Article: Hai An, Photos:Dao Tien Dat,Hai An, Tran Quoi
1. Conquering Da Bia Mountain
Da Bia Mountain is over 700m high and lies at the foot of Ca Pass. On the top of the mountain is a giant rock nearly 50m high. Looking from Bai Xep, Bai Bang (Hoa Tam commune), Da Bia looks like a sitting person. From Hoa Tam's magnetic field, Da Bia looks like a standing Buddha. Legend has it that when King Le Thanh Tong returned from defeating Champa, he stopped and wrote on this natural wonder. Conquering the mountain is a challenging and exciting experience. The reward at the top of victory for your efforts is that you can breathe in the fresh, breezy air and feel yourself soaring in the vast sky, reaching out to the immense ocean.
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2. Wandering on Nhan Mountain
Centuries ago, the Champa Kingdom left behind for posterity magnificent architectural works, and Nhan Tower on the mountain of the same name is where traces of such a golden age are preserved. On a sunny afternoon, you can cycle between two rows of fragrant milk flowers on Le Trung Kien Street, then stroll up Nhan Mountain. From above, Tuy Hoa city is shimmering and magical, echoing in the sound of the afternoon bell, a strangely peaceful feeling makes the traveler's heart wander with nostalgia.
3. Watching the sunrise on the sea in the early morning
Tuy Hoa is a coastal city, the city center has a square and a wide beach, ideal for fun activities on the sea. Tuy Hoa beach with a curved, charming coastline without offshore islands is a great place to watch the sunrise. On clear summer days, you can go to the beach around 4am and watch the sun rise at 5am like a fireball rising from the sea, a wonderful moment.
4. Swimming at Om beach and watching the sunset on Xuan Dai bay
Xuan Dai Bay is one of the beautiful bays in Vietnam. When you ride a motorbike from Song Cau town and down the dirt road to Vung La, you will pass a fishing village on one side and Xuan Dai Bay on the other side, peaceful and waveless. The feeling of going at sunset is very beautiful and poetic. Here, if you have a lot of time, you should visit all the bays to see many beautiful scenes and activities of fishermen at sea. Especially in Vung La, there is Om beach, a surprisingly beautiful and wild beach, an ideal camping spot for everyone who loves backpacking. It is wonderful when you explore by yourself and hear the locals tell you the legends of the bays, like the song in this land: "Vung Dong, Vung Mam, Vung Chao; Vung La, Vung Su, every bay is loved..."
5. Eat seafood at Goc beach
Seafood in Bai Goc, Phu Yen is famous for being cheap and delicious because of its abundant seafood resources and pristine tourism services. The beach is located north of Bai Mon, Mui Dien and Bai Tien, in Hoa Tam commune (Dong Hoa). Coming here, you can choose your favorite seafood yourself. Fresh, plump squid, sparkling silver mackerel, big, round moon snails, king crabs, and many other seafood will satisfy your taste at surprisingly low prices.
6. Enjoy rustic cakes
Phu Yen is also home to many rustic, simple but attractive cakes. Wander through the small streets, stop by a small roadside shop and enjoy many cakes such as banh beo, banh hoi, banh can which are specialties of the whole Central region. In Phu Yen, cakes are often coated with oil with chopped chives and shredded pork like shrimp powder, eaten with a very special sweet fish sauce.
7. Camping on Hon Lao Mai Nha
Located about 4km from the famous O Loan lagoon, Hon Lao Mai Nha has an area of only about 1.2km with the highest peak of more than 100m, but it is a place that almost completely preserves the beautiful wild features bestowed by nature. The island has 2 beaches: the front beach with fine sand banks suitable for swimming, a little further away is a colorful coral reef. The back beach is an interesting place for you to go fishing for a camping dinner on the sea. If you love the wild beauty of nature and want to leave behind the worries of life, Lao Mai Nha is a great destination.
8. Footprints at Da Dia reef and Ganh Den lighthouse
With a width of more than 50m and a length of about 200m, formed from a volcanic eruption more than 200 million years ago, Ganh Da Dia is truly a unique wonder found only in Phu Yen. The polygonal rocks are stacked straight on top of each other in a miraculous way. Half of the reef is submerged deep into the sea, the other half rises above the waves all year round. Over time, water has eroded the rock surface, making it jet black and honeycomb-shaped, creating strange shapes. Next to Ganh Da Dia is the ancient and peaceful Ganh Den lighthouse. Coming to the lighthouse, visitors can perch on the high rocks to admire the majestic scenery of nature in the roar of the waves.
9.Welcome Dai Lanh night, enjoy Bai Mon day
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Dai Lanh Cape - where the ancient Mui Dien lighthouse is located, over a hundred years old - also has other names such as Mui Nay, Mui Ba, Mui Dien... located in Phuoc Tan village, Hoa Tam commune, Dong Hoa district. At the foot of the lighthouse is Mon beach with deep blue sea water, with waves all year round. Enjoy swimming in Mon beach and immerse yourself in the magical Dai Lanh night. When night comes, the sky is full of stars and clear, the clarity of the night is enough for the stars to sparkle in the sky. Sitting on the stone steps, looking far away is the vast shimmering ocean, bending down below is a sea of stars from thousands of lights from squid fishing boats shining at night, looking up, thousands of stars twinkling in the sky. There is not a sound of everyday life, no car horns, no people shouting, no phone, no place for hustle and bustle, everything is crushed and then blown away by the wind.
10. Phu Yen chicken rice and tuna with wasabi
Phu Yen chicken rice is a very famous dish that tourists cannot miss when coming to this coastal city. The golden rice grains are sticky and sweeter because they are cooked with chicken broth and curry. The steaming, fragrant rice dishes, the fatty shredded boiled chicken, a little spicy kimchi, a little pickled onion and a bowl of specialty fish sauce from the coastal region.
Phu Yen is the country’s largest tuna fishing ground. The firm pieces of fish are skillfully cut and presented attractively. To preserve the fish’s flavor, you should eat it raw with green cabbage and mustard. Such attractive specialties will surely make even the most demanding tourists praise forever.
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Means of transport
Plane: The new Dong Tac airport is 5km from Tuy Hoa city with flights from Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Tourist car: Thuan Thao, Cuc Tu, Hanh Tho cars...
Train:Trains passing through Tuy Hoa station include the unified trains TN, SE; local trains include SH, SQN
Transportation in Phu Yen
Motorbike rental: price from 100,000 - 150,000 VND/day, rent at hotels or contact
Bus: Bus routes from the bus station in the city center follow routes to communes and districts.
Culinary locations in Phu Yen
Chicken riceChicken rice is a popular breakfast dish here, and can be found along the sidewalks of Tran Quy Cap Street, or right at the corner of Le Loi Street and Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.
Banh xeo:Eating banh xeo rolled in rice paper and dipped in clear or cloudy fish sauce is also one of the unique features in Phu Yen. Banh xeo is eaten on a plate; the most famous is the Dai Nam banh xeo restaurant in the alley of Nguyen Cong Tru intersection with Chu Manh Trinh
Hot rice cakes, rice vermicelli:3-way intersection up to Nhan mountain, the shop only opens in the evening
Ocean tuna (humpback fish):Usually, raw fish rolls are served with green cabbage and green mustard, fish eyes stewed with Chinese herbs. Famous ones include Ba Tam's restaurant on Le Duan street near the intersection of Le Duan and Dien Bien Phu or Phu Anh restaurant, which specializes in preparing ocean tuna dishes.
Chives noodle soup:Rice flour noodle soup is cooked with crushed fish, fish cakes and especially with chopped chives to add a special flavor, usually sold at night next to the post office in Tuy Hoa city or Nang restaurant next to the pharmaceutical company.
Rice vermicelli with pork offal and porridge with offal:Hoa Da restaurant (An My commune, Tuy An district), only opens in the morning and is very famous.
Chop Chai Goat Hotpot:on the old National Highway 1A, 3km north of Tuy Hoa City (the restaurant is next to the Traffic Police Department). There are many dishes that are prepared without the smell of goat.
Grilled spring rolls and rice paper: next to the old Nguyen Van Troi school, grilled spring rolls wrapped in Phu Yen rice paper and dipped in thick fish sauce is very delicious.
Hotels in Phu Yen
Saigon Phu Yen Hotel (057. 3823 775), Trade Union (057. 3823 187) Da Giang (057. 3820 179), Quynh Hoa (057. 3823 401).
Gifts to take home
Dried squid, Phu Yen rice paper, ash cake, banh nam...
