Da Lat, the city where time slows down

Belonging to Lam Dong, a province of Central Highland of Vietnam, Da Lat is a small city at the altitude of 1500 meters which grants the city lovely climate that not many places in Vietnam have.

With many beautiful landscapes and nice weather, Da Lat makes its way to the top destination in Vietnam and its journey to higher rank in the list seems not to stop.

Da Lat the foggy city

Thanks to its natural advantages, Da Lat is home to thousands of flower pieces, which make the city literally sank in the flower colors all year round and also the reason the city is dubbed as the city of thousands flowers, the love city or the foggy city. Granted with lovely weather that is lightly cold at night and foggy in the early morning, pine forests hugging the city, Da Lat looks definitely romantic and poetic. An as a beloved child of the God, this place has zero storm, only strong winds can reach it.

The stunning road of cherry blossom in Da Lat

The first special thing that tourists to Da Lat may notice is that the city has no traffic light. It does make sense if we take a look at the geographic conditions of the city. It’s located on a plateau with many slopes so no one here ever wants to drive fast. Also, the population density in Da Lat is not high so the number of vehicles is low, roads here are quite open. Secondly visitors also may notice is that it’s hard to find an AC here in Da Lat and it’s totally easy to understand as it is cool all year round.

Da Lat can lack anything but flowers

Beside, the most obvious thing that could be sensed here in Da Lat is the peace. Unlike other cities in Vietnam, this city preserves its peaceful atmosphere quite well so visitors hardly could find a hustle and bustle city here but a dreamy city in quiet. The life beat here is quite slow, it could even affect visitors. Walking slowly in the foliage of the flower city, you may suddenly find yourself live, think more slowly when you’re out there in the world, even your heart beats more slowly.