If you depart for Quang Ninh from Hanoi by air, the nearest airport is Noi Bai Airport. Ha long city is about 150km from the airport. By road, you can get a taxi or a car to go to Quang Ninh. A high way which links Ha Noi to the Mong Cai international Border Gate is over a distance of 288km. It’s better for you to go by car because it helps you save money. And if you are from other places, there are many means of transportation for you to choose. You can travel by train, motorbike, boat and so on. In particular, it can be easy for you to get a coach. For example, from My Dinh Station in Ha Noi, there are many coaches to Quang Ninh with reasonable price. You can choose Duc Phuc, Ka Long, Kumho, Phuc Xuyen coaches,etc. They all are quite good at quality.

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ravelling around Quang Ninh, you can use many different

kinds of vehicles. If you just travel within 30km radius, you should choose a taxi or a bus. It costs about 5 thousands vnd for a turn. If you want to sightseeing and relax, you should travel by pedicab. It’s quite cheap. If you want to travel to places at further distance, the best choice is a coach because of reasonable price and good quality. Depending on where you want to go, let’s decide to choose the most convenient vehicle to make you comfortable.

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Quang Ninh is probably the most popular place if you ask for good hotels. Most of tourists come to Quang Ninh in the hope of having quality services within just a few days and at reasonable prices. These are some famous hotels that have the most positive reviews and feedbacks, as well as by words of mouth locally: Alova Gold Cruises Ha Long, Paradise Luxury Cruise, and Novotel Ha Long Bay.

Hotels

Firstly, choosing Alova hotel, visitors will have a chance to stay in a modern luxury cruise. This four-star cruise ship offers private room, restaurant and bar. Each air-conditioned room has a safe deposit box and complementary bottled water.

Private bathroom with shower, hairdryer, and personal hygiene are free, especially, the room overlooking the bay.

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aradise Luxury hotel offers relaxing trip cruise along Ha Long Bay. It is designed in the style of a traditional Vietnamese junk boat with yacht spa and sauna. Each cabin is an aired-conditioned room with classic furniture made of dark wood, sighting to the sea. DVD player and a flat-screen TV with cable channels is also equipped in the cabin. Some rooms have a balcony or terrace with sun beds. You can join in some activities such as: sailing, squid fishing or snorkeling trip on the sea, beauty salon. Besides, library and boat games are also available.

Novetel Ha Long Bay Hotel has a great location on the beach, which allows visitors to travel many attractive places easily. Chay beach, Sprising and Ngoc Bich caves are very close, therefore you can experience Jet skiing, kayaking or wind surfing. The rooms are high standard, equipped with satellite TV, mini bar. Square terrace restaurant and bar are served with live music and a pool bar. There is also an outdoor swimming pool.

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uang Ninh has many favorable conditions to develop tourism, especially, is a wide variety of seafood served here. The first delicious food which is chosen by most of tourists is Ngan.

Ngan in Vietnamese means boring but I must sure that you will never feel boring with the dishes cooking with Ngan. This is a kind of Oyster which is available in most regions of Halong. However, you can taste the most delicious one at Bach Dang River outlet. There are many dishes which can be cooked from Ngan such as steamed, stirfried, grilled or soup.

Male tourists are impressed by the wine made with Ngan. It is a special taste that has a little bit salty and acrid and aromatic in taste is really the most worthtrying drink.

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nother special dish is the raw “sa sung” fried with fresh garlic.

Sa sung is a kind of sea worm living in sand. Local people in Halong roast the dried “Sa sung” and decorate with some kinds of herbs, then enjoy it with chili sauce and Halong beer.

This kind of food is very nutritional..

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Gilfs from the sea ! addition, dishes cooked from shrimp are also the most popular Inones.

There are many species of shrimp, but prawn and lobster are more precious ones. Prawns are cooked by 2 ways: steamed and soaked with flour before frying. Steamed prawns are more delicious because they can keep the original taste of the dish. This food has been considered the best specialty in Quang Ninh because of its high nutritious value.

When you come to Quang Ninh, you can have chance to taste not only the dishes listed above but also many dishes made from “Tu hai”(a kind of clam), squid, fishes…

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ooking down from above, Ha Long Bay looks like a giant watercolor painting which is extremely vivid. This is a splendid work of art created by The Creator and Nature that make thousands of lifeless stone Islands become flawless artistic works.

When visiting to Quang Ninh, tourists will have a chance to contemplate and appreciate fascinating attractions (Hoang Gia national park, Tuan Chau Island tourism area, Yen Tu sanctuary

destinations grandiose grotto systems (Thien Cung grotto,Tam Cung grotto, Dau Go cave, Sung Sot cave), a number of impressive big and small islands (Tuan Chau island, Ti Top island, Quan Lan island) and many of attracting beaches (Bai Chay, Ngoc Vung, Minh Chau). With these wonderful destinations, visitors will really be in the nature. Of all the beauty-spots listed above, there are three famous places that should not be missed in a tour: 9

The next destination you may visit is Tuan Chau Island - one of the most attracting tourism areas in the North of Viet Nam. Of 1.969 islands in Ha Long Bay, it is also the most beautiful one. Tuan Chau Island is famous for the largest artificial beach in Viet Nam. Visitors can freely play on the long white-sand beach with many games and sports such as beach volleyball, soccer, surfing, etc. Besides, tourists can also visit the modern recreation area in Tuan Chau Island with many interesting activities.

Yen Tu Pagoda

Tuan Chau Island Yen Tu historical area consisting of shrines, temples and pagodas should be the first destination in your journey because Yen Tu is considered the ancestral land of Vietnamese Buddhism.

Making a pilgrimage to Yen Tu means you find the way to origin and timeless spiritual values of our country preserved through generations.

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Carnival Ha Long The festival is held yearly on April, 30 and May, 1 at Bai Chay st

tourist area. The event includes more than 4000 people with 400 models, actors and 4000 amateurs perform in front of audiences. Moreover, this is also an occasion for audiences to enjoy performances of art troupes from the Republic of Korea, China, Laos and the Philippines. Therefore, the tourist can learn more about the distinctive cultural identities of Quang Ninh in particular, Viet Nam and other countries in general

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Carnival Ha Long Carnival Ha Long , the biggest festival ever held in Quang Ninh, an event to mark Ha Long bay listed as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world. It plays an important role in making Quang Ninh, Viet Nam closer to the world. If you are a person who loves sea festival, you cannot miss Carnival Ha Long 12

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Thai nguyen 02 – 05 ,2013